Author: Hugh Simpson
The Hypochondriac
★★★★★ Theatrical medicine
The Hypochondriac from Rebrand Theatre and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile is a comic triumph. Intelligently adapted and acted by a company bursting with comic potential, it is hugely entertaining, resolutely theatrical and recommended without hesitation.
Angelshark
★★★★☆ Considered
Blue Dot Theatre and New Celts’ Angelshark, by Annie White, at theSpace on the Mile is a clever and polished piece that does not shout about its values but has real heart.
After Party
★★☆☆☆ No party
After Party at the Traverse has all of the ingredients for a statement drama but ends up rather undercooked.
The Singer
★★★★☆ Ebullient
The Singer at the Traverse is a joyous, energetic piece of musical theatre that is going to win many friends.
Sand, Silt, Flint
★★★★☆ Resonant
Sand, Silt, Flint, from Scottish/Burmese singer and producer Fiona Soe ~Paing, uses the songs of her native Aberdeenshire to provide an arresting musical display.
A Clown’s Lullaby
★★★★☆ Melancholy
Crested Fools’ A Clown’s Lullaby at the Rotunda is a display that is as pensive as it is humorous, and exactly the sort of thing that people who think they don’t like clowns should go to see.
Cluedo
★★★★☆ Farcical
Cluedo, from Edinburgh Theatre Arts at St Ninian’s for the first two weeks of the Fringe, is a lively parody of the murder mystery genre, performed with pace and panache.
Glass Child
★★★★☆ Real
Glass Child at Summerhall for the first week of the Fringe inspires not only with its openness and its disarming integrity, but also with its spectacle.
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth
★★★★☆ Cheery
Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s extraordinary Fringe pedigree continues at Newington Trinity Church with a play whose title is nearly as long as EPT’s time at the Fringe – The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth.
Bog Witch
★★★★☆ Electric
Bog Witch by Bryony Kimmings at the Traverse (from Avalon and Tellus) is a tremendous piece of theatre full of apparent contrasts – personal and resonant, knowing and stupid, messy and tightly controlled.
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