Author: Hugh Simpson
She Burns
★★★★☆ Warming
She Burns from Best Laid Schemes at the Scottish Poetry Library is a tuneful, excellently put-together examination of Robert Burns from a female perspective.
Badgers
★★★☆☆ Complicated
Badgers at the Traverse is a carefully constructed piece whose use of different media does not always support a strong central core.
A Trial – after An Enemy of The People (EIF)
★★★★☆ Substantial
A Trial – After An Enemy of The People, at the Lyceum at the International Festival, is a highly satisfying and constantly intriguing theatrical experience.
For Dolores
★★★★☆ Vibrant energy
For Dolores at the Traverse is a gloriously chaotic and at times horrifying slice of life, performed with suitable pizzazz.
Water Colour
★★★★☆ Impressive
Water Colour by Milly Sweeney at the Traverse is a remarkably cogent and compelling production.
Supposing:
★★★★☆ Cleverly layered
Supposing:, the new play from Zinnie Harris staged by the Traverse Theatre Company in Traverse 2, is a clever and timely play.
Disney’s Frozen The Musical
★★★★★ Extraordinary
Forth Children’s Theatre is always one of the companies whose Fringe shows are a must-see. And, even if it is starting before the Fringe, Disney’s Frozen The Musical is definitely in that category. Visually impressive, technically impeccable and with some quite magnificent performances, this is genuinely wonderful.
A Stag Named Angus
★★★★☆ Sharp
A Stag Named Angus at the Magnusson Centre is a cheerfully daft, deceptively clever slice of summer pantomime that boasts a wonderful cast.
Lear
★★★★☆ Compelling
Lear at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a powerful production, with Maureen Beattie’s towering central performance backed up by an excellent cast.
The Effect
★★★★☆ Compellingly performed
The Effect by Northern Assignment, upstairs at Assembly Roxy as part of a series of one-nighters in Edinburgh and Glasgow, is an intelligent production, staged with care and performed with distinction.
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