Reviews
Our Martin in the Background
★★★★☆ Immersive
Mark Kydd presents his solo show Our Martin in the Background at the Scottish Storytelling Centre until this Sunday, narrating a queer love story which sparks to life in a railway station.
Is This Your First Crime?
★★★★☆ Criminally Funny
Is This Your First Crime? in a mid-morning slot at theSpace on the Mile, sees New Celts alumni Long Face Theatre, deliver on both halves of their promised remit – comedy and new writing; providing a fast-paced start to the day.
A Queen’s Way
★★☆☆☆ Awkward
Napier University Drama Society presents a limited run of Madilyne Nelsen’s new play A Queen’s Way, a medieval satire that never quite finds its footing.
Tell Me
★★★★★ Exceptional
Tell Me from the Sadiq Ali Company, is an exceptional piece of narrative aerial artistry which explores HIV diagnoses in different eras. First staged at Manipulate this year it returns to Summerhall for the duration of the Fringe
A Giggle With The Gaggle
★★★★☆ Affecting
Balancing Act Theatre’s A Giggle With The Gaggle, at theSpace on the Mile, is both laugh-out-loud funny and genuinely sad.
Does The Oracle Speak Truth?
★★☆☆☆ Confused
July2September’s Does The Oracle Speak Truth, at theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall for the last week of the Fringe, is a praiseworthy attempt whose ambition is simply not realised.
58 to Go
★★★★☆ Age defying comedy
Liminal Visions’ 58 to Go, at Greenside @ George Street deals with something that large parts of its audience will either be experiencing – or have come out the other side of: Growing Old Syndrome.
Rent
★★★★☆ Bohemia lives
Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group’s production of RENT at Paradise in Augustines showcases performances that are strong enough to overcome its too-many tech issues.
Fragments
★★★☆☆ Strong potential
Part stand-up, part theatrical therapy session, Fragments is a deeply-personal, autobiographical exploration of the devastating, lifelong effects of childhood trauma and abuse from actor and comedian Martin Bearne.
Double Bill
★★★★☆ Accomplished
Double Bill from the Edinburgh Makars at the Royal Scots Club for the Fringe’s final week features two contrasting plays in Fool’s Errand and Still Life, and provides excellent value for one ticket.
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