Traverse
She’s Behind You
★★★★★ Utter joy
Let’s just get this out of the way at the start. Johnny McKnight’s She’s Behind You at the Traverse is just brilliant.
Red Like Fruit
★★★★☆ Raw theatricality
Red Like Fruit, from 2b theatre company of Nova Scotia at the Traverse, deals with difficult themes in a way that is both subtle and impressively staged.
A Gambler’s Guide to Dying
★★★★☆ Sublime storytelling
A Gambler’s Guide to Dying at the Traverse is every bit as funny, sad and compelling as it was ten years ago.
Lear
★★★★★ Magnificent
Lear by Ramesh Meyyappan at the Traverse is a stunning piece of work – raw and delicate, disciplined and chaotic, frightening and beautiful.
Grown Ups
★★★★★ Silly
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival opened at the Traverse with a very silly show indeed: Grown Ups, which is a primarily non verbal piece about what grown ups do when children aren’t around.
Blinded by the Light
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
Blinded by the Light, which stopped off at the Traverse for one night only as part of a tour, is a deeply felt and very well performed piece with clear links to the community that inspired it.
A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here
★★★★☆ Fascinating
ThisEgg’s A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here, at the Traverse for two nights only, is a compelling piece of theatre and well deserving of the Fringe First it won last year.
Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood
★★★★☆ Glorious
Looking For Me Friend – The Music of Victoria Wood, at the Traverse for two performances only, is a fitting celebration of a national treasure as well as a well structured and touchingly personal piece.
PPP: Ivor
★★☆☆☆ Well-meaning
Ivor by Jennifer Adam, the last in the current season of Òran Mór’s Play, Pie and a Pint at the Traverse, is a lively but ultimately confused piece of theatre.
PPP: Night, Idiot
★★★☆☆ Compelling
Night, Idiot by Zoe Bullock, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse co-presented by Aberdeen Performing Arts, is a deceptively serious and emotionally intriguing piece of writing.
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