Traverse
PPP: Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard
★★★☆☆ Tuneful
Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard, this week’s lunchtime theatre offering at the Traverse before continuing on tour, provides a melodic new slant on the familiar story of Robert Burns.
PPP: The Wolves at the Door
★★★☆☆ Well-intentioned
The Wolves at the Door by Jack Hunter, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint offering from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a piece of politically-informed theatre that has heart but is ultimately lacking in bite.
PPP: The Last Cabaret on Earth
★★★★☆ Impressive
The Last Cabaret on Earth, by Brian James O’Sullivan at the Traverse, is the first in the new series of Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór (with Ayr Gaiety) – and has an impact out of all proportion to its small scale.
A Knock on the Roof
★★★★☆ Politics of horror
A Knock on the Roof, Khawla Ibraheem’s play at the Traverse for piece by piece productions, is a chilling evocation of war and its human cost.
Same Team
★★★★★ Unmissable!
The combined frenzy of the Fringe and the Paris Olympics couldn’t be a more apt time to stage Same Team at The Traverse Theatre, directed by Bryony Shanahan and written by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse with the women of Street Soccer Scotland.
So Young
★★★★☆ Pointed
So Young by Douglas Maxwell, the Traverse co-production with Raw Material and the Citizens, is a sharply observed, profound and beautifully acted piece of theatre.
Cyrano
★★★★☆ Sparkling
The European premiere of Roast Productions’ Cyrano at the Traverse is an irreverent, intelligent and funny gender-flipped version of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.
The Sound Inside
★★★☆☆ Wordy
The Sound Inside by Adam Rapp, from Cusack Projects Ltd and Half Moon Street Ltd in association with Traverse Theatre Company, comes from America garlanded with praise. While much of that praise is justified, it is also a production that exasperates as much as it impresses.
My English Persian Kitchen
★★★★☆ Fulfilling
Soho Theatre and the Traverse’s My English Persian Kitchen may deal with some potentially difficult issues but is ultimately a celebration – of life, of community and of the possibilities of theatre.
In Two Minds
★★★☆☆ Insightful
Two excellent performances distinguish In Two Minds from Dublin’s Fishamble at the Traverse for the duration of the Fringe.
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