Amateurs
Necessary Cat’s Double Bill
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: ★★★☆☆ Funny
Julius Caesar: ★★★★☆ Relevant
This year’s double bill from Necessary Cat, playing Hill Street for the last fortnight of the Fringe, brings together comedy and tragedy in the form of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Julius Caesar.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★☆ Dreamy
Arkle’s presentation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Scots Club for the Fringe’s second week is an extremely impressive, thoroughly enjoyable affair.
The 39 Steps
★★★★☆ Spiffing
Arkle’s The 39 Steps, at the Royal Scots Club for the Fringe’s second week, is a glorious piece of tongue-in-cheek entertainment.
A Woman of No Importance
★★★★☆ Assured
Edinburgh Theatre Arts provide a very well judged production of Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance at St Ninian’s throughout the first fortnight of the Fringe.
Nancy’s Philosopher
★★★★☆ Admirable restraint
Nancy’s Philosopher, at the Royal Scots Club through the first two weeks of the Fringe, is the first offering from Arkle Theatre Company in their final Festival – and it is delicate, tasteful and accomplished.
Calendar Girls
★★★★☆ Heart-warming
Calendar Girls at Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre for two weeks is a heart-warming, feel-good comedy, competently staged by Leiththeatre who have been putting on productions for almost eighty years now.
The Children
★★★★☆ Contemplative
Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s late show at the Royal Scots Club, Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children, is a bleak and thoughtful look at everyday life in the wake of a disaster, and the choices its survivors must make.
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches
★★★★☆ Hilarious
In their 77th Fringe production – Hatches, Matches and Dispatches at Newington Trinity for the first two weeks – Edinburgh People’s Theatre remain the beating heart of the festival.
School of Rock – The Musical
★★★★★ Unstoppable
School of Rock – The Musical from Forth Children’s Theatre is only on at Broughton High School for the first week of the Fringe but you really owe it to yourself to see it if you can.
The Virtuous Burglar
★★★☆☆ Uproarious
A nod to British 1970s classics is a smart touch adding comic familiarity to Italian farce The Virtuous Burglar, which appears at the Royal Scots Club until 9 August.
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