Rufus Goodman
Red
★★★★☆ Beautifully acted
Red, from EUTC at the Bedlam for three performances only, is a stunningly well-acted production that only falls just short of being indispensable.
Come As You Are
★★★★☆ Powerful
Theatre Paradok’s Come As You Are at theSpace Triplex for the final week of the Fringe is the Pinteresque story of a birthday gathering gone wrong, a simple family dinner gradually besieged by simmering tensions and the exposing of a horrible secret.
The Joker and the Thief
★★★★☆ Modern nostalgia
Dylan and Will Theatre transports us back to Edinburgh in 1980 with The Joker and the Thief at theSpace, a time when the city was a cheap place to stay during August and stand-up comedy was coming to the fringe for the first time courtesy of Alexei Sayle.
Art
★★★★☆ Thought-provoking
The EUTC’s production of Art, at the Bedlam until Saturday, is compelling. It largely succeeds in navigating the many pitfalls hidden in the ostensibly straightforward, Tony Award-winning script.
Romeo and Juliet
★★★☆☆ Expansive
Romeo and Juliet, from the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company at the Pleasance, is a production on a grand scale. There is much about it that is praiseworthy, but in the end its ambition does prove a disadvantage.
Little Women
★★★☆☆ Ambitious
The EUTC’s Little Women, at the Bedlam until Saturday, is a carefully staged production featuring stand-out performances in the four title roles.
Antigone
★★★★☆ Powerful
Antigone, from the EUTC at the Bedlam until Saturday, makes a 2500 year-old play as relevant as ever in a production of considered intelligence and fine acting.
Under Milk Wood
★★★★☆ Accomplished
EUTC’s staging of Under Milk Wood, at the Bedlam until Saturday, is a beautifully realised and engaging piece of theatre.
The Boys in the Band
★★★★☆ Engaging
The EUTC’s engaging production of Mart Crowley’s 1968, New York-set gay drama, The Boys in the Band, is a well-observed affair which is at its best when it goes past the play’s innate waspishness to find its inner anger.
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