Scottish Storytelling Centre
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.
Singing Willows and the Magical Bed
★★★☆☆ Beautiful
Singing Willows and the Magical Bed from Alexandra Borghino at the Storytelling Centre on the last two weekends of the Fringe, is an attractive production for children that has the potential to be even more enticing.
Selkie: Past, Present, Future
★★★★★ Luminous
Selkie stories abound in Scottish folklore, but you’ve never heard any quite like Niall Moorjani’s in his Selkie: Past, Present, Future, returning to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for the second two weeks of the Fringe.
Aderyn/Bird
★★★★★ Magical
The Harebell Teller’s traditional storytelling piece, Aderyn/Bird, is a lovingly made balm for the soul, retold this year for a limited run at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
The Ostrich Principle
★★★☆☆ Powerful message
David Hughes and Kirsten Milliken’s The Ostrich Principle at the Scottish Storytelling Centre combines time-honoured storytelling techniques with urgent political issues, in a way that does not always knit together but has considerable effect.
Thunderstruck
★★★★☆ Electric
Thunderstruck in the Netherbow theatre of the Scottish Storytelling Centre is a charming tragicomic underdog story centering on Scotland’s loudest and most misunderstood musical windbag, the bagpipes.
Hamlet (an experience)
★★★★☆ Transportative
Hamlet (an experience), returns this Fringe to the Scottish Storytelling Centre, in Brite Theatre’s one-of-a-kind rendition of the Bard’s beloved tragedy that will redefine your relationship to the text.
Forge
★★★★☆ Songs of resistance
Brite Theatre and Tom Oakes take a quietly defiant stand with Forge at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, a protest in music, sound and speech.
Cheeky Zippy Violette
★★★★☆ A whirlwind
Belgian theatre company Théâtre des 4 Mains present a zany energetic coupe de force with Cheeky Zippy Violette, a one person show which is as silly and entertaining as it is a poignant study of grief.
Cringe (EICF)
★★★★☆ Unapologetic
Cringe, from Ross MacKay and Scottish Theatre Producers at the Storytelling Centre as part of the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, is a wildly energetic, deceptively smart piece of theatre.
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