Shakespeare
Thrice
★★★☆☆ Intense
Thrice, stopping at the Traverse at the end of a short Scottish tour for two performances only, presents nine witches (three times three) in the aftermath of Macbeth
PPP: Bottom’s Dream
★★★★☆ Smart
The last in this season of Òran Mór’s A Play, A Pie and A Pint at the Traverse, is a good one to go out on. Bottom’s Dream, written and performed by Martin O’Connor, is clever and constantly amusing, making necessary and cogent points about the theatre.
Shakespeare For Breakfast
★★★★☆ Four Humorous
C Theatre’s Shakespeare For Breakfast which returns to C Aurora for the whole Fringe, is a comedic play (with added breakfast) that pushes Shakespeare to newer audiences.
I Love Thee, I Love Thee Not
★★★☆☆ Minimalist
Red Firefly’s production of I Love Thee, I Love Thee Not is billed as a Shakespeare Medley. Medley is a good description as the hour is essentially Shakespeare’s romantic “hits” – dialogues and soliloquies drawn from the full range of the Bard’s plays.
Necessary Cat’s shrewish double bill
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tamer Tamed or The Woman’s Prize
This year’s double bill from Necessary Cat resurrects a 400 year old conversation between two early modern comedies
Shakespeare’s Dead Dames
★★★☆☆ Conflicted
Aberdeen’s Academy of Expressive Arts brings a company of Senior and HNC students to the Fringe in “their first production that’s not a musical”: Shakespeare’s Dead Dames, directed by AEA founder and Principal, Shanna Logan.
Macbeth: Blood and Bluegrass
★★★★☆ Invigorating
Kiwi outfit The Barden Party return to the Fringe with their foot-stomping, heart-pounding musical rendition of Macbeth at Surgeons’ Hall in preparation for what is bound to be a triumphant tour of Scotland.
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth
★★★★☆ Cheery
Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s extraordinary Fringe pedigree continues at Newington Trinity Church with a play whose title is nearly as long as EPT’s time at the Fringe – The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth.
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.
An Island of Bad Ideas: The Tempest
★★★★☆ Sprightly
Edinburgh Youth Theatre return to the Fringe with another condensed Shakespeare, An Island of Bad Ideas: The Tempest, which brings Shakespeare’s tale of shipwreck, vengeance, sorcery, and love in under an hour.
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