Sophie Good
Athens of the North
★★★★☆ Tales of the City
In Athens of the North, Mark Hannah writes and performs an episodic monologue dedicated to the Auld Reekie in this one man show at the Hibs Supporter’s Club for a week’s run at the Fringe.
Why Am I (Still) Like This?
★★★☆☆ Thinking aloud
Nicole Nadler returns to the Fringe with Why Am I (Still) Like This? produced by High Heels and Heavy Suitcases, at theSpace@Surgeons Hall, in which she asks some key questions about her ADHD diagnosis.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
★★★★☆ Appetising treat
Community group Captivate Theatre present a new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Edinburgh Academy which fills the mind with wonder.
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Junior
★★★★★ Charming
Fringe regulars Captivate Theatre bring their sell-out junior version of Matilda to the Edinburgh Academy for the second year, playing there for the first half of the fringe.
A Giant on the Bridge
★★★☆☆ Insightful
A Giant on the Bridge is a slow-burning and sympathetic piece of gig theatre, co-created with people who have lived experience of the criminal justice system, playing Assembly Roxy for the first two weeks of the Fringe.
Puddles and Amazons
★★★★☆ Joyfully unique
Guy Wood’s imaginative piece of solo storytelling uses live audio mixing to bring this curious tale to life in Puddles and Amazons at Summerhall’s Demonstration Room at the Fringe.
Drama at the Depot
Script in hand performance
Drama at the Depot, a new bi-monthly evening of short plays performed script-in-hand launched at Leith Depot on Monday. Playwright Andy Moseley was there and files this report.
Zoom to Werk with VPT
VPT returns on Friday with Zoom event:
Village Pub Theatre are running their second Virtual Pub Theatre on Friday the First of May 2020. And, to celebrate International Worker’s Day, the theme is WERK!
In celebration of the Public House
★★★★☆ Virtually strong:
The Leith-based Village Pub Theatre made a welcome return on Friday evening by virtue of virtual meeting platform, Zoom, for a live performance of seven sparkling new plays, performed script-in-hand.
Virtual Pub Theatre
Tae the Pub (in yer front room) with VPT!
If you are missing the pub, then Village Pub Theatre, the scrip-in-hand playwright-run theatre company, has the answer this Friday 10 April 2020, when it hosts a live, interactive Virtual Pub Theatre on Zoom.
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