Storytelling
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.
What Are You Doing After the Orgy?
★★★☆☆ Open
In What Are You Doing After the Orgy? at The Carbon Lounge, writer and performer Nikolai Phalen asks a lot of questions, quite beyond the one in the title.
The Spider Witches of Appalachia
★★★☆☆ Well spun
The title of Spider Witches of Appalachia (at the Outhouse as part of the Free Fringe) might sound like a B-movie, but instead conceals a low-key but assured storytelling performance by Jenna Baer, who has devised, written and performed the piece.
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.
You Straights Are F**ked Up!
★★★☆☆ Unfiltered Wisdom
Even a global, straight-friendly performer needs an introduction. Who better to do the job than an overbearing drag nun?
Aderyn/Bird
★★★★★ Disglair/Brilliant
Edinburgh’s Ailsa Dixon and Welsh storyteller Ffion Philips, together known as the Harebell Tellers, enchant the Scottish Storytelling Centre with a limited, five show run of Aderyn/Bird this Fringe.
Traditional Tales of Scotland
★★★★☆ Magical
With a basic set consisting of a table and chair and no special effects or lights, Traditional Tales of Scotland at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, is a simple and relaxed hour of storytelling.
Wee Seals and Selkies
★★★★☆ Gentle storytelling
Based on two of her popular books, Janis Mackay’s Wee Seals and Selkies at the Scottish Storytelling Centre is a sweet 50-minute show that includes magical Scottish tales of nature and friendship.
Green Knight
★★★★☆ Sensual
Debbie Cannon gives an intimate and transgressive telling of the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the upper rooms of the Scottish Storytelling Centre until Sunday 14 August.
Gruffalos, Ladybirds and Other Beasts – Junior Review
✭✭✭✭✭ Hilarious and very exciting
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
This show had the real Julia Donaldson. She brought her husband Malcolm and sister Mary and there were two other people, James and Joanna.
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