Theatre
The Faustus Project
★★★★☆ Anarchic
The Faustus Project at Underbelly, Cowgate sees another parade of guest performers make their deals with the devil in this fiendish set-up from Half Trick Theatre.
The Séance Starter Kit™
★★★☆☆ Layered
The Séance Starter Kit™ from Get Tae Collective and playing The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club is a comedy horror play which touches on elements of the supernatural.
In Her Hand
★★★★★ Formidable Women
Boutique theatre does not get much better than In Her Hand at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall based on real life journals from women working in the Scottish-run hospitals in the Balkans in WW1.
Fake
★★★★☆ Original forgery
Fake, performed by Edinburgh magician Chris Cook in a Snap the Arrow production, combines magic, art and fraud largely through the medium of storytelling.
Come From Away
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
Captivate Theatre’s Come From Away chronicles the power of community and compassion in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, which stranded thousands of people from around the world in Newfoundland.
A Play of Two Halves
★★★★☆ Comic reality
A Play of Two Halves is another hugely successful community-focused, football-based offering from Paul Beeson and Bruce Strachan’s Two Halves Productions.
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.
QFWFQ
★★★★☆ Different
Qfwfq at Summerhall is a hugely entertaining and emotional show that is difficult to categorise but easy to enjoy.
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.
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.
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