Theatre
Arcana
★★★★☆ Fine artistry
Arcana, at Assembly Roxy, is a beautiful musical about empire, revolution, and finding ones own voice; despite its Edinburgh-based team, the roots of this production reach beyond Scottish soil and into times and places far and wide.
Hope This Helps!
★★★★★ Ridiculously Funny
Hope This Helps! Presented by Shark Bait Theatre at TheSpace @ Venue 45 is a comedic play about a Highland retreat where internet addicts go for time offline and couple bonding activities
Behind Closed Doors
★★★★☆ Brave
Behind Closed Doors from Studio Muiz at Braw Venues @ Hill Street for the second and third weeks of the Fringe, is as important as it is intense.
Nosejob
★★★★☆ Unforgettable
A sentient nose has become the world’s first trillionaire in Heads on Crooked’s Nosejob at Paradise in Augustines, a dark comedy about Internet culture and social class.
Cogito, Ergo… Something?
★★★★☆ Dark
Cogito, Ergo…Something?, written and directed by James Harvey and performed by the Edinburgh University Theatre Company at their iconic Bedlam Theatre home (“not a church”, as the helpful sign says outside) has very dark roots.
Maiden | Mother | Whore
★★★☆☆ Creation
Maiden | Mother | Whore is a happening at DB1 at Assembly @ Dance Base. Theiyā Arts Dance Collective provides completed pieces of dance but this hour is as much about thought and process as it is about witnessing finished work.
Little Animals
★★★★★ Brilliant
Little Animals at the Traverse @ Lyceum Studio is an astonishing piece of theatre. It deals with urgent concerns in a way that is inventive, compassionate and beautifully performed.
Elsa McTaggart: Capturing The Light
★★★☆☆ Charming
Elsa McTaggart: Capturing the Light, from sruth-mara in association with An Lanntair at theSpace Triplex, is an unhurried show, both musically and visually appealing.
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
Sire & Madge
★★★☆☆ Sweetly absurd
Sire & Madge, written and directed by Elle Catherine Willcocks for Kittymilk at Supercube George Street as part of the Free Fringe, takes a true story and spins it into something decidedly odd but lovable.
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