theSpace @ Niddry Street
After the Fact
★★★☆☆ Nuclear nostalgia
Blue Bird Productions bring Nina Cattanach’s new play After the Fact to theSpace @ Niddry St for the last week of the Fringe, set in the 1980s, in a world still living in the shadow of the Cold War.
Who We Are Now
★★★☆☆ Great Music
Who We Are Now from Thaddeus Buttrey at theSpace @ Niddry St is a naughties rock opera, complete with angst and emo eye makeup.
We Are All Florida Man
★★★★☆ Ridiculous
We Are All Florida Man is a piece of comedy absurdism whose own internal logic is sustained by humour, fine performances and energetic staging.
The Skarsgård Effect
★★★☆☆ Daft
The Skarsgård Effect, from Ellen Eklund at theSpace @ Niddry Street for six performances only, is unashamedly silly and often unfocused, but appealing nevertheless.
The Powerpop Girls: A New Diva Religion
★★★☆☆ Fun-Filled
The Powerpop Girls: A New Diva Religion presented by Locked In Thought Theatre and featured at theSpace @ Niddry St, is a comedic workplace drama focussing on different pop icons.
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.
The Joker and the Thief
★★★★☆ Modern nostalgia
Dylan and Will Theatre transports us back to Edinburgh in 1980 with The Joker and the Thief at theSpace, a time when the city was a cheap place to stay during August and stand-up comedy was coming to the fringe for the first time courtesy of Alexei Sayle.
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.
Mother, Maiden and Crone
★★★★★ Filthy and Gorgeous
Mother, Maiden and Crone is Ewan Burns’ writing debut and premieres at theSpace @ Niddry St, led by a strong team of homegrown emerging talents, drag and otherwise.
Cody and Beau: A Wild West Story
★★★☆☆ Promising
Cody and Beau: A Wild West Story, from Dylan and Will Theatre seen at theSpace @ Niddry Street in the Fringe’s middle week, following a week at theSpace on the Mile, is a production that has considerable appeal.
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