theSpace Triplex
Come As You Are
★★★★☆ Powerful
Theatre Paradok’s Come As You Are at theSpace Triplex for the final week of the Fringe is the Pinteresque story of a birthday gathering gone wrong, a simple family dinner gradually besieged by simmering tensions and the exposing of a horrible secret.
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.
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.
Two Halves
★★★☆☆ Relentless Naturalism
Oil and water. Rugby and football. Some things don’t mix well. If Muddrag Productions, creators of Two Halves at Studio at theSpaceTriplex are to be trusted, perhaps we should be adding men and women to that list of incompatible things.
Countdown
★★★☆☆ Evocative
Countdown from Theatre Paradok at theSpace Triplex, is an ensemble piece exploring the mounting pressure facing teaching staff, based on the real experiences of young teachers across the UK and Singapore.
Bucksomely Betrothals
★★★★★ Bucksome Brilliance
Bucksomely Betrothals is a full throttle farce from Theatre Paradok, with a cast that exploit every aspect of the script to deliver a show that highlights the talent involved both on stage and off.
Juliet and Romeo
★★★★☆ Strong
Edinburgh Youth Theatre tackles arguably Shakespeare’s most famous play this Fringe, rising to the challenge with Juliet and Romeo, a reimagined take on the tragedy of love, loss, and senseless violence.
Someone Has Got to Be John
★★★★☆ Urgent
Playing at Studio at theSpaceTriplex for the final two weeks of the Fringe, Someone Has Got to Be John is a scathing critique of the state of trans healthcare in the UK, told through the prism of an ill-fated Beatles tribute band.
After Shakespeare: Richard III
★★☆☆☆ Flat
Billed as a staunch defence of a man maligned by Shakespeare and history alike, After Shakespeare: Richard III from Slade Wolfe Enterprises Limited succeeds only in making a rather boring play out of what was an extraordinary life.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Kind Of…!
★★★★☆ Clever fun
Shortened and adapted versions of Shakespeare have been the backbone of the Fringe for years, but there can have been few that feature such a large, well prepared and infectiously enthusiastic cast as Edinburgh Youth Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Kind Of…!
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