Traverse
Chef
★★★☆☆ Turbulent
Sabrina Mahfouz’s Chef, starring Rebecca Benson, plays the Traverse for one night only in a production that crackles with energy and is a showcase for Benson’s solo performance.
PPP: Kev Campbell Was He
★★★☆☆ Engaging
Kev Campbell Was He, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is an engaging and gently political production.
Piece of Work
★★★★★ Searching
Piece of Work, the second act of James Rowland’s Songs of the Heart trilogy, visiting the Traverse as part of a UK tour of all three shows, is, fittingly, about the “middle of life”.
The Testament of Gideon Mack
★★★☆☆ Meandering
Dogstar’s touring production of The Testament of Gideon Mack is involving and thoroughly accomplished but simply too long to be entirely convincing.
Driftwood
★★★☆☆ Poignant
Tim Foley’s Driftwood visits the Traverse this week as part of a national tour in a co-production between renowned new writing champions ThickSkin and Pentabus.
PPP: Dookin’ Oot
★★★★☆ Beautifully vulgar
Dookin’ Oot by Éimi Quinn, the first in the new season of Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a very funny and deceptively serious piece.
Heaven
★★★★☆ Compelling performances
Heaven, by Eugene O’Brien at the Traverse until Saturday, is a fascinating exploration of human desires which strikes a delicate balance between humour and heartache.
Manipulate Festival: The Law of Gravity
★★★★★ Ethereal
A collaboration between pioneering music group Scottish Ensemble and innovative puppet company Blind Summit, The Law of Gravity is an exploration and collision of the boundaries between two diverse disciplines; where they exist, where they can be bent, where they can be broken and remade.
Manipulate: These Things Aren’t Mine
★★★★☆ Intense
Publicly screened only once before, at Bristol Circus City, Manipulate Festival marks the Scottish debut of These Things Aren’t Mine.
4Play 2024: Two
Butterflies & Benefits: ★★★★☆ Gritty
Cheapo Run: ★★★☆☆ Brave
The second of two new writing double-headers presented by Edinburgh-based 4Play at the Traverse this week featured Butterflies & Benefits by Andrea McKenzie and Cheapo by Katy Nixon.
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