Saga, Greenside, review
August 15, 2019
Saga, a bilingual play adapted from Ibsen’s A Dream Play, sees God’s daughter descend to Earth in search of love - but she what she finds down there is nothing …
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Bystanders, Summerhall, review
August 15, 2019
Cardboard Citizens' Bystanders is not a verbatim play, because verbatim would prove difficult with a subject like this (where many individuals involved are no longer with us). Some parts are …
Conspiracy, Underbelly Cowgate, review
August 15, 2019
Though the underlying message of Barrel Organ's Conspiracy is cryptic, it sure is a lot of fun - leading the audience down rabbit holes and taking genuine risks. We see buildings, …
Macbeth, C Venues, review
August 14, 2019
A one-woman version of Macbeth is already an interesting concept - and here, Korean theatre company Choin's concept translates the Scottish Play's protagonist into an actor obsessed with the play …
“A play creates its own world where things can be done differently”, states the preface to Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation. And author, co-director and performer Tim Crouch knows …
Beat, Pleasance Dome, review
August 13, 2019
Beat contains masterful acting, exquisite drumming by its performer and invites everyone to accept that some people understand the world differently. In SiT Productions' Beat, young Alfie (Daniel Bellus) does not …
Songs in the Key of Cree, CanadaHub @ King’s Hall, review
August 13, 2019
A lovely jazz concert filled with some in-between banter, Songs in the Key of Cree is an event to enjoy with a glass of wine. Tomson Highway - a leading …
Taiwan Season: Fish, Summerhall, review
August 13, 2019
Shinehouse Theatre's Fish (part of Summerhall's Taiwan Season) is essentially a storytelling piece in which puppets have little importance, regardless of the effort that went into the detailed puppetry. It's …
Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats, Summerhall, review
August 13, 2019
It’s drunken. It’s political. Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats marks the return of the super-talented duo to Summerhall, with a new production originally developed in Malta as a Valletta …
Hyde and Seek, Underbelly Cowgate, review
August 12, 2019
A single actor relays the mystery story of Mr. Hyde without any assistance from a technician, triggering all cues without the audience noticing. Flat Packed Theatre's Hyde and Seek is …
Heroin(e) for Breakfast, Pleasance Dome, review
August 12, 2019
A gripping narrative involving substance abuse and addiction doesn't benefit a great deal from the presence of Marilyn Monroe symbolism, in King Brilliant Theatre's Heroin(e) for Breakfast. …
La Reprise, The Lyceum, review
August 11, 2019
Milo Rau focuses on the brutal homophobic murder of Ihanse Jarfi in the intelligent and disturbing La Reprise: Histoire(s) du Theatre (I). Milo Rau's La Reprise: Histoire(s) …
Solitary, Assembly Rooms, review
August 8, 2019
Co-created by performer Duane Cooper and director Blake Habermann, Solitary is a lesson that you don’t need huge set design to create an expressionist atmosphere of madness: a simple piece …
Coma, Summerhall, review
August 7, 2019
Darkfield's Coma is the immersive company's best yet - with off-the-chart production values that make this weird journey of pills, dreams and unconsciousness incredible. The shipping container outside Summerhall is …
America Is Hard To See, Underbelly Cowgate, review
August 7, 2019
Travis Russ and Life Jacket Theatre Company's verbatim piece, America Is Hard To See, is arresting and unmissable. Deep in southern Florida, a village provides a haven for registered sex offenders …