Pebbles on the Beach
By . Published 03 August 2008
Life’s a beach. Well, sometimes; although it depends on how you feel about beaches. There are times when all is sunny and serene, then the next moment you’ve got sand...
Theatre > Reviews
Free Outgoing
By . Published 03 August 2008The clash of old and new is sensitively negotiated as images of a young Indian girl's amorous liaison are distributed via text message
Eight
By . Published 03 August 2008Confronted with eight characters, the audience must chose to hear four of them offer their incisive monologues upon modern British life
The Last Yak
By . Published 03 August 2008The last, dying yak becomes an object of worship in this compelling production
Lynn Ferguson - The Plan
By . Published 03 August 2008Signs that Lynn Ferguson’s The Plan will be a treat abound as the audience enters the theatre. Viewers who arrive questioning how much enjoyment can be had from a play...
Just Out of Reach
By . Published 03 August 2008Using music and drama, The Pittsburgh Music Ensemble enter the underworld of Greek mythology
The Straight Man
By . Published 03 August 2008Preposterous and ill-conceived, The Straight Man kills off its only decent character
Frog Man
By . Published 03 August 2008This strange, innovative black comedy succeeds in maintaining a compelling story while showcasing some wholly original theatrical tricks
Charlie Victor Romeo
By . Published 03 August 2008Taking the exact words from black box recordings of air crashes, Charlie Victor Romeo makes for harrowing theatre
Lost In The Wind
By . Published 03 August 2008Spectacular and graceful, Lost in the Wind's physical theatre is sophisticated and amusing
Scaramouche Jones
By . Published 03 August 2008A clown, battered and bruised across the whole of the twentieth century, finally breaks his silence
Vincent
By . Published 03 August 2008While perhaps not out of this world Leonard 'Spock' Nimoy's play delves into some of the interesting aspects of van Gogh's life
A Darkling Plain
By . Published 03 August 2008There are few plays which deliver laughter as well as this one, and few with as much heart or brains
Rise
By . Published 03 August 2008Tom Dale’s meditation on modern existence proves to be a compelling spectacle...
Womb Man
By . Published 03 August 2008A mishmash of postmodernist ideas which might even interest some people
Discipline and Punish
By . Published 03 August 2008Hilarity gives way to a darker world in SUDS' exploration of torture
21:13
By . Published 03 August 2008A brief encounter at 21:13 provokes an examination about love across language barriers
On the Waterfront
By . Published 03 August 2008This is, predictably, great theatre, but is perhaps bigger than the Fringe can really accommodate
Greenstick Boy
By . Published 03 August 2008“Punk is dead, they buried the corpse under the Eleanor Cross,” spills Greenstick Boy’s ebullient heroine as her reminiscences drift towards the sobering era of Thatcher’s Britain. It is one...
Correspondence
By . Published 03 August 2008Showing in the intimate Pleasance Courtyard Two, and performed by just two actors on a set best described as economical, the most striking thing about Claire MacDonald's new play, Correspondence,...
