Stefan Golascewski is a Widower

Stefan Golascewski wasn't exactly an Edinburgh newcomer in 2008. The ex-Cambridge Footlights president enjoyed sell-out runs in 2005 and 2006 as part of Cowards, a comedy foursome that included Tim Key, Lloyd Woolf and Tom Basden, before winning an if.comedy award directing Basden's acclaimed show Won't Say Anything in 2007. But it was his theatrical debut—the Fringe First-winning Stefan Golascewski Talks About a Girl He Once Loved—last year that made audiences and critics sit up and take notice like never before.

After a sell-out month and a host of five star reviews in 2008, Golascewski has taken a step up this year and is presenting his new play, Stefan Golascewski is a Widower, at the Traverse. The piece is set in 2056, when a 75-year-old Golascewski mourns the death of his wife and reminisces about their life together. First impressions indicate that Widower will capitalise on the winsome, lovelorn ambience that made Talks About a Girl such a hit. But if 2008 is anything to go by, Golascewski's offering this year is sure to be sharp and inventive, as well as genuinely moving.

Read our review of this performance here.