The blurb said this show was about the Amazon rainforest and the generations of women who have fought to protect it, so I was expecting to hear about indigenous activists standing up to the corporations stripping their land for profit. But Gael Le Cornec’s solo…
Drawing From Life is on at 2.10pm (55 mins) until Aug 9 at theSpaceTriplex (Studio). www.thespaceuk.comPhotos: © Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
That’s the message award-winning producer turned performer Mark Ashmore is bringing to this year’s Fringe. It’s a serious message, but before you stop reading, Ashmore’s not talking climate change. He’s talking about how we can adapt to it – because it’s already here. For the…
A Year and a Day is the story of Nathan, a man who, struck by a mysterious light, only lives for one day before being transported to the same date a year later. And so the pattern is repeated until, in reality, while he would…
What a thrill it was to see that Titan of stage and screen Brian Cox performing in Scotland once again. As the 18th century philosopher and economist Adam Smith’s somewhat playful ghost he was not on stage as much as I would have liked, but…
A blacker than black comedy that paints uncomfortably poignant picture of the way we live now. ‘Clive’ Is a one man show written by Olivier and BAFTA award-winning playwright Michael Wynne, directed by Lucy Bailey and starring Paul KeatingThe play follows Thomas; a reclusive remote worker who spends his…
Ed Coleman as Steven photography Danny Kaan When I first heard the title The White Chip I wondered if it was about a casino or a comment on white collar workers. How wrong was I! Fact is this is a play based upon the roller…
The crew with Captain Ahab (Nick Hall): photo Allan Hart 'Call me Ishmael' Taking centre stage at London's Tower Theatre is Herman Melville's Moby Dick, co-adapted by Paul Graves and Director Angharad Ormond. This is a refreshing and exciting theatre company, innovative in its approach…
It probably sound like a weird thing to say as a critic but I don't actually enjoy writing bad reviews – I appreciate the time and effort that goes into creating a piece of theatre and for that reason I tend to steer clear of…
This ghostly tale, based on a true story, is tailor-made for the haunted city that is Edinburgh. Scotland is famous for its folk tales and superstitions and audiences get plenty of that in Ali Milles' supernatural thriller. Incantations, selkies (seal-human shapeshifters), talk of witches and…