Fringe review – Suspicious Minds (rating: 3/5) As a full on Elvis fan I was expecting Suspicious Minds to deliver big time – it didn’t deliver Elvis, although it pretty much teased the crowd with a few snippets before the drama began. At the Fringe in Edinburgh often things are not what they seem to […]
Modern love told as stunning piece of art
Fringe Review – The Waiting Game (rating: 5/5) Fresh from a sold out run in New York, The Waiting Game is a game changer. Written by Charles Gershman and directed by Nathan Wright this play enjoying its UK debut features the lives and loves of four gay men, and is a pared down production with […]
Floyd is Carpenter though it’s a joke too far
Fringe Review – Richard Carpenter is Close To You (rating: 3/5) There was genuine confusion about this show. Unless you had carried out your research you weren’t really sure what you were getting. This is a parody of Richard Carpenter’s life after Karen and some audience members – obviously Carpenters’ purists – were expecting a […]
Stirring and emotional evocation of evil
Fringe Review – Mengele (rating: 5/5) Exploring the nature of evil is one of the most powerful and astonishing pieces of theatre I have ever seen. In its first visit to the Fringe this two-header features an imagined conversation between the notorious Dr Josef Mengele, a Nazi SS Officer and doctor being saved while drowning […]
Made up musical is simply unmissable
Fringe Review – Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (rating: 5/5) This is an improv show where the audience is invited to suggest, settings, themes and styles for a musical that hasn’t yet been written. MC Dylan Emery, who has a 15-year pedigree in performing and directing improv and also chairs Radio 4’s Showstoppers’ series, sets things […]