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2007 Edinburgh Fringe Index

Interviews

Athol Fugard

Martha Lott

Josh Richards

Do-Wan Im

News

The first Fringe Firsts

The first Herald Angels Awards

120,000 celebrate Fringe Sunday

Stage Awards nominations

The second Fringe Firsts

Total Theatre Awards nominations and winners

Fringe Musical Theatre Awards announced

Freedom of Expression Awards nominees and winners

The third Fringe Firsts

MTA Awards winners

Allen Wright Award winners

Arches Brick Award

New Town Fringe problems

Record Fringe closes

Stage Awards winners

Features

The end of the Fringe as we know it?

 

Reviews

Aaron Berg presents Macbeth
The Stanford Shakespeare Society
Royal Scots Club, 30 Abercromby Place
***

Accidental Death of a Terrorist
By Dario Fo
Mouth to Mouth Theatre Company
C soco
**

Adolf
By Pip Utton
Guy Masterson - TTI & Pip Utton Theatre Company
Assembly Universal Arts
*****

Ae Fond Kiss
By Ann Marie di Mambro
Oran MorE at Assembly
Assembly Rooms
*

Aeneas Faversham Returns
By the Penny Dreadfuls
The Penny Dreadfuls
Smirnoff Underbelly
*****

Aesop's Fables
by Michael Morpurgo
Scamp and Bristol Old Vic
Assembly Rooms
*****

Alice in Wonderland
Burklyn Youth Ballet
Zoo Southside
***

An Age of Angels
Written and performed by Mark Soper
Guy Masterson and TTI
Assembly Rooms
****

Almost Haunted
Big Village Theatre
Augustine's
*

American Poodle
Guy Masterson and TTI
Assembly Rooms
*****
(Review by Philip Fisher)

American Poodle
Guy Masterson & TTI
Asssembly Rooms
****
(Review by Catherine Lamm)

The Angel and the Woodcutter
Cho-In Theatre
C Chambers Street
*****

Apocryphal Tales Told In The Dark
Cambridge University ADC
C Cubed
**(*)

Armageddon and Fishcakes
Touchwood Theatre
Diverse Attractions
**

Arnold Wesker's The Mistress
By Arnold Wesker
Guy Masterson - TTI and Holden Street Theatres
Assembly Rooms
****

The Art of Laughter
Written and performed by Jos Houbens
Assembly @ Aurora Nova
****

The Art of Swimming
By Lynda Radley
Playgroup
Traverse 2
**

Ashes
By Ali Muriel
Dancing Shadows Theatre Company
Pleasance Dome
**

As the Mother of a Brown Boy
Chickenshed
Zoo Southside
****

Astronomy for Insects
BlackSKYwhite
Aurora Nova
*****

An Audience with Adrienne
By Adrian Howells
Traverse 5
****

Bacchae
By Euripides, adapted by Simon Evans
Black and White Rainbow
C Chambers Street
*

Bacchic
By Tamsin Shasha and Jonathan Young, based on Euripides' Bacchae
Actors of Dionysus
Gilded Balloon
*****

The Ballad
Aye! Productions
Zoo Southside
***(*)

The Ballerina Who Loves B-Boyz
Skywalk
clubWEST
*****

Barry Cryer: The Elephant in the Pub
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***(*)

Basic Training
By Khalil Ashanti
Assembly Rooms
***

The Battle of Stalingrad
By Rezo Gabriadze
Tibilisi Marionette State Theatre
Assembly Aurora Nova
*****

Bed and Breakfast
Erica Fee Productions
By Jennie Coles
Underbelly
*

Believe
By Matthew Hurt
LMP and Richard Jordan Productions
Traverse 2
****

Beowulf and Beer
KSU Tellers
C Cubed
****

Bigger than Jesus
By Rick Miller and Daniel Brooks
Rick Miller and Assembly
Assembly St George's West
**

Bill Hicks: Slight Return
Festival Highlights
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

Binari (The Spirit of the Beat)
Dulsori
Old College Quad
****

The Bitches Ball
Devised and written by the company
Penny Dreadful Productions and Scamp Theatre
Assembly @ Hill Street
****

Blood Confession
By Nick Awde
Confesión de Sangre Productions
Assembly @ Hill Street
***

Bombers Row
By Paul Allman
78th Street Theatre Lab
Assembly Rooms
***

Borstal Boy
By Bredan Behan
Laine-Johnson
Augustine's
****

Breaker Morant
By K.G.Ross
Comedians Theatre Company and Underbelly Productions
Udderbelly
***

Brendon Burns - So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now
Brendon Burns
Pleasance Dome
*****

The Butler Did It
Afternoon Delight Theatre Company
Roman Eagle Lodge
***

Callate!
By the company
Mexart 2007
Assembly Rooms
****

Can of Worms
Strange Bedfellows
Baby Belly
**

Cash in Christ
By Van Badham and Johnny Berliner
Wisepart, Jews & Communists
Assembly Rooms
*

Cave of the Golden Calf
Golden Calf productions
Assembly Rooms
**

Certified Male
Glynn Nicholas Group
Assembly @ St George's West
(*)

Chaplin
Written and performed by Pip Utton
Pleasance Dome
*****

Chanbara - Legend Of The Sword
Chanbara
Pleasance Grand
****
(Reviewed by Wayne Miller)

Chanbara - Legend of the Sword
Chanbara
Pleasance
****(*)
(Reviewed by Jackie Fletcher)

The Changeling
By Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
Eyeball Theatre Company
C Chambers Street
****

Chav: it's a musical, innit
Crowded Logic Theatre Company
The Underbelly
**

Choon-Hyang - True Love
Theatre Seoul
C Chambers Street
*****

Circus of Horrors
Meadows Big Top
**

Cirque Surreal
Meadows Big Top
***

Coat
By Rory Mullarky
Overcoat Productions
Underbelly
*****

Coffee
By James Campbell
C Chambers Street
**(*)

Company
By Stephen Sondheim
Kenmac Productions
C Chambers Street
****

Conflict Zone
Conflict Zone Theatre
Assembly Universal Arts
***(*)

The Container
By Clare Bayley
Nimble Fish/Underbelly/Escalator East To Edinburgh/Creative Partnerships Thames Gateway
In a Container near the Udderbelly
****

A Conversation With Edith Head
Invisible Theatre and Paul Lucas Productions
Assembly @ Hill Street
***

Cowboys & Indians (Dot not Feather)
Kingswell Productions
The Counting House
***

Crave
By Sarah Cane
Little Agitations
C Cubed
**

Crime and Punishment
RSAMD in collaboration with Egregor Theatre Company
Venue 13
**(*)

Curse of the Werewolf
By Tim Kelly
Venue2Venue
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Arthouse
**

Dai (Enough)
Written and performed by Iris Bahr
Bernie Kukoff, Jonathan Pollard, Jon Cutler in association with Paul Lucas Productions
Pleasance
*****

Damascus
By David Greig
Traverse Theatre Company
Traverse 1
****
(Review by Philip Fisher)

Damascus
By David Greig
Traverse Theatre Company
Traverse Theatre
*****
(Review by Rachel Lynn Brody)

Danceforms
The 37th International Choreographers' Showcase
Rocket @ Roxy Art House
****

A Dark and Stormy Night
Ankeny High School Theatre
The American High School Theatre Festival
Greenside (Venue 231)
***(*)

Darkness Within
Outside In Theatre
C Central
*(*)

Dead Living
Jack Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Debbie Does Dallas
Sexy Boys & Girls & Co
E4 Udderbelly
***

The Devil, Chess: A Burlesque
Foul Play Theatre
Zoo Southside
*****

Dickens Unplugged
By Adam Long
Bad Boys of Abridgement
Assembly Rooms
***

Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus
By Mo Willems
Big Wooden Horse
Adapted for the stage by Adam Bampton-Smith
Pleasance Dome
***

Dracula
Black and White Rainbow
C Chambers Street
**

Dracula... A Variation
By Bo List
Chance Theatre
Zoo Southside
***(*)

Dye Young / Stay Pretty
Written and directed by Adrian Berry
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Dylan Thomas in London
By Gwynne Edwards
Fluellen Theatre Company in association with the Dylan Thomas Centre
Venue 13
****

Effing and Blinding Cabaret
Extant
Theatre Workshop
***(*)

Eirlys Bellin : Reality-Check
Holyrood Too @ Faith
***

The Enchanted Lovers
A new version of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, realised by Howard Goodall with dialogue by Andrew Rissik, based on the original text by Nahum Tate
Norfolk Youth Music Theatre
Augustine's
***

England
By Tim Crouch
Traverse @ the Fruitmarket Gallery
*****

Escaping Hamlet
By Natalia Capra
Teatro dei Borgia/Compagnia delle Formiche and Andy Jordan Productions
The Udderbelly
*

The Ethics of Progress
By Jon Spooner, Chris Thorpe and Clare Duffy
Unlimited Theatre
Underbelly
***

Excuse My Dust
By Lesley Mackie
Gilded Balloon Productions & Oran MorE!
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Exits and Entrances
By Athol Fugard
Fountain Theatre / Primary Stages
Assembly @ George Street
***(*)
(Reviewed by David Chadderton)

Exits and Entrances
By Athol Fugard
Fountain Theatre / Primary Stages
Assembly Rooms
***
(Reviewed by Philip Fisher)

Extropia
Flying Carpet Theatre
Pleasance
***

Failed States
1215 Productions
Pleasance Dome
*****

Famished
By Alex Genn-Bash and Lex Genn
Dastardly Productions
C Chambers Street
*****

Famous Last Words
By Joseph Wilde
Percentage Strength Theatre
Roman Eagle Lodge
****

Fatboy
By John Clancy
The Green Room
****

The Father
SUDS
Roman Eagle Lodge
****

Find Me
By Olwyn Wymark
Basement Theatre
C soco
**

5 Beats to the Bar
HANA/PBH's Free Fringe
The Outhouse
***

Flesh
By Ambrose Hogan
Urban Exchange
St John’s
****

FNGR-SPK
KUDOS Theatre Company
The Green Room
**

Follow Me
By Ross Gurney-Randall & Dave Mounfield
Theatre Tours International
Assembly Rooms
*****

Footballer's Boyfriend
Brian Wharton
Theatre Workshop
**

Frank and Dolly
By Lizzie Hopley
Gilded Balloon Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Frankie Boyle: Morons, I Can Heal You
By Frankie Boyle
Chambers Management
Assembly Rooms @ George Street
***

Fruits of Life
GiaNic Group
Rocket @ Roxy Art House
***

Fuerzabruta
By Fuerzabruta
The Black Tent - Ocean Terminal
*****

Funeral Games
Unpacked
Pleasance
****

Galois de Gaulle
EUTC and Hi5 Theatre Company
Bedlam Theatre
**(*)

Game Theory
By Pamela Carter and Selma Dimitrijeviç
Traverse 3
**

Global
Dance Base
***(*)

Goodbye - The (After) Life of Cooke & Moore
By Jonathan Hansler and Clive Greenwood
The Disestablishment
Gilded Balloon Teviot
**

Grasmere
By Kristina Leach
RoaN Productions
C Chambers Street
****

The Greyhound
By Hamliton Willis
Nearly Starving Artists
Diverse Attractions
**(*)

Hamlet (solo)
William Shakespeare
Assembly @ St Georges West
***

Hangman
DO-Theatre (Russia)
Assembly Aurora Nova
****

Happy Days
The Loft theatre Company
C Central
***

Harden the Fuck up World
Laughing Stock Productions
Assembly Rooms
****(*)

Hip Hop Scotch
Moving Circles
Dance Base
***

Hippo World Guest Book
Adapted by Chris Goode
Festival Highlights
Pleasance Dome
*

Howard Read: Light, Shade Lemonade
Just the Tonic
C soco
***(*)

Hugh Hughes in…Floating
Hoipolloi/Escalator East to Edinburgh
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Hugh Hughes - The Story of a Rabbit
By Hoipolloi
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Human Computer
Written and performed by Will Adamsdale
Traverse Drill Hall
****

The Hypochondriac
Kensington Drama Company: The Outpatients
Sweet Grassmarket
**

If We Are Women
Arkle Theatre Company
Mayfield Salisbury Church
****(*)

I, Lear
By Andrew Jones and Ciaran Murtagh
The Black Sheep
Assembly @ St George's West
***

The Importance of Shoes
Weaver Hughes Ensemble
The Green Room
*(*)

Incarnate
Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Dancas
Assembly Aurora Nova
**

The Inimitable Dickens
The Mercators
Diverse Attractions
**

The Insect Circus
Theater Bosco
Spiegelgarden
****

Into the Hoods
Zoonation
Pleasance Grand
****

Is this About Sex?
By Christian O'Reilly
Rough Magic
Traverse 3
****
(Review by Philip Fisher)

Is This About Sex?
By Christian O'Reilly
Rough Magic
Traverse Drill Hall
****
(Review by David Chadderton)

It is Like it Ought to be: A Pastoral
Uninvited Guests
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Jason and the Argonauts
Wellington College in association with Splendid Productions
Venue 27
***

Jihad: The Musical
By Zoe Samuel and Ben Scheuer
Silk Circle Productions
C Chambers Street
****(*)

John Moran and his Neighbour Saori
Assembly Aurora Nova
****(*)

Johnson & Boswell - Late But Live
By Stewart Lee
Blue Box
Traverse 1
***

Joymonger
By Adam Hills
Off the Kerb Productions
Assembly @ George Street
****

Journey into the Unknown
El Funoun Group
Theatre Workshop
***

Jude Simpson's Growing Up Games
Pleasance
***

Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare
Exeter University theatre Company
C Central
****

Killer Joe
By Tracy Letts
Pleasance and the Comedians' Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Lacrimosa
Song of the Goat/Teatr Piesn Kozla (Poland)
Assembly Aurora Nova
*****

La Femme Est Morte or why I should not Fuck my Son
Shalimar Productions
Pleasance Dome
****

Land on My Tongue
Theatre Vaults
Smirnoff Baby Belly
***(*)

Last Man Standing
Dragon's Den
Augustine's
***(*)

Lemons Are For Emergencies Only
By Claire Titelman
Claires Kitchen
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
The Boy Who Cried Theatre Company
C Soco
***(*)

Life in a Marital Institution
By James Braly
Assembly @ George Street
**

Limbo
By Declan Feenan
Real Circumstances with York Theatre Royal & Strawberry Vale Media/Escalator East to Edinburgh
Underbelly
****

The Line Between
Thirdman Theatre Company
Gilded Balloon Teviot
**(*)

The Lion Spirit
Maidaiko Aska Gumi Japanese Drum Troupe
Assembly @ St. George's West
*****
(Reviewed by Catherine Lamm)

The Lion Spirit
Aska Japanese Drum Troupe
Assembly@St George's West
*****
(Reviewed by Jackie Fletcher)

Little Box of Oblivion
Arnott Enterprises
Diverse Attractions
**(*)

Little Howard and the Magic Pencil of Life and Death
Howard Read
Assembly Rooms
:*****

Little Red Things: The Boy Who Wouldn't Listen
By the Company
Gomito Productions
Bedlam Theatre
*****

Long Time Dead
By Rona Munro
Paines Plough
Traverse 1
***

Longwave
By Chris Goode, Tom Lyall and Jamie Wood
The Corn Exchange Newbury & Signal to Noise
Cow Barn, Udderbelly Pasture
***

Love Labours Won
By Ryan J-W Smith
Rogue Shakespeare Company
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*****

The Love of the Nightingale
By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Teabreak Theatre Company
C Central
***(*)

Lucid Dreams for Higher Living
By Jack McNamara
Future Ruins
Baby Belly
****(*)

Macbeth: Who is this Bloodied Man?
Bluro Podrozy
Old College Quad
****

The Man Who Planted Trees
By Jean Giono
Puppet State Theatre Company
Scottish Storytelling Centre
*****

Mark Watson - Can I briefly talk to you about the point of life?
CKP by arrangement with Karushi Management
Pleasance
****

Marry Me A Little
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Conceived and developed by Craig Lucas & Norman René
Edward's Theatre Company
Quaker Meeting House
***(*)

Mary Rose
By JM Barrie
Theatre Alba
Scottish Storytelling Centre
***

The Matrix: The Pantomime
Two Shades of Blue
Augustine's
**

Meow Meow in Beyond Glamour: The Absinthe Tour
Meow Meow Revolution
Spiegel Garden
****

Mephistopheles Smith
By Richard O'Brien
Janus Theatre Company
Augustine's
**(*)
(Reviewed by Peter Lathan)

Mephistopheles Smith
By Richard O'Brien
Janus Theatre Company
Augustine's
*
(Reviewed by Rachel Lynn Brody)

The Midnight Carousel
C Presents
C Cabaret
***

Mikelangelo - Nightingale of the Adriatic
Spiegeltent
14th and 21st August only
****(*)

Mile End
By Dan Rebellato with Lewis Hetherington and Emma Jowett
Analogue
Pleasance Dome
***
(Reviewed by Philip Fisher)

Mile End
By Dan Rabellato, co-writers Lewis Hetherington and Emma Jowett
Analogue Productions
Pleasance Dome
****
(Reviewed by Rachel Lynn Brody)

Minutes to Midnight
Dislocated Productions
Smirnoff Baby Belly
***

Miracle in Rwanda
Leslie Lewis Sword
Guilded Balloon Teviot
****

Modern Cautionary Tales for Children
By Murray Lachlan Young
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***(*)

Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf
By Toby Hadoke
Toby Hadoke
Underbelly
*****

MouseWings
By Rachel Lynn Brody
Stolen Stories
Bedlam Theatre
***(*)

My Filthy Hunt
Horizon Arts
Zoo
*****

Newley - the Singer and the Songs
Festival Highlights
Pleasance
***

NewsRevue
Canal Cafe Theatre
C Chambers Street
*****

The Next Best Thing
By John Godber
Hull Truck in association with Kingswood College of Arts
C Central
***

Night Time
By Selma Dimitrijeviç
Traverse Theatre Company
Traverse 3
**

Nina Conti - Complete and Utter Conti
Pleasance
****

Nocioception
Eternus Rebellus
Zoo Southside
*

Not For Sale
Freefall Theatre
Pleasance
***

Not in My Name! The Trial of Niccolo Machiavelli
Written and performed by Michael McEvoy
Portrait Productions
The Green Room
***(*)

A Number
By Caryl Churchill
Framework Theatre
Sweet City 2, Grassmarket
**

Odyssey
Livewire Theatre Company
Venue 45
****

One Man Star Wars
By Charles Ross
Underbelly Productions
Underbelly - Cow Barn
****

On Wonderland
By Gavin O'Carroll
Kandinsky
Baby Belly
****

Open Couple
By Dario Fo
Tumanishvili Theatre Company
Assembly @ St. George's West
*****

Open Mic at the Globe
Stage D'Or
Written by Hils Barker, Alex Dee, and Mackenzie Taylor
The Green Room
**(*)

The Ordinaries... In an Awkward Silence
By Edward Wren
The River People
Bedlam Theatre
***(*)

Orpheus
Clipa Theater (Israel)
Assembly @Aurora Nova
***(*)

Painkillers
By Paul Buie
Fifth Word Theatre Company
Underbelly
***(*)

Pam Ann: One World Alliance
By Pam Ann
Pam Ann
Assembly Rooms
*(*)

Paul Merton's Impro Chums
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

Phaedra
By Jean Racine
Offstage Theatre
Craigmillar Caste
**

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Underground Theatre: Scotland
Diverse Attractions
**(*)

Pit
By Megan Barker
Arches Theatre Company
Traverse 2
**

The Pitch
By Peter Houghton
Palpable Hits
Assembly Rooms
***

Playing Burton
Guy Masterson Productions, in association with Joshua Richards Productions
Assembly @ George Street
*****

Political Animal
By Andy Zaltzman
Political Animal
Underbelly
****

Popsicle's Departure 1989
By Madi Distefano
Brat Productions
Assembly St George's West
*****

Potted Potter
Festival Highlights
Pleasance
****

Presumption
Written/Devised by Alexander Kelly, Chris Thorpe, Rachael Walton
Third Angel Productions
Theatre Workshop
****

Prints of Denmark
By Nick Bain
Mixed Company Productions
Sweet ECA
***(*)

Private Peaceful
By Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade
Scamp Theatre and Bristol Old Vic
Assembly @ George Street
*****

Prodigal Daughter
Women of Asia (Australia)
C Chambers Street
**(*)

The Psychic Detective (And Those Disappeared)
By Helen Smith
Benchtours
Udderbelly
**(*)

Puppet
Directed and choreographed by Choi Du Hyuk
Daegu City Modern Dance Company, Korea
Zoo Southside
*****

The Queen of Slaughter
Portugal Theatre
Assembly Aurora Nova
**

The Quest for the Divine Bottle
By Richard Fredman (and Francois Rabalais)
Babolin Theatre in association with Gomito
Devised by the Company
Bedlam Theatre
****(*)

The Racket
By Richard Walker
Living for Today Productions
Zoo
**

Ravenhill for Breakfast - War of the Worlds
By Mark Ravenhill
Traverse 1
*****
(Reviewed by Philip Fisher)

Ravenhill for Breakfast
By Mark Ravenhill
Traverse 1
****
(Reviewed by Allison Vale)

The Redemption of Christopher Cant
Bear
Clubwest @ Three Sisters
***

Reginald D Hunter - F*ck You in the Age of Consequence
Udderbelly
****

Rhod Gilbert - Who's Eaten Gilbert's Grape?
Pleasance
***

Rock 'n' Roll Penguin
Gamarjobat
E4 Udderbelly
*****

Romeo & Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Globe Touring Company
Hopetoun House, Edinburgh (and touring)
****

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Tom Stoppard
C cubed
****

The Rover
By Aphra Behn
Hunter Productions
C Cubed
*****

Russell Howard: Wandering
By Russell Howard
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Scarborough
By Fiona Evans
Northern Firebrand
Assembly Rooms
*****

Scared Scriptless
Watchthis
Underbelly
**

Score
(Terre d'Arene)
Au Cul du Loup Company
Assembly Aurora Nova
****(*)

Shackled
Understairs Arts
EuroScot
***(*)
(Reviewed by Graeme Strachan)

Shackled
By Fergus Ford
Seven Dwarves Ltd.
EuroScot
***
(Reviewed by Rachel Lynn Brody)

The Shagaround
Odd Man Out
Zoo
**(*)

Shakespeare Bingo ­ A Comedy of Errors
Running Torch
Bedlam
*

A Single Numberless Death
Demarco Rocket Productions: Glenalmond College
Rocket@Demarco Roxy Arthouse
***

Siren
Ray Lee
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
*****

Skolka
Point of Departure Theatre
Underbelly
****(*)

Slight Tilt to the Universe
By Jenny Andrews
CFKA…
The Vault
***

The Smile Off Your Face
Ontroerend Goed
C Soco
*****

Smothered in Skin
Z Theatre Company
Venue 45
**

Sorry for the Missiles!
Choreographed by Vanessa Haska
Scottish Dance Theatre
Zoo Southside
*****

Sound Of Music in Drag
Gilded Balloon Production and Drags Aloud
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

The Space in Between
By Alex Marx
Order First
The Jazz Bar
***

Special
Fecund Theatre
Assembly Universal Arts
**

The Spoils
By Steven Dykes and Paul Englishby
Shady Dolls Theatre Company
C Chambers Street
***

Stewart Lee - 41st Best Stand-Up Ever
Udderbelly
***

Sting for Nolte
By Tom W Lister
Campaign for Sting for Nolte
Gilded Balloon Teviot
**

Stonewall
Pleasance and Angelica
Pleasance
*
(Review by Catherine Lamm)

Stonewall
By Rikki Beadle-Blair
Pleasance and Angelica
Pleasance
***
(Review by Graeme Strachan)

Stoopud Fucken Animals
By Joel Horwood
Loose Collective/Escalator East to Edinburgh
Traverse 3
****

Stratospheric
Dance Base
***

Subway
By Matthew Lenton
Vanishing Point
Traverse 3
*****

The Suicide
By Nikolai Erdman, adapted by Richard Nelson from a literal translation by Xenia Youhn
Edward's Theatre Company
Quaker Meeting House
***

The Tail of Rampant Rabbit
Washing Line Productions
C Soco
*****

Talking Heads - Her Big Chance and Bed Among the Lentils
By Alan Bennett
Glasgay!
Assembly Universal Arts Majestic
****

Talking to Spacehoppers
The Gorgeous North
Soco
***

Tease With a Twist
Edinburgh Conference Centre
**(*)

The Terrible Infants
Based on a series of short stories by Oliver Lansley and Sam Wyer
Les Enfants Terribles
Pleasance Courtyard
****

A Third of the Way Done
By BAD ASH
BAD ASH Productions
Bedlam Theatre
***(*)

Threads
By D.W. Howson
Liverpool University Drama Society
C Chambers Street
****

Three Wise Men and a Baby
By David Robinson
Saltmine Theatre Company
Charlotte Chapel
*****

Timeless
Dance Base
****

Tir Nan Og
By Dave Anderson
Oran MorE! at Assembly
Assembly Rooms
****

Tomas Pape
Aireborn Theatre Company
Baby Belly
****

Tony! The Blair Musical
by Chris Bush
C Chambers Street
****(*)

Touch
By Bill Dare
Festival Highlight
Pleasance
****

Traces
7 Fingers
Assembly Rooms
*****
(Reviewed by Lucy Ribchester)

Traces
By Les 7 doigts de la Main
Assembly Rooms
****
(Reviewed by Philip Fisher)

Trainspotting
Hit the Switch Theatre in association with Belt Up (Nothing to See/Hear)
C Central
**(*)

Truckstop
By Lot Vekemans
Eastern Angles and Company of Angels/Escalator East to Edinburgh
Zoo
***

Truman Capote Talk Show
By Bob Kingdom
Richard Jordan Productions
Assembly @ Hill Street
****

Trumptonshire Tales
Phill Jupitus and Brian Cant
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Truth in Translation
By Michael Lessac, Music by Hugh Masekele
The Colonnades Theatre Lab/Market Theatre
Assembly Hall
***

The Turing Test
An Opera by Julian Wagstaff
Edinburgh Studio Opera
Augustine's
***(*)

Turning Heads
Opera on the Run
Pleasance
***

TwinSS
ttproductions
Sweet ECA
***

The Ugly Kid: A Sketch Show
By Ugly Kid
Ugly Kid
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Under Milk Wood
By Dylan Thomas
Guy Masterson and TTI
Assembly @ George Street
*****

Under the Dragon Moon
I Theatre (Singapore)
C Chambers Street
***(*)

Unnatural Acts
By Nick Awde and Chris Bartlett
Unnatural Productions and Richard Jordan Productions
Guilded Balloon Teviot
***(*)
(Reviewed by Louise Hill)

Unnatural Acts
By Nick Awde and Chris Bartlett
Unnatural Productions and Richard Jordan Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***
(Reviewed by Philip Fisher)

Unsex Me Here
Skye Loneragan in association with Scamp Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
*

Vacant Possession
By Ray Brown
Normal Productions
C Cubed
*****

Venus as a Boy
Adapted by Tam Dean Burn from the novel by Luke Sutherland
Traverse 2
****

Victoria
By Dulcinea Langfelder based on a text by Charles Fariala
Dulcinea Langfelder & Co (Canada)
Assembly @ Aurora Nova
****

Victor Spinetti - A Very Private Diary ...... Revisited!
Richard Jordan Productions and Pleasance
Pleasance
****

Vortigern's Kingdom
Shakey Theatre
Quaker Meeting House
***

Waiting for Groucho
By Louise Oliver and Frodo McDaniel
Rhymes with Purple Productions
Zoo
****

A Walk in the Park
By Dave Anderson
Oran MhorE! At Assembly
Assembly Rooms
***

The Walworth Farce
By Enda Walsh
Druid
Traverse
****

World's End
By Paul Sellar
Andy Jordan Productions
Pleasance Dome
****

Woyzeck
Sadari Movement Laboratory
Assembly Aurora Nova
*****

Wunderkind
By Darren Thornton
Down to Earth Productions in association with Calipo Theatre Company
Udderbelly Pasture
*****

Xenu Is Loose! Cower Puny Humans as the Dark Prince of the Galactic Federation Rains Atomic Death Once More upon Your Pitiful Planet - The Musical!
By Stewart Pringle, Tom Richards & Henry James Richards
Collapsible Theatre Company
C Chambers Street
**

Yellow Hands
Fliegende Bauten and Assembly
Assembly @ St. George's West
**(*)

Yellow Moon
By David Greig
TAG Theatre Company
Traverse 2
****
(Reviewed by Philip Fisher)

Yellow Moon
By David Grieg
TAG Theatre Company
Traverse
****
(Reviewed by Allison Vale)

You've Got to Laugh
Icarus Theatre
C Central
***(*)

You've Got to Love Dancing to Stick to It
You've Got to Love Dancing to Stick to it
Written and performed by Julian Fox
Pleasance Courtyard
****

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The Ratings

***** - Brilliant! Kill for a ticket
**** - Very good indeed - well worth seeing
*** - A good show of its type
** - There are shows which are more worth seeing
* Poor
(*) is a half star!

Best Bets

Just able to see a few shows? Want to know what's the very best? Here are our Five Star shows:

Adolf

Aeneas Faversham Returns

Aesop's Fables

American Poodle

The Angel and the Woodcutter

Astronomy for Insects

Bacchic

The Ballerina Who Loves B-Boyz

The Battle of Stalingrad

Bill Hicks: Slight Return

Brendon Burns- So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now

Chaplin

Choon-Hyang - True Love

Coat

Dai (Enough)

The Devil, Chess: A Burlesque

England

Failed States

Famished

Lacrimosa

Little Red Things: The Boy Who Wouldn't Listen

My Filthy Hunt

Follow Me

Fuerzabruta

Little Howard and the Magic Pencil of Life and Death

The Lion Spirit (CL)

The Lion Spirit (JF)

Love Labours Won

The Man Who Planted Trees

Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf

NewsRevue

Open Couple

Playing Burton

Popsicle's Departure, 1989

Private Peaceful

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Puppet

Ravenhill for Breakfast - War of the Worlds

Rock 'n' Roll Penguin

The Rover

Scarborough

Siren

The Smile Off Your Face

Sorry for the Missiles!

Subway

Traces

The Tail of Rampant Rabbit

Three Wise Men and a Baby

Under Milk Wood

Vacant Possession

Woyeck

Wunderkind

 

 

©Peter Lathan 2007