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2008 Edinburgh Fringe Index

Interviews

Owen O'Neill - funny man to serial killer

Mark Watson - "I have the best job in the world"

News

The first Fringe Firsts

Ukrainian company cancels because of accident

Fringe Firsts - week 2

Stage Awards nominees

Fringe Awards Shortlists

Fringe Firsts - week 3

Total Theatre Awards

More Awards!

The Allen Wright Awards

Amnesty Award winner

Stage Awards winners

Fringe Facts

Director Morgan quits

EIF Award winner

Features

Women on the Streets

 

Reviews

Abbas Tactus
Splintered Glass Productions
C SoCo
**(*)

Absolution
By Owen O'Neill
Guy Masterson and TTI in association with OON Productions UK
Assembly Rooms.
*****

The Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger
By Steven Dawson
Out Cast Theatre
Pleasance Dome
****

Aequus
Jean Abreu
Zoo Southside
*****

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Exeter University Theatre Company
Sweet ECA
***

The Aluminum Show
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Alun Cochrane: Owner of a shed and a son thinks the world is wonky
Assembly @ George Street
****

Andrew Clover - Dad Rules
Pleasance Dome
**(*)

And The Devil May Drag You Under
Desmond O'Connor and Pustra/Vile-een's Vaudeville
Musical Theatre @ George Square
*

Anna the Slut and the (Almost) Chosen One
By Andrew Hungerford
Hunger Warrior Theatre
C Soco
***

Another Kind of Silence
FullCircle Productions
Hill Street Theatre
***

Another Paradise
Kali Theatre
InvASIAN Festival
clubWEST
**

Antonio Forcione and Adriano Adewale
Assembly @ George Street, Edinburgh
*****

Apocalypse: The Musical
By Heather Newton and Ernest Merry
Feed the Ducks Productions
C
****

Apollo/Dionysus
Thedead
C
*

Architecting (Part One)
By The TEAM
The TEAM & National Theatre of Scotland Workshop
Traverse 2
***

Arirang Party
Part of the InvAsian Festival
Lunatic Company
clubWEST @ The Royal College of Surgeons
***(*)

The Army of Reason
Weaver Hughes Ensemble
Pleasance Dome
***(*)

Asmakam: The Quest
SB.dance
InvASIAN Festival
clubWEST@Quintencenary Hall
****(*)

Assassins
By Sephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Through The Window Theatre
C Central
***

Attack of the Soccer Moms
By John DeVore
Green Room Presents
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*

Aurora Borealis
Dance Base and Lazzi Experimental Arts Unit
Dance Base
**(*)

The Award Winning Mince Pie
By Rhod Gilbert
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Baby and Fly Pie
Youth Arts Leicestershire
Quaker Meeting House
****

Baldanders
Kompania Doomsday
Hill Street Theatre
***

Bale de Rua
Assembly Hall
****(*)

Banterbury Tales
Your Theatre Company
Sweet Grassmarket
****

Before We Remember
Gomito Productions
Bedlam Theatre
***

Behind the Mirror
Theatre Ad Infinitum
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

Beth Becomes Her
Beth Black
Baby Belly
***(*)

The Bird and The Bee : The Bee
By Matt Hartley
Kandinsky
Underbelly
**

The Bird and The Bee : The Bird
By Al Smith
Kandinsky
Underbelly
****

Black Stuff
By Jonathan Young
SHAMS
Pleasance Courtyard
**

Blood Wedding
Colet Players
Zoo Southside
***

Blue Remembered Hills
By Dennis Potter
Edinburgh Theatre Arts
St Ninian's Hall
***(*)

Bombay to Beijing by Bicycle
Squeaky Board Theatre
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Boys of The Empire
Glenn Chandler Presents
C
*****

Britt on Britt
Avalon Promotions
Assembly Rooms.
**

Bully
Richard Fry
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*****

The Burma Play - A Comedy of Terror
By Pamela Brough Sandiford
Northern International Theatre
St John's Church
***

Bury the Dead
The American High School Theatre Festival
Rocket at Roxburghe Hotel
*

By the Way
By Noëlle Renaude, translated by Clare Finburgh
ChoppedLogic
Pleasance Courtyard
*

Cabaret Dante
Skin of the Teeth
C Soco
**

Caesar Twins
Underbelly's Pasture
*****

A California Seagull
By Alison Carey, after Anton Chekhov
The Red Chair Players
C
***

Call for the Condemned
WatchThis
Rocket@Demarco Roxy Art House
***(*)

The Caravan : Coping with Floods
By Ben Freedman, Mimi Poskett and Liam O'Driscoll
Look Left Look Right
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Caruso and the Quake
By Andrew G.Marshall
Ignacio Jarquin
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Caught on Tape
Putney Players
Zoo Southside
**(*)

The Censor
By Anthony Neilson
UWS Productions
The Vault
****

Charlie Victor Romeo
By Bob Berger, Patrick Daniels and Irving Gregory
Scamp Theatre in association with the Mercury Colchester and Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds
Udderbelly Cowbarn
****

Chess
Dansmusician Group
Universal Arts Theatre
*****

The Cholmondeleys and The Featherstonehaughs present Dancing on Your Grave featuring Corpse De Ballet
Assembly Rooms
***

Choon-Hyang (True Love)
Theater Seoul
Spotlites@ Merchants' Hall
****

Circus Oz - 30th Birthday Bash
Assembly and Circus Oz
Assembly Hall
***

Cleansed
UWE Drama Department
The Space @ The Thistle Hotel
***

Clive James: In Conversation
Jeremy Meadow
Assembly Rooms
****

Clockheart Boy
Dumbshow
C
****

Club Noir
EICC
**

Columbinus
Syracuse University Drama
The Quaker Meeting House
*****

Comic Potential
Rattlesnake! Theatre Company
C
**

Coming Up For Air
By George Orwell, adapted by Dominic Cavendish
Assembly Rooms
****

Company
By Stephen Sondheim
EUSOG
Augustine's
****

Coral's Red Dance & Kimho Ip's Music
Coral Lee & Kaleidophone
InvASIAN Festival
clubWEST@quincentenary Hall, Royal College of Surgeons
****

Correspondence
By Claire MacDonald
Menagerie
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Corryvreckan
YDance
Dance Base
***(*)

Cracked
SYD
Greenside
*

Crave
By Sarah Kane
3Bugs Fringe Theatre
Sweet ECA
****

Creation and All That Jazz
Last Chance Theatre Company
Augustine's
**

The Cross and the Switchblade
Saltmine Theatre Company
Charlotte Church
****

Crossing the Rubicon
Nottingham New Theatre
C soco
***

Cure
Struck Dumb Theatre
Baby Belly
**

Dad's Money
Boss Hogg
Pleasance Dome
***(*)

Damned Beautiful
Helix Dance
Pleasance Dome
***

Danceforms: The 42nd Choreographers’ Showcase
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House
***(*)

Dance without Movement
Peshkar Productions
InvASIAN Festival
clubWEST @ Quincentenary Hall
***

Daredevas
Akademi South Asian Dance UK
InvASIAN Festival
clubWest@Quincentenary Hall, Royal College of Surgeons
*****

Dark Grumblings
BIG WOW in association with Richard Jordan Productions
Underbelly
**

The Darkling Plain
Bloody Lovely Productions
Underbelly
****

Darning Jilly
Royal Holloway Theatre
C soco
**(*)

Deep Cut
By Philip Ralph
Sherman Cymru
Traverse 2
*****

Departure Lounge
By Dougal Irvine
George Square Theatre
*

Devil in Drag
By Dario Fo
Breast Assembly
Sweet ECA, Edinburgh College of Art
*

Discipline & Punish
SUDS Theatre Company
C SoCo
***

Dogs Barking
By Richard Zajdlic
Easy Tiger Productions
Baby Belly
****

Don't Say a Word
Sole Purpose Productions
Quaker Meeting House
**(*)

Driven
Neel de Jong
Rocket@Demarco Roxy Art House
****

Drum Drama
Music Highland Festival Media
City Edinburgh, Market Street
****

A Drunk Woman Looks At The Thistle
Gilded Balloon Productions
Assembly @ George Street
***

East
By Steven Berkoff
Runaground
C soco
****

Eco-Friendly Jihad
Abie Phibin Bowman
Underbelly
**(*)

Ecstasy
By Irvine Welsh, adapted for the stage by Keith Wyatt
Easy Tiger Productions
Baby Belly
***

Ed Byrne: Different Class
Assembly Hall
****

Edges
A new musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Nimbus Theatre
C Central
*****

Eight
EUTC
Bedlam Theatre
*****

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
The Latymer Theatre Company
Zoo Southside
****

The Elephant Man
By Mary Swan and Saul Jaffé
Proteus
C SoCo
*****

Elizabeth & Raleigh : Late but Live
By Stewart Lee
Udderbelly Cow Barn
**

Elvis Hates Me!
Horizon Arts
Zoo
*****

€migrants
By Slawomir Mrozek
Wiczy Theatre
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House
***

Esoterica
Fletch Productions
Baby Belly
***

The Exquisite Corpse
By Branwen Davies, Angharad Devonald, Tracy Harris, Kit Lambert and Othniel Smith
True/Fiction Theatre
C Central
****

Face in the Crowd
By Ben Clare and Matthew Dye
Kudos
Underbelly
***

The Factory
By Steve Lambert
Badac Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

The Factory
Precarious
Zoo Southside
****(*)

Fall
By Zinnie Harris
Traverse Theatre Company
Traverse 1
***

The Family
Lunatic Company
InvASIAN Festival
clubWEST@Quintencenary Hall, Royal College of Surgeons
****(*)

Fast and Furious or Soft and Slow
Pink Space Theatre Company and Real Woman Ltd
Rocket @ DeMarco Roxy Art House
***

Feasting on Flesh
Assembly & Strut & Fret
Assembly @ George Street
****

The Feast of Ants
Mugensha Theatre Company
Rocket@Demarco Roxy Art House
****(*)

Finished with Engines
By Alan McKendrick
Arches Theatre Company
Traverse 2
**

The Fooligan
Al Seed
Pleasance Courtyard
*****
(Reviewer: Jackie Fletcher)

The Fooligan
Al Seed
Pleasance Courtyard
*****
(Reviewer: Cecily Boys)

Footsbarn's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Footsbarn Theatre
Footsbarn's Big Top at Calton Hill
****

Forgotten
Fishamble: The New Play in Association with Pat Kinevane
Dance Base - National Centre for Dance
****

Foreskin's Lament
By Greg McGee
Trailer Trash Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
*

Frank Woodley - Possessed
Frank Woodley
Assembly @ George Street
**

Frog Man
Meanwhile Theatre Company
The Zoo; the Monkey House
(*)

The Full Monty
Tempo Musical Productions
St. Oswald's Hall
***

Funk It Up About Nothin'
By GQ and JQ
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
George Square Theatre
*****

Gamarjobat - The Western
Gamarjobat
The Gilded Balloon Teviot
*****

Global Warming is Gay
By Ian Heggie
Off Message Theatre Company
C Central
****

Going Down
Lincoln School of Performing Arts
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House
**(*)

Greenstick Boy
Greenstick Productions
Assembly Rooms
***

The Gymnast
The Empty Space and Jane Arnfield in association with Northern Stage, Newcastle
Pleasance Courtyard
**

A Gypsy Prayer for the South
Pro Art & Co
C Central
*

Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Ut Severis Seges Theatre Company
The Royal College of Physicians
***

Hamlet: (Chamber Shakespeare Cycle Part 1)
Chamber Shakespeare Company
Hudson Hotel
****

Hamlet Episode
Daegu City Modern Dance Company
Rocket@Roxburghe Hotel
*****

Hand-Me-Down
The Empty Space and Kate Craddock
Pleasance Courtyard
***(*)

The Happy Prince
By Oscar Wilde
Peculius Stage Company
The Space @ Jury's Inn
***(*)

Heartbreak Soup
By Laura Lindow
The Empty Space and Laura Lindow
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

Hello Dali
By Andrew Dallmeyer
clubWEST
***

The Highwayman
The Curious Room
C cubed
***

Histrionics
Baby Belly
**(*)

Hitler Alone
Paul Webster
Inlingua Edinburgh, Hanover Street
****

Hostage
By Jenny Chapman
Tweed Theatre
Sweet ECA
*(*)

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Illyria
C too
***

How It Ended
You Need Me
C cubed
****

How's Your Father?
Grimmace
Rocket @ Roxburghe Hotel
**

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick
By Joel Horwood
Eastern Angles
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Idiot Colony
RedCape Theatre
Pleasance Dome, King Dome
****

I Hate Everything
Z Theatre Company
The Space: Venue 45
****

I love you! and You... and You...
By Ellen Cribs
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
C Cubed
***

I Love You, Bro
By Adam J.A. Cass
Three To A Room
Pleasance Dome
****

In a Thousand Pieces
Devised by the company
The Paper Birds
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Inbetween
Cie Willi Dorner
Dance Base
****(*)

In Conflict
By Douglas C Wager, from the book by Yvonne Latty
Temple Theatres
Assembly Rooms.
**

The Inconvenient Truths
The American High School Theatre Festival
Rocket @ Roxburghe Hotel
***

Inside Yerma
Andy Jordan Productions/Teatro dei Borgia
By Federico Garcia Lorca
Pleasance Dome
***

Instruction Manual
Questi Fantasmi and Sons
The Space @ Venue 45
***

Involution
Mokita Productions
Pleasance Dome
***

It Ain't All Bollywood
Rifco Arts
clubWest @ Quincentenary Hall
****

I Think You Stink
Bad Ash Productions
Bedlam Theatre
***

Itsoseng
By Omphile Molusi
Pleasance Dome
***

The Jabberwock
Scarlet Blade Theatre
C Central
****

Jason Byrne: Cats Under Mats having Chats with Bats
Jason Byrne
Assembly Hall
****

Jeff Green: Life Ache
Assembly @ George Street
*****

John Hegley – Beyond Our Kennel
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Jonny Woo - International Woman of Mr E
Bistrotheque Productions
The Gilded Balloon Teviot
**

Judgment of Paris
Company XIV
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House
*****

Judy - The Musical
K6 Collective
Augustine's
**

Jumping the Shark
See Ya Later Productions
C Cubed
**

The Jungle Book: A Murderous Song
Livewire Theatre
The Space: Venue 45
****

Just Out Of Reach
Theatre of Music
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House
**

Just Trust Me…
Fat Toad Theatre Company
Greenside
**

The Kentucky Cycle - Parts I and II
Pepperdine University
C
*****

Kes (A Kestrel For A Knave)
Beacon Theatre Group
Augustine's
**

The Lark
American High School Theatre
Roxy @ Demarco Roxy Art House
**

King Lear - The Pantomime
Gresham's
C
***(*)

Kunst ist Scheisse
The Caravan of Love
The Space On The Mile
***

Krapp's Last Tape & A Piece of Monologue
Drumlin Players, Ireland
Spotlites @ The Merchants' Hall
****

The Last Yak
Pangolin's Teatime
Pleasance Dome
****

La Tuerta
Memory Tree
Bedlam Theatre
**

Lear (Chamber Shakespeare Cycle Part IV)
Chamber Shakespeare Company
Hudson Hotel
****(*)

Learn to play the Ukulele in under an hour (How George Formby saved my life)
Erica Fee Productions and Ukulele Men
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Lie of the Land
By Torben Betts
Pleasance and Adam Barnard
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

Lies Have Been Told
By Rob Beacham
Assembly @ George Street
***

Literally
Paul Parry
Zoo
***

Living With Johnny Depp
Madcap Theatre Company
The Zoo
*****

Lost in the Wind
Lost Spectacles
Zoo
*****

Lost Soul Music
White Rose Theatre for Belt Up
C Central
****

Lough/Rain
Real Circumstance With York Theatre Royal in Association With Escalator East to Edinburgh
Underbelly
****

Love Still Unrequited
LSU Theatre
Augustine’s
**

Loving Burns
RedHed Theatre
Rocket @ Roxburghe Hotel
***

Lucky You
By Carl Hiassen, adapted by Francis Matthews and Denis Calandra
Assembly Hall
**

Lynn Ferguson - Heart and Sole
Gilded Balloon Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Lynn Ferguson - The Plan
Gilded Balloon Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Macbeth (Chamber Shakespeare Cycle Part II)
Chamber Shakespeare Company
Hudson Hotel
***

The Man in the Iron Mask: The Three Musketeers
Livewire Theatre
The Space: Venue 45
****

The Man Who Planted Trees
Written and performed by Richard Medrington and Rick Conte
Puppet State Theatre Company
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
*****

The Margins
Slippery Rock Theatre
The Space @ Venue 45
*****

Mark Watson : All the Thoughts I've Had Since I Was Born
Pleasance Grand
****

Married to the Sea
By Shona McCarthy
Dragonfly Theatre Collective
Assembly @ George Street
****
(Reviewed by David Chadderton)

Married to the Sea
By Shona McCarthy
Dragonfly Theatre
Assembly Rooms.
*****
(Reviewed by Philip Fisher)

Meli Melo II
Chicos Mambo
Universal Arts Theatre
*****

The Messiah
Bradfield College
Spotlites @ The Merchants' Hall
***

Miles Jupp - Drifting
Miles Jupp
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Mime for Laughs
Mono-Mime Comedy Theatre
Hill Street Theatre
****

Mr Gong's Hair Salon
Daegu City Theatre Company
C Central
****(*)

Moliere's 'Tartuffe'
Greene Shoots Theatre
C
***

Mong Yeon (A Love In Dreams)
Modl Theatre (Korea)
C
*****

Monsters
West Lothian Youth Theatre & Salmagundi Training Company
Roxy Art House
**

Moonlight
By Harold Pinter
Liverpool University Drama Society
C soco
**

More Lives Than One - Oscar Wilde and the Black Douglas
Dear Conjunction Theatre Company
Augustine's
***(*)

Mort
Paradox Productions
C
***

Motherland
By Steve Gilroy
Live Theatre
Underbelly
*****

The Mozart Question
By Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade
Assembly and SCAMP
Assembly Rooms.
****

Much Ado About Something
Hazel Valley Players
Greenside
***(*)

Mudfire
The Carpetbag Brigade
Sweet ECA
*** (*)

My Grandfather's Great War
Festival Highlights
Baby Belly
*****

My Single Friend
Flying Pig Productions
The Space on the Mile
*

Mythellaneous
Messenger Theatre Company
Sweet ECA
***

The New Electric Ballroom
By Enda Walsh
Druid
Traverse 1
****

Newsrevue
Canal Cafe Theatre
Underbelly Cow Barn
****

New World Order
Rogue Shakespeare Company
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

A Night at the Movies
Gallimaufry & Greene
C
***

Nina Conti - Evolution
Nina Conti
Pleasance
****

1913 or Nude Descending a Staircase
Strings Attached
Sweet Grassmarket
*

Nocturne
By Adam Rapp
Almeida Theatre
Traverse Theatre
*****

No Exit
Bath University Student Theatre
The Space @ Jury's Inn
***

Not Everything Is Significant
By Ben Moor
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

Not Stalking David Tennant (aka Having It All)
Not Stalking Productions
The Vault
***

Now Is the Hour
Crossroads Theatre
Hill Street Theatre
*****

Off Her Trolley
Written and performed by Eleanor Bennet
The Vault
***

Office Party
Underbelly Productions and Assembly
Udderbelly's Pasture, Appleton Tower
**

Once and For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen
By Joeri Smet and Alexander Devriendt
Ontroerend Goed, Kopergietery Youth Theatre and Richard Jordan Productions
Traverse 2
****

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Practical Magic Theatre Company
Sweet ECA, Edinburgh College of Art
**

Only the Brave
Daniel Sparrow and Patrick Gracey
Musical Theatre @ George Square
****

On the Island of Aars
Book and lyrics by Chris Larner, music by Mark Stevens
Quup Productions and James Seabright for Festival Highlights
Pleasance Courtyard
****

On the Waterfront
By Budd Schulberg and Stan Silverman
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Osaka 1837
Akagumi
C
****

Othello (Chamber Shakespeare Cycle Part III)
Chamber Shakespeare Company
Hudson Hotel
*****

Otis Lee Crenshaw
Rich Hall
Pleasance
****

Our Country's Good
Rattlesnake! Theatre Company
C
***

Paperweight
Top of the World
Assembly Rooms
*****

Parallel/Parallels
plan B @ Dance Base
***(*)

The Parched Lament of Child Farrago
Babolin Theatre in Association with Gomito Productions
Bedlam Theatre
***

The Patriot Act
By Lydia Bruce and Sandy Burns
Green Room Presents
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

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

Paul Merton's Silent Clowns
Filmhouse Theatre, Edinburgh
****

Pericles Redux
Not Man Apart
Pleasance Courtyard
***

P45's in the Post
Blue Bud Stage Company
Sweet ECA
**

Phantomysteria
Teatr Novogo Fronta
Old College Quad
****

The Picture of Dorian Gray
By Oscar Wilde
Lincoln School of Performing Arts Theatre Company & University of Central Lancashire
C soco
***

Pictures on the Air
By Toby Lloyd
Wopsle Productions
Sweet Teviot
***

Plague! The Musical
Bubonic Productions
C
****

Playback Theatre
Random Acts Theatre Company
Diverse Attractions, Riddles Court
*

Please Don't Feed the Models
Neapolitan Theatre
Baby Belly
**

Poejazzi: Spokenworld
Down Home
Sweet Teviot Place
**

Pornography
By Simon Stephens
Traverse Theatre Company and Birmingham Rep
Traverse 1
***

Potency
By Michael J. Flexer
Apikoros
Edinburgh Sports Club, Belford Place
****

Private Peaceful
By Michael Morpurgo
Youth Arts Leicestershire
Quaker Meeting House
****

The Rape of Lucrece
By William Shakespeare
Thievish Dog
Baby Belly
****

The Rat Pack - Live
Hartshorn-Hook Productions
C, Chambers Street
***(*)

The Real Inspector Hound
By Tom Stoppard
Cambridge University ADC
C
**

Reasonable Doubt
By Suzie Miller
Guy Masterson -TTI in association with Tamarand Rock Surfers AUS
Assembly Rooms.
**

Reginald D Hunter: No Country For Grown Men
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Rex Futurus
Emmet Brown Productions
Zoo Southside
*

Richard Herring: The Headmaster's Son
Richard Herring
Underbelly
*****

Rise
Tom Dale Company
Zoo Southside
*****

Romeo and Juliet
Globe Touring
Royal Botanic Gardens
***

Roy Walker - Goodbye, Mr Chips
Assembly Rooms.
***

St Nicholas
By Conor McPherson
Richard Jordan Productions
Assembly @ George Street
****

Saving Tania's Privates
By Tania Katan
AJ Epstein & Richard Jordan Productions
Pleasance Dome
***(*)

Scaramouche Jones
By Justin Butcher
Guy Masterson-TTI in association with Passion Pit Theatre UK
Assembly Rooms.
*****

Scottish Dance Theatre
Zoo Southside
*****

The Search for Sunshine
Platform
Baby Belly
****

Secret Agents
Apikoros
Pleasance Dome
***

The Self-Murder
SSSR Productions
InvAsian Festival
clubWEST@Royal College of Surgeons
*****

Serendipity
Le Navet Bete
Sweet ECA
*****

A Servant of Two Masters
By Carlo Goldoni, adapted by Lee Hall from a literal translation by Gwenda Pandolfi
Edward's Theatre Company
Quaker Meeting House
***(*)

The Shadow
Feast Theatre
Baby Belly
***(*)

Shakespeare for Breakfast
C theatre
C
***(*)

Shakespeare Made Easy
By Melissa Scher and Michelle Lema
This Bridge Theatre
C Cubed
***

Shakespod
Willing Suspension Theatre
C
**

She Do The Police In Different Voices
Cal Arts Festival Theatre
Venue 13, Lochend Close
***

Shut Up! Listen!
Theatre Company 'SU'
Sweet ECA
****(*)

Simon Callow - A Festival Dickens
Assembly Rooms.
****

Sir Barrington Ganch: My Life Is Art
Inspired Pictures
C cubed
**

Sister Cities
Sidewalk Studio Theatre Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

66A Church Road...
By Daniel Kitson
Traverse Theatre
****

The Six Wives of Timothy Leary
Weaver Hughes Ensemble
Pleasance Dome
***(*)

Slick
By Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison
Vox Motus and Tron Theatre
Traverse 2
*****

Some People Think I'm Odd
By Mike Fosbrook
Studio 91
The Vault
***

Somewhere Over the Westway
The Portobello Panto
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Sound and Fury's Cyranose
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About A Girl He Once Loved
Stefan Golaszewski
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Surviving Spike
By Richard Harris
Assembly @ George Street, Edinburgh
***

The Sushi Tap Show
Tokyo Tap Do!
Greenside
****(*)

Sword of Maximum Damage
Adam Riches
Underbelly
*

Table 23
Hot Tubs and Trampolines
Gilded Balloon Teviot,
***

The Tailor of Inverness
Dogstar
By Matthew Zajac
Assembly Rooms.
***

Tales from an Enchanted Forest
Scottish Storytelling Centre
****

The Tartuffe
Belt Up (Nothing to See/Hear)
C Central
****(*)

Terminus
By Mark O'Rowe
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Traverse 1
***

The Terrible Infants
Les Enfant Terribles Theatre Company
Based on a series of short stories by Oliver Lansley and Sam Wyer
Udderbelly
***(*)

There's Something in the Fridge That Wants to Kill Me!
Dinner For One
Underbelly
****

The Third Condiment
Ankle Productions
Zoo
*****

Three Billy Goats Gruff & Other Furry Tails
Theatre of Widdershins
Scottish Storytelling Centre
****

The Three Musketeers
Faultless and Torrance - Festival Highlights
Underbelly
***

The Time Step
By Matthew Hurt
AMP and Richard Jordan Productions in association with Blind Summit
Pleasance Courtyard
**

Titus Andronicus
DDOS
Sweet ECA
***

Titus Andronicus
By William Shakespeare
Action to the Word
C
**

Todos Los Gatos Son Pardos
Arrieritos
Universal Arts
****

Tony of Arabia
White Rose Theatre
Pleasance Dome
****

Tony! The Blair Musical
White Rose Theatre
The Pleasance Dome: Queen Dome
*****

Top Girls
Girls On Top
C cubed
****

Transient
By Catherine O'Shea
Goose, Goose, Gander
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Ad Libitum
Augustine's
****

21: 13
Dancing Brick
C soco
***

Under Milk Wood
By Dylan Thomas
Shed Theatre
C
**(*)

Undermind
Tictek Productions
C soco
***

Upstart Crows
By Michael Punter
Young Pleasance
Pleasance Courtyard
***

The Vanishing Point
The Carpetbag Brigade
Sweet ECA
****(*)

Victims of Duty
Production 22
Augustine's
***

Vincent
By Leonard Nimoy
Guy Masterson Productions
Assembly
*****

The Virtuous Burglar
By Dario Fo
BigVillage Theatre Company
Augustine's
***

Vivien
Chimera Theatre Group
The Space on the mile
*****

Volpone
By Ben Jonson
Belt Up (Nothing To See/Hear)
C Central
***

The War of the Worlds
By Jeff Wayne after the book by H G Wells
Pip Utton Theatre Company
Baby Belly
*****

What All the Rabbits Are Doing
By Zoe Hinks
Sabotage Theatre Company
Zoo
***(*)

What's Wrong With Angry?
Glenn Chandler presents
C
*****

The Withering
City of London Freemen's School
Quaker Meeting House
****

Wyrd Sisters
Arkyl Theatre Company
Mayfield Salisbury Church
**

Yasser
Guy Masterson-TTI in Association with Studio Dubbelagent
Assembly Rooms
*****

The Year That I Got Younger
Aindrias de Staic
Sweet Grassmarket
***(*)

The Yellow Wallpaper
WhiteSpace Theatre
Rocket @ Demarco Roxy Art House
***

You Don't Need to Know That!
By Angus Barr, Mark Conway, Clare Thomson and Abigail Anderson
Gonzo Moose
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:

Absolution

Aequus

The Elephant Man

Antonio Forcione and Adriano Adewale

Behind the Mirror

Boys of The Empire

Bully

Caesar Twins

Chess

Columbinus

Daredevas

Deep Cut

Edges

Eight

Elvis Hates Me!

The Factory

The Fooligan

Funk It Up About Nothin'

Gamarjobat - The Western

Hamlet Episode

Heartbreak Soup

Jeff Green: Life Ache

Judgment of Paris

The Kentucky Cycle Parts 1 and II

Lie of the Land

Living With Johnny Depp

The Man Who Planted Trees

The Margins

Married to the Sea

Meli Melo II

Mong Yeon (A Love In Dreams)

Motherland

My Grandfather's Great War

Nocturne

Not Everything Is Significant

Now Is the Hour

Othello (Chamber Shakespeare Cycle Part III)

Paperweight

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Richard Herring: The Headmaster's Son

Rise

Scaramouche Jones

Scottish Dance Theatre

Serendipity

The Self-Murder

Slick

The Third Condiment

Tony! The Blair Musical

Vincent

Vivien

The War of the Worlds

What's Wrong With Angry?

Yasser

 

©Peter Lathan 2008