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2009 Edinburgh Fringe Index

News

Week 1 Awards
Fringe Firsts and Herald Awards for the first week.

MTM:UK Awards Nominations Announced
Nominations have been announced for the Musical Theatre Matters Awards at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe.

Week 2 Fringe Firsts
The Fringe Firsts for the second week of the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe have been announced.

Herald Angel Awards - Week 2
The winners of the second batch of Herald Angel Awards for 2009 have been announced.

Total Theatre Awards
The winners of the 2009 Total Theatre Awards have been announced.

Fringe Firsts - Week 3
The third batch of 2009 Fringe Firsts have been announced.

Arches Brick Award
Winners announced.

The Stage Awards for Acting Excellence
The winners are announced.

A Record-Breaking Fringe
The 2009 Edinburgh Fringe broke all ticket sales records.

Reviews

2012
By Bill Aitchinson
Dance Base
****

Accidental Nostalgia
By Cynthia Hopkins
Traverse 1
**

Acting Suspiciously
King's Men
Written By Ian Bradley
Space on the Mile
***

Adam Hills: Inflatable
Off the Kerb Productions
Assembly @ George St
*****

Adriano Adewale: Sound Journey
Created, composed and performed by Adriano Adewale
Augustine's
***

After Circles
Miscellany Theatre Productions
Underbelly
*

After Magritte
By Tom Stoppard
The Lincoln Company
C soco
***

Alistair McGowan and Charlotte Page: Cocktails with Coward
Off The Kerb Productions
Assembly @ George Street
****

Alistair McGowan: The One and The Many
Off The Kerb Productions
Assembly @ Assembly Hall
****

Almost 10
By Raphaele Moussafir
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Alun Cochrane is a daydreamer (at night)
The Stand, Edinburgh
*****

Amateur Transplants - In Theatre
Amateur Transplants
Medina & Negociants
***

And then he said...
In a Pickle
Diverse Attractions
*

anomie
Precarious
Zoo Southside
***

Antonio Forcione Al Dente
Assembly @ The Mound
*****

Apocalypse Wow!
Dougie Hastings
Laughing Horse - The Argyle
**

Appel/Ring Cycle
Company Decalage/Shamita Ray
Dance Base, Grassmarket
***

Art
By Yasmina Reza
Article19 in association with LCubed
C Central
****

Art House
By Rachael Cooper
Tangram Theatre Company
Zoo
***

The Assassination of Paris Hilton
By Megan Ford
Assembly Rooms
***

As You Were
The Bridge
Sweet Grassmarket
***

A-Team The Musical
Script & lyrics by Gareth Kane; Music by Jethro Linley
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Audience - Michael Frayn
By Michael Frayn
Crash Bang Wallop Theatre Company
Sweet ECA
***

Auld Sangs and New Rhymes: The Life of Burns
Leiftheatre
St Serf's Church and Hall
***

Austen's Women
By Jane Austen
Assembly Rooms
***

Auto Da Fé
Fired Up Production
The Space on the Mile@the Radisson
**

Barflies
By Charles Bukowski, adapted by Ben Harrison
Grid Iron
Traverse at Barony Bar, Broughton Street
**

Barry Pull Your Finger Out!
Footlights Harry Porter Prize Winner
Underbelly
*

Beachy Head
Analogue/The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich/Escalator East to Edinburgh
Pleasance Dome
*****

Beast
By Elena Bolster
Bookshelf
The Vault
*****

Becoming Marilyn
By Bernie C. Byrnes
Assembly Rooms
****

Been So Long
Book and Lyrics by Che Walker, Lyrics and Music by Arthur Darvill
Traverse 1
**

Beware of the Dogs
Relentless Theatre
Laughing Horse - The hive
*

Billy Budd
KCS Theatre Company
C Too
*****

The Bite-Size'd Breakfast
White Room Theatre and Film
Bedlam
***

Bite-Sized Breakfast (Week 3)
White Room Theatre
Bedlam
****

Blind Mirth
The Voodoo Rooms
****

Boy in Darkness
Curious Directive
The Zoo
****

Breakfast with Burns
With John Cairney
Henderson's Vegetarian Restaurant
***

Brewers Fayre
The World is Too Much
By David Greig
Traverse 2
*****

A British Subject
By Nichola McAuliffe
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Brocante Sinore: The Mechanicians
Zic Zazou
C Chambers Street
*****

The Brothers Lionheart
Lionheart Productions/Pleasance Theatre
Musical Theatre@George Square
****

Bully
By Richard Fry
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Burton
By Gwynne Edwards
Miles Production
Venue 13
***

Camille O'Sullivan - Dark Angel
Assembly Hall
****

Campfire Stories
By Rich Hall
Assembly @ George Street
****

Capoeira Knights: The Boys from Brazil
World Festival
The World @ St George's West
****

Cardenio
By Bernard Richards (after Shakespeare and Fletcher)
TACT (The Alternative Cambridge Theatre)
C cubed
**

Carmina Burana
By Carl Orff
St Andrew's and St George's Church, George Street
****

Catch
Pin the Tale
Directed by Ragga Dahl Johansen
Zoo Southside
****

Catwalk Confidential
By Robyn Peterson
Assembly @ The Mound
***

Certain Dark Things
By Emily Watson Howes and the Cast
You Need Me
Underbelly
****

Changing the Wheel - Bert Brecht and Me
Peter Thomson
Spotlight @ Merchants' Hall
****

Chatroom
By Edna Walsh
Exeter University Theatre Company
The Zoo
****

Chauntecleer and Pertelotte (A Beasty-Babel-Fable)
By Dougie Blaxland
Live Wire Theatre Company
Zoo Southside
****

The Chronicles of Irania
A Moment's Peace
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Chronicles of Long Kesh
By Martyn Lynch
The Assembly Hall
*****

Cigarettes and Chocolate
By Anthony Minghella
Braindead Theatre Company
C Soco
***

C!RCA
Assembly and C!rca
Assembly Hall
****

Clever Peter
Pleasance Dome
***

Coffee
By Glyn Cannon
Pleasance Courtyard
**

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged]
Black and White Rainbow
Just the Tonic @ The Caves
***

The Contest
By Jennifer Rowlands
Ines Wurth Presents
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*

Controlled Falling Project
ThisSideUp Acrobatics
Udderbelly
*****

Crave
By Sarah Kane
Royal Holloway Theatre Company
C soco
**
(Review by Sacha Voit)

Crave
By Sarah Kane
Royal Holloway Theatre
C Soco
****
(Review by Ben Aitken)

The Critic
The Lincoln Company
C Chambers Street
***

Cross Purpose
By Albert Camus
Find a Penny in association with Drama Centre London
C cubed
****

Dandelion's Story
MODL Theatre (South Korea)
C Chambers Street
****

Danielle Ward Lies
Avalon Productions
Pleasance Courtyard
****

David Leddy's 'White Tea'
Tron Theatre & Fire Exit Ltd
Assembly @ George Street
*****

Dawn of Quixote: Chapter The First
By Juli Crockett
CalArts
Venue 13
**

Destination GB
By Lost Banditos
Pleasance Courtyard
**

Detaining Mr K
Red Card Theatre
Space @ Surgeons Hall
****

The Devoured
BADAC Theatre
Written and Directed by Steve Lambert
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Djupid (The Deep)
Jon Atli Jonasson
Assembly Hall
****

Doctor Faustus
Oxford University Dramatic Society
Sweet ECA
**

Doctor Whom - My Search for Samuel Johnson
By David Benson
Assembly Rooms
***

Don Quixote - Theatre of the Blind
By Charlie Ward after Miguel de Cervantes
Muckle Roe Productions
The Bongo Club
***

Double Art History
Gompertz & Head
Underbelly's Hullabaloo
****

The Doubtful Guest
Inspired by the book by Edward Gorey, written by Shôn Dale-Jones
Hoipolloi Theatre
Traverse Theatre
**

Drama Workshop
Spotlites Theatre Productions
The Merchants' Hall
*****

East
By Stephen Berkoff
Castle Theatre Company
Augustine's
****

Etch A Sketch
The Oxford Revue
Underbelly
***

East 10th Street : Self Portrait with Empty House
By Edgar Oliver
Traverse 2
**

E for Apple/Something Blue
Blasted Productions
The Vault
**

Ernest and the Pale Moon
By Oliver Lansley
Les Enfants Terribles
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Escape
By Matt Wieteska
Mayflower Productions in association with EUTIC
Beldam
**

Etty
By Susan Stein
The Vault
***

The Event
By John Clancy
Assembly Rooms
*****

Facebook Fables
Nonesuch Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

The Fall of Man
Red Shift Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Fascinating Aida
Pleasance over the road
****

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience
Interactive Theatre Australia
B'est Restaurant
*****

Faust In The Box
Bridge Markland and Scamp Theatre
Underbelly
**

First Class
Half-Wit Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
***

First Lady Suite
By Michael John LaChiusa
One Academy Productions
Musical Theatre @ George Square
***

A Fistful Of Snow
Castles in the Sky in Association with Hartshorn-Hook Productions
C soco
**

Forgotten Things
By Emma Adams
Red Ladder Theatre Company
Pleasance Dome
***

Forever Young
Yvonne Arnaud Youth Theatre
Directed by Adam Forde
Augustine's
****

Four Sad Faces: Pith and Vinegar
Four Sad Faces/PBH's Free Fringe
The Canon's Gait
***

Foursome
Stopped Clock
C Soco
***

14 Seconds
By Peter Yates
Random Cactus Productions
The Space @ Surgeons Hall
**

Francis, The Holy Jester
By Dario Fo
Pleasance Over The Road
*****

From Sixties To Sixties
Anna Hillis/PBH's Free Fringe
Jenny Ha's
*

The Frontman
By Glyn Maxwell
Underbelly
*

Frozen
By Byrony Lavery
Squint Theatre Company
Sweet Grassmarket
*

F**ked
By Penelope Skinner
Tangram Theatre Company
Assembly@George Street
*****

Gagarin Way
By Gregory Burke
Comedians Theatre Company
The Stand
****

The Garden
By Zinnie Harris
The World is Too Much
Traverse 2
****

Gary Little: He Was Only Jail Gay
Gary Little / The Stand Comedy Club
The Stand Comedy Club IV
****

Generation F
Actas Company
The Spaces @ Royal College of Surgeons
*

Gentrification : A Conversation with My Neighbour Henry
By Enda Walsh
The World is Too Much: Theatre for Breakfast
Traverse 2
***

The Ghostly Heart
By Ben Schiffer
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Gingers! The Musical
Dirty Pop
Musical Theatre @ George Square
***

The Girls of Slender Means
By Muriel Spark, adapted by Judith Adams
Stellar Quines
Assembly Rooms
****

God
By Woody Allen
Pleasance Dome
***

Graceless
Petticoats Rip
Assembly Hall
*

The Gravediggers
E=MC Hamlet
Space - Surgeon's Hall
**

A Grave Situation
Young Pleasance
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Grind Show
TBA Collaborative
C Chambers Street
**

Guru Guru
Rotozaza
Forest Fringe
***

Hayton On Homicide
By Michelle Golder
Moulin-Exes
Royal College of Surgeons
***

Hard-Hearted Hannah and other stories
Cartoon de Salvo
Theatre Workshop
****

Heaven
By Simon Stephens
The World is Too Much: Theatre for Breakfast
Traverse 2
****

Heroin(e) For Breakfast
By Philip Stokes
Horizon Arts
Underbelly
*****

Home of the Wriggler
By Stan's Café
Underbelly
***

Horse
By Flick Ferdinando
Company FZ
Underbelly's Hullabaloo
***

The Hotel
The Invisible Dot
Assembly Rooms
**

Hou Hou Shahou's Chorus of Descent
By Richard Fredman
Babolin Theatre
Bedlam Theatre
***

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
After Dark
Zoo Southside
****

Hugh Hughes in ... 360
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Iago
Bristol Shakespeare Festival Company
The Zoo
***

Icarus 2.0
Devised by Matt Ball, Sebastien Lawson and Jamie Wood
Camden People's Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
**

I Don't Live Here Anymore
By Philippa Mannion
STaG
Bedlam Theatre
**

If That's All There Is
By Inspector Sands
Traverse 2
***

I Like It To Be A Play / Every Afternoon
By Gertrude Stein
CalArts
Venue 13
***

In a Thousand Pieces
By The Paper Birds
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
by Daniel Kitson
Traverse Theatre
*****

Internal
By Ontrorend Goed
Traverse at Mercure Point Hotel
**

I Wonder Sometimes Who I Am
By Tom Duggan, Tom Lyall and Mischa Twitchin
Forest Fringe
**

Janeane Garofalo
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Jane Austen's Guide to Pornography
Out Cast Theatre Company
Written and Directed by Steven Dawson
Zoo Southside
****

Janis
Otherplace Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Jerry Springer - The Opera
Music by Richard Thomas. Book and lyrics by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas.
One Academy Productions
Musical Theatre @ George Square
****

The Jewish Chronicles
Daniel Cainer
Sweet Grassmarket, Apex Hotel
***

John Hegley: The Adventures of Monsieur Robinet
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Johnny Meister and the Stitch
Jigsaw Theatre Company
The Space@Royal College of Surgeons
*****

Johnny's Midnight Goggles
By Matthew Sharp
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Jason John Whitehead: Emotional Whitemale
Jason John Whitehead / The Stand Comedy Club
The Stand Comedy Club II
**

Kataklo Athletic Dance Theatre's 'Love Machines'
Assembly/Kataklo
Assembly @ George Street
***

Killing Alan
By Phil King
Rough Fiction
Underbelly
****

Killing Me Softly
By Richard Fry
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Kindertransport
By Diane Samuels
Edwards Theatre Company
Quaker Meeting House
***

King of the Gypsies
By Pauline Lynch
These Colours in association with Escalator East to Edinburgh
Pleasance Courtyard
***

King Ubu
By Alfred Jarry, adapted by Luke Davies
UCLU Runaground
The Zoo
****

Knuckleball
By William Whitehurst
Universal Arts, St George's West
***

Koi
Shoko Ito
C Cubed
*

Kursk
By Bryony Lavery
Presented by Sound and Fury, a Young Vic/Fuel co-production
The University of Edinburgh Drill Hall
*****

The Lady Boys of Bangkok Mile High Tour
The Lady Boys of Bangkok
Meadows Theatre Big Tops
***

The Lamplighter's Lament
Devised by Rich Rusk
Rich Rusk in association with Escalator East to Edinburgh
Bedlam Theatre
***

Land Without Words
By Dea Loher
suite42
Just The Tonic @ The Caves
**

Last Night Things Happened
SUDS Theatre Company
Underbelly
**

The Laughs and Loves of Henry Blofeld
Festival Highlights
EICC
***

A Life in Three Acts (Act 1)
By Bette Bourne and Mark Ravenhill
Traverse 2
***

A Life in Three Acts (Act 2)
By Bette Bourne and Mark Ravenhill
Traverse 2
***

A Life in Three Acts (Act 3)
By Bette Bourne and Mark Ravenhill
Traverse 2
***

Lilly Through the Dark
The River People
Bedlam Theatre
*****

Little Gem
By Elaine Murphy
Traverse 2
*****

Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical
By Johnny McKnight
Pleasance Dome
****

Lola: The Life of Lola Montez
Trestle Theatre Company
New Town Theatre
**

The Lost World
By Arthur Conan Doyle
The Paper Cinema and Kieron Maguire
Scottish Storytelling Centre
***

Lotte's Gift
By David Williamson
Assembly Rooms
****

Love and a Colt 45
Edcom
Underbelly
****

The Lover
By Harold Pinter
The Lincoln Company
C Soco
****

Luck
Making Strange Theatre Company
Underbelly's Hullabaloo
***

Lysistrata - the Sex Strike
Youth Arts Leicestershire
Quaker Meeting House
*

A Man For All Seasons
By Robert Bolt
Theatre Alba
Duddington Kirk Manse Gardens
***

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

Marcus Brigstocke: God Collar
Off The Kerb Productions
Assembly @ Assembly Hall
*****

Memento Mori
Leicester University Theatre
The Space on the Mile @ Jury's Inn
***

Metamorphosis
Cambridge University ADC
C too
***

Me Too: A Sideshow
Quade Ulrike
New Town Theatre
****

Midsummer
By David Greig and Gordon McIntyre
Traverse 2
*****

A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Beijing Film Academy
McEwan Hall
***

Miller
By Paul Ferguson
Albeo Productions
C Soco
***

Monday
By Gloria Williams
Freedom Tongues
C Soco
*****

Mong-Yeon (A Love In Dream)
Modl Theatre (Korea)
C, Chambers Street
****

The Montana Ranch
By Dylan Dougherty
Rhesus Productions in collaboration with StrangeDog Theatre
C Central
**

Morecambe
By Tim Whitnall
Assembly @ The Mound
*****

The Moscow State Circus
Meadows Theatre Big Tops
***

Mother Courage and her Children
Sharad Pawar International School
Written by Bertolt Brecht
Space @ Venue 45
**

Much Ado About Nothing
LUTG/Lancaster University Theatre Group
C Cubed
****

Mutiny
Short Nights
The Zoo
**

My Darling Clemmie
By Hugh Whitemore
Indigo Entertainments
Assembly @ George Street
***

My Grandfather's Great War
Cameron Stewart/ Festival Highlights
Directed by David Benson
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*****

My Life with the Dogs
By NIE
Pleasance Courtyard
***

My Queer Valentine
Rick Lau (Accompanied by Warren Wills) - Hong Kong
Universal Arts@St. George's West
****

Newsrevue
Canal Cafe Theatre
Pleasance Over The Road
****

Nick Pynn: Colours of the Night
Inlingua
****

Nine Lives of Bua Lydia
Tiresias Productions
Underbelly
****

Normal
Left Field Theatre Group
Directed by Bex Kane
The Space @ Surgeons Hall
****

Normality
Wordsmith's Theatre Factory
Pleasance Dome
*****

Nun the Wiser
By Triona Adams
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Oh My Green Soap Box
By Lucy Foster
Jumbled
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Oklahomo! Far From Kansas
London Gay Men's Chorus
Sweet ECA
****

Once A Catholic
By Mary O'Malley
Southampton University Student's Union Theatre Group
C Chambers Street
***

One Eye Gone
By Erik Ehn
CalArts
Venue 13
**

One Man Lord of the Rings
By Charles Ross
Udderbelly
*****

One Small Step
By David Hastings
Oxford Playhouse
Assembly Rooms
****

A One Way Street
By Lauren Monaghan-Pisano, Georgia Parris and Charlotte Smiley
2 Birds 1 Stone
The Vault
****

Opening Night of the Living Dead
Obstacle Productions
C Cubed
***

Ophelia (drowning)
By Daniel Marchese Robinson and Daniel Pitt after Deborah Levy and William Shakespeare
3BUGS Fringe Theatre
Sweet Grassmarket Swimming Pool
****

The Origin of Species .....
By John Hinton
Tangram Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Origins
By Steven Canny and John Nicholson
Pentabus Theatre in association with Blind Summit Theatre
Pleasance Dome
***

The Other Side
Scene
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Out Of Chaos
Temple Theatre
Underbelly
****

The Overcoat
Gecko
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Oxford Imps
Gilded Balloon Teviot
**

Orphans
By Dennis Kelly
Traverse 1
**

The Palace of the End
By Judith Thompson
Traverse 1
***

Party
By Tom Basden
Assembly Rooms
*

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

The Penelopiad
Upstaged Theatre
Augustine's
***

People
Pleasance
Pleasance Dome
**

The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Using the words of Oscar Wilde's text
clubWEST and Keith Drinkel
clubWEST@Grosvenor Hilton
*

A Pirate's Life for Me
Act II Theatre Company
Augustine's
**

Platform 88
Platform 88 Physical Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Play On Words
By Tom Crawshaw
Three's Company
Pleasance Dome
***

Power Plant - A Sound and Light Experience
Mark Anderson, Anne Bean, Jony Easterby, Kirsten Reynolds and Others
Assembly @ Royal Botanic Gardens
*****

Precious Little Talent
By Ella Hickson
Tantrums Productions
Bedlam Theatre
*****

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
By Muriel Spark, adapted by Jay Presson Allan
Royal and Derngate, Northampton, and Assembly
Assembly Hall
***

The Princess' Blankets
By Carol Ann Duffy
Scottish Storytelling Centre
***

Private Peaceful
Based on the book by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade
Udderbelly
*****

A Promised Land
Written by Raymond Raszkowski Ross
Theatre Objektiv
Scottish Storytelling Centre
*****

Puppet Grinder Cabaret
Puppet Grinder/Little Angel Theatre
Assembly @ George Street
***

Pythonesque
By Roy Smiles
Udderbelly Hullabaloo
**

Quaternary
St Paul's Boys School
C soco
*****

Rachel Rose Reid
Louis Hartshorn & Brian Hook
Pleasance Courtyard
**

The Rap Guide to Evolution
By Baba Brinkman
Babasword Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Rapunzel and the Tower of Doom
Theatre of Widdershins
Scottish Storytelling Centre, The Netherbow
****

Rebel Cell
SPL
Udderbelly Hullabaloo
****

Rebus McTaggart
Written and performed by Richard Thomson
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

The Red Room
Choreographed by David Hughes
DavidHughesDance
Traverse 1
***

The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show
Scratch
Pleasance Courtyard
****

A Respectable Wedding
OnO Theatre
C, Chambers Street
****

Rhod Gilbert and the Cat that Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Richard Herring
Avalon Promotions
Underbelly
****

Rock Roadie
James "Tappy" Wright
Assembly @ George Street
***

Sammy J In The Forest Of Dreams
Underbelly Pasture, Bristo Square
***

Scenes From Communal Living
Dramatic Change
C Soco
****

The School for Scandal
Pleasance, Comedians Theatre Company and Jeremy Meadow
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Sea Wall
By Simon Stephens
Bush Theatre
Traverse 2
****

The Self Murder
SSSR Productions
C Central
****

The Shade Ain't Right
The Lincoln Company
C soco
***

Shakespeare Bingo - Hamlet
Running Torch Theatre Company
The Space@Venue 45
***

Shakespeare for Breakfast
C Theatre
C Chambers Street
***
(Reviewer: Corinne Salisbury)

Shakespeare For Breakfast
C Theatre
C, Chambers Street
****
(Reviewer: Catherine Lamm)

The Shape of Things
By Neil LaBute
SPL
C Chambers Street
****

Shitty Deal Puppet Theatre Company's Oh! What a Shitty War
Axis of Evil Productions/Escalator East to Edinburgh
Zoo Southside
****

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Showstopper Productions
Musicals @ George Square
*****

Shut Up, Play
Yellow Raincoat Squad
Sweet ECA
*****

Sleeping Beauty and the Time Lords
Spotlites Theatre Productions
The Merchants' Hall
*****

Snatch Paradise
By Van Badham
Underbelly
****

The Sociable Plover
By Tim Whitnall
Assembly Rooms
****

Something About Others
NYD in Association With New English Contemporary Ballet
Dance Base, Grassmarket
*****

The Sound of My Voice
By Ron Butlin, adapted by Jeremy Raison
Assembly Rooms
*****

Sshhh, Don't Tell Anyone!
Z Theatre Company
The Spaces @ Royal College of Surgeons
***

6.0: How Heap And Pebble Took On The World And Won
Dancing Brick
Pleasance Dome
***

Stand By Your Van
By Anna Reynolds
Menagerie Theatre Company
Pleasance Grand
*****

Stars on the Ceiling
Teater Fredag
C Central
***

The State We're In
By Zia Trench
Assembly Rooms
****

Stefan Golaszewski is a Widower
By Stefan Golaszewski
Traverse 2
***

Still Breathing
2FaCeD DaNcE Company
Zoo Southside
****

A Stroke of Genius
PIT/Pleasance/Charlie Harthill Special Reserve/Escalator East to Edinburgh
Pleasance Dome
***

Stuck in A Rut
KUDOS
Underbelly
***

Suckerville
Spitting Distance
C Cubed
***

Susie Baxter's Guilty Women
Birch and Baxter Productions
Assembly @ Assembly Hall
***

Susurrus
By David Leddy
Fire Exit Ltd
Assembly @ Royal Botanic Garden
****

Sylvia Plath - Three Women, The First Revival
Inside Intelligence
Assembly @ George Street
***

The Tale of Lady Stardust
Bloody Lovely Productions
Underbelly
***

Tales of the Apocalypse
Airealism
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

TAO - Samurai Magical Drumming
TAO
Assembly@Assembly Hall
*****

The Tartuffe
By Molière
Belt Up
C Soco
*****

This Is War
Idiots of Ants
Pleasance Over The Road
*****

The Tiger Lillies: Songs of Shockheaded Peter and Other Gory Verses
Pleasance Courtyard
***

The Timekeepers
Rami Baruch, Roy Howovitz & Omer Etzion
Sweet Apex Hotel
*****

Time Out Of Joint
By Frank Bramwell
Heart Productions & Not/Applicable
C soco
**

Topping and Butch - Twisted
The Stand III
****

The Trial
Dominic J Allen after Franz Kafka
Belt Up Theatre
C Soco
****

Trilogy
By Nic Green
The Arches at St Stephens
****

21 Girlfriends
By Alan Bayley
Practical Magic Theatre
Sweet ECA
****

Two Loves
By John Martin Stevens
Dreamshed Theatre
The Space @ The Royal College of Surgeons
**

The Ultimately Doomed Life of Charlie Cumcup
Aireborn Theatre
Sweet ECA
***

The Umbrella Birds: Sketches from A Shop Changing Room
Avalon Promotions
Assembly @ George St
****

Unit 46
Complete Wellness Productions
C Chambers Street
***

Unknown Album
By Fred Gordon
Chris Payne Productions
Underbelly
***

The Unravelling
By Fin Kennedy
Mulberry Theatre Company
The Space @ Venue 45
***

The Virginia Monologues - Why It's Great To Be Old
Virginia Ironside, directed by Nigel Planer
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Ward No. 6
DogOrange
C cubed
****

Warehouse 364
Nottingham New Theatre
C Cubed
*

What Women Want
Citadel Arts Group / Workers' Educational Association
Directed by Liz Hare
Diverse Attractions
***

Wilson Dixon's American Dream
The Stand
****

Woody Sez
The words, music and spirit of Woody Guthrie
Devised by David M. Lutken with Nick Corley
Underbelly's Pasture
*****

Words of Honour
Jermyn Street Theatre
Assembly Hall
**

Words with AL Kennedy
A.L. Kennedy
Assembly @ George Street
**

The World is Too Much - The Basement Flat
By Rona Munro
Traverse 2
***

The World's Wife
Adapted from the poems of Carol Ann Duffy
Assembly @ George Street
****

Woyzeck
Splendid Productions
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Yathra (Journey)
Ragamala Dance
St John's Church
****

Year of the Horse
By Harry Horse
Assembly Rooms
**

Your Number's Up
Roundhouse Theatre Company
Assembly@George Street
****

Zemblanity
Le Navet Bete
Bedlam Theatre
***

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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!

Best Bets

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

Adam Hills: Inflatable

Alun Cochrane is a daydreamer (at night)

Antonio Forcione Al Dente

Beachy Head

Beast

Billy Budd

Brewers Fayre

Brocante Sinore: The Mechanicians

The Chronicles of Long Kesh

Controlled Falling Project

David Leddy's 'White Tea'

The Event

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience

Francis, The Holy Jester

F**ked

Heroin(e) For Breakfast

The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church

Johnny Meister and the Stitch

Kursk

Lilly Through the Dark

Little Gem

The Man Who Planted Trees

Marcus Brigstocke: God Collar

Midsummer

Monday

Morecambe

My Grandfather's Great War

Normality

One Man Lord of the Rings

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Precious Little Talent

Power Plant - A Sound and Light Experience

Private Peaceful

A Promised Land

Quaternary

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Sleeping Beauty and the Time Lords

The Sound of My Voice

Stand By Your Van

Something About Others

Shut Up, Play

TAO - Samurai Magical Drumming

The Tartuffe

This Is War

The Timekeepers

Woody Sez

 

©Peter Lathan 2009