Somewhere in the world is a radio station tuned to silence; a couple so dedicated to their virtual child that they allow their real-life baby to starve to death; a bus-load of girls who are all called Natasha who cross the border to serve men’s sexual needs; a zoo that paints its mules black-and-white to […]

Firm festival favourites Les Enfants Terribles have returned to the Fringe this year with The Trench, the story of a man trapped underground in a collapsed tunnel beneath the battlefields of France during World War One. We follow him as he encounters demons buried in the mud and comes to terms with the loss of his […]

What better a setting for a rap on female insecurity about the body, sexual insecurity and fear of being judged than this? There she is – exposed, naked, sat on a high stool under harsh spotlights –  in the demonstration room of an old veterinary school, a bleak white-walled space with onlookers sat on a […]

Caroline Horton’s runaway hit You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissyestablished her as a writer and performer of some distinction – a gracious and engaging presence on stage with a good ear for the rhythm of prose and a natural wit. Mess has been a harder call. A play about her own experience with anorexia, made for […]

It opens like a Farndale Avenue show. An am-dram production by the Loch Parry Players of The Wicker Man, with suitably dilapidated scenery, naff costumes and an inappropriate West End style showbiz song and dance number which is very ably done. The core cast of familiar Wicker Man characters are assembled to rehearse, sending cues to the […]