Following the huge success of Leo at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe, where it won both a Fringe and a Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Fringe Award, it was a delight to finally catch Circle of Eleven’s magical and rather moving meditation on one man’s state of mind and experience of solitude. Combining unparallelled acrobatics and state of […]

Having only emerged from East 15 drama school last year, Fools Play Collective have surpassed themselves in their production of Our Soldier, a piece of physical storytelling that places the story of Macbeth among a group of soldiers in wartime. We are guided through the story by keen-eyed reporter Alice Coggins, played by Lottie Ormerod, who does a […]

This fourth show from Sparkle and Dark employs live music, various forms of puppetry and a ‘real’ central performer to tell a haunting if somewhat confusing fable of lost innocence. The elements are combined to create a coherent and engaging aesthetic, and there is a solid competence throughout the various skills deployed, but despite my […]

Three boys messing about on a stage – it’s become part of the Edinburgh Fringe tradition, and with the Penny Dreadfuls taking a long and possibly permanent break, and Pappy’s allegedly on their Last. Show. Ever, there’s a gap to be filled. Enter Sleeping Trees with their patchwork version of Treasure Island – indeed, Not Treasure Island. […]

One man, one woman. Ropes, a static trapeze, strops, straps, juggling clubs, hoops, a shared red dress, a sofa, a pile of cushions. A whole load of tricks, and a bunch of kitchen sink stories. Two reconstructed shoulders, a smashed wrist, and a broken foot. Seventeen years, 7 months, 23 days. She’s called Tina, and […]