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Mary Stuart (Institut français d'Écosse on Fringe Player, 6-30 August)
Where reality and fiction blur: this reimagining of Schiller's Mary Stuart questions male authority in writing women's conflict,...
Louise Jones
Aug 20, 20212 min read


Dishonour (Fringe Player, 6-30 August)
Necessarily distressing: Terrence Turner's play about female genital mutilation makes for an incredibly difficult watch. Babe is barely...
Louise Jones
Aug 20, 20212 min read


Kill Me Now (Summerhall, 17-21 August)
Laying the matter to rest: an online webinar mines funerals for dark comedy, with the laughs turning to sorrow as its protagonist faces...
Louise Jones
Aug 19, 20212 min read


El Greco of Hornsey (Greenside @ GreenScreen viaFringe Player, 6-30 august)
Olga Thompson crafts a charming love letter to her homestead, a front-room hairdressers, in this one-person show that's bound to bring a...
Louise Jones
Aug 15, 20212 min read


Finest (ZooTVxIanAbbott, 11-20 August)
Poppin' off: this spirited and righteous response to living with sickle cell anaemia is let down by confused editing. Melding dance and...
Louise Jones
Aug 12, 20212 min read


Second Guessing (ZooTVxIanAbbott, 11-20 August)
Tripping over oneself: Emma Ready's pieces pull together experiences of coercive control in an important set of short films. Second...
Louise Jones
Aug 12, 20212 min read


something in the water (assembly online, 6-30 august)
Exploring the confusion of gender non-conformity and self-discovery in an equally muddled show. Part clown, part puppeteer and part, er,...
Louise Jones
Aug 9, 20212 min read


Miss Honey (Assembly Online, 6-30 August)
Joanna Griffin's one woman show plays with the joys and burdens of becoming your social circle's wild card. Ever been accosted by a show...
Louise Jones
Aug 7, 20212 min read
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