Edinburgh Fringe

REVIEW: 89 Nights, C Too, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭

Edinburgh Fringe, Reviews
89 Nights Edinburgh Fringe

Mark Ludmon reviews Troubadour Stageworks’ original new musical 89 Nights at C Too at Edinburgh Fringe 89 Nights C Too, Edinburgh Fringe Four stars Book Now New musical 89 Nights may have a cast of eight but, with its energy and pace, it feels like it could be 80. Presented by Bristol-based Troubadour Stageworks, it is a simple tale of a young woman, Alice, who arrives in New York City for the first time with a visa waiver of just 90 days, giving her 89 nights to experience the city. Although on a tourist visa, she works as a nanny for the brattish children of dysfunctional couple Sheila and George but the heart of the story is Alice’s friendship with local lad Ben who shares his love for NYC with her. The ambiguous relationship between the two young people is really only one part of this show where the biggest … Read more

REVIEW: Funeral Flowers, Pleasance Pop-Up, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭✭

Edinburgh Fringe, Reviews
Funeral Flowers Edinburgh Fringe

Mark Ludmon reviews Funeral Flowers, written and performed by Emma Dennis-Edwards, at the Pleasance Pop-Up at Edinburgh Fringe Funeral Flowers Pleasance Pop-Up at 21 Broughton Street, Edinburgh Fringe Five stars Book Now A large apartment on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street has been turned into a performance space by The Pleasance for this year’s Fringe, home to Power Play, a programme exploring gender inequality through immersive theatre. A highlight of the line-up is Emma Dennis-Edwards’ powerful new play, Funeral Flowers, which certainly touches on the programme’s theme but is also a hard-hitting, heartbreaking story of a young woman’s resilience against the odds. In a brilliantly sustained performance by the author herself, the play presents us with Angelique, a 17-year-old who has embarked on a course in floristry at college while living in care because her mother is in prison. We meet Angelique at the front door of 21 Broughton Street and she … Read more

REVIEW: The Greatest Play In The History Of The World,Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭

Edinburgh Fringe, Reviews
Greatest Play In The History Of The World

Mark Ludmon reviews The Greatest Play in the History of the World…. starring Julie Hesmondhalgh at Traverse Theatre The Greatest Play in the History of the World… Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Four stars Book Now Ian Kershaw’s new play may not be the greatest ever in the history of the world but it may well have the biggest heart. In a masterful piece of storytelling, Julie Hesmondhalgh presents a modern tale that mixes romance with science fiction, set on an average northern street called Preston Road. It tells of a lonely, directionless 31-year-old, Tom, who wakes up at 4.40 one morning to find the world is frozen in time and in darkness apart from glimmers of light from the houses opposite. As the narrative builds, we meet the only other people who are up and about: an equally lonely 26-year-old woman and an elderly couple. Putting this all in context … Read more