Bursting with emotion and tuneful energy, the return to the Traverse of What Girls Are Made Of is a thing of wonder.
‘Written with an intense energy & great pace’: MOUTHPIECE – Soho Theatre
Metatheatre rules okay in Kieran Hurley’s account of ethical tangles in his Edinburgh tale of two cities in Mouthpiece at the Soho Theatre.
‘Tantalises rather than delivers’: MOUTHPIECE – Edinburgh ★★★
There is much to admire about the staging of Mouthpiece at the Traverse, and even more about how it is acted. In the end, however, the play tantalises rather than delivers.
MEET ME AT DAWN – Edinburgh International Festival ★★★★
Mythic emotion: Meet Me At Dawn, a new play by Zinnie Harris presented by the EIF at the Traverse, is a sombre but beautifully open-hearted depiction of love, loss and regret.
GRAIN IN THE BLOOD – Edinburgh
Well performed: Strong performances and notably high production values distinguish Grain In The Blood at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, but an initially chilling ambience is not sustained.
Edinburgh Fringe: Milk
The premiere of Ross Dunsmore’s Milk at the Traverse Theatre is well acted and carefully staged. However, it never overcomes an unsatisfactory construction.
NEWS: Ten (still unwritten) plays premiere in Traverse’ EdFringe season
Ross Dunsmore’s Milk heads Traverse Edfringe programme:
Ten world premiers will feature in the fringe programme of the Traverse this year. Ten plays which, as I write this, don’t even exist yet.
NEWS: International Women’s Day theatre events in Edinburgh
Theatre creatives top Festival Theatre speakers:
Theatre makers and creatives top the speakers at three free events being held at the Festival Theatre to mark International Women’s Day, Tuesday 8 March 2016.
TRACKS OF THE WINTER BEAR – Edinburgh
“Two winter’s tales”: Tracks of the Winter Bear, the Traverse’s pre-Christmas show which plays up until Christmas Eve, is an odd beast.
SWALLOW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
✭✭✭✭✩ Human:
There is a strongly beating human heart behind the Traverse Theatre Company’s Swallow. The cleverly staged production from a largely female team has a spiky exterior hiding a warm and resonant core.