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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Brutal Cessation' at the Assembly George Square Theatre,...
Brutal Cessation reviewed by David JamesRating:Brutal Cessation has one absolutely amazing scene. In it an unnamed woman (Lydia Larson) describes her deepest fantasy to her partner (Alan Mahon). In...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Speaking In Tongues: The Lies / The Truths' at The Green,...
Speaking In Tongues: The Lies / The Truths reviewed by David JamesRating:Andrew Bovell's Speaking In Tongues is a strange bit of theatre. Performed in an inflatable dome at the rear of the Pleasance...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Snowflake' at Pleasance Above, 8th August 2017
Snowflake reviewed by David JamesRating:Jax is fast approaching her 21st birthday and going nowhere fast. Her Mum is off in Spain 'finding herself', she's failed to get a job after 16 interviews...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Trumpageddon' at the Gilded Balloon Teviot, 8th August 2017
Trumpageddon reviewed by David JamesRating:There's an outside chance I'll be incinerated in nuclear fire by the time you read this. Who knows what'll happen if Trump manages to light the North Korean...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Penthouse' at theSpace, 8th August 2017
Penthouse reviewed by David JamesRating:What in god's holy name is this shit? Penthouse is a true theatrical rarity: awful in every conceivable way. It's the kind of play that's watched under a...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'The Unmarried' at Underbelly, 8th August 2017
The Unmarried reviewed by David JamesRating:Lunais the woman you see illuminated for a microsecond in the strobe. It's 4am, you're in an amphetamine haze and there she is. Compared to the sweaty crowd...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Part of the Picture' at the Pleasance Dome, 9th August 2017
Part of the Picture reviewed by David JamesRating:On the night of 9th July 1988, the North Sea oil production platform Piper Alpha exploded. Owned and operated by Occidental Petroleum, Piper Alpha was...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Victim' at the Pleasance Attic, 9th August 2017
Victim reviewed by David JamesRating:Victim is a neat little one woman show about the uneasy relationship between prisoner and prison guard. Written by Martin Murphy and performed by Louise Beresford,...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'Dust' at Underbelly Cowgate, 9th August 2017
Dust reviewed by David JamesRating:At first, dying doesn't seem so bad. No-one hassles you, there's no worries about eating, sleeping or shitting and you can go wherever you want. Much like your...
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Edinburgh Fringe: 'A Girl and a Gun' at Summerhall, 9th August 2017
A Girl and a Gun reviewed by David JamesRating:A Girl and a Gun takes its name from the famous Godard quote: "All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun". It remains an accurate summation of much...
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Review: 'Dark Room' at the Etcetera Theatre, 14th August 2017
Dark Room reviewed by David JamesRating:In Jim Mannering's Dark Room, four social misfits get together to discuss their shared passion. They spend their time bickering over the quality of the coffee,...
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Review: 'Reprehensible Men Part II' at the Tristan Bates Theatre, 16th August...
Reprehensible Men Part II reviewed by David JamesRating:Dan Horrigan's Reprehensible Men Part II consists of five short monologues performed by various actors. As you can probably guess from the title,...
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Review: 'Talk Radio' at the Old Red Lion, 31st August 2017
Talk Radio reviewed by David JamesRating:"When you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you." This is Barry Champlain's life in a nutshell. Fuelled by nicotine, cocaine and whiskey, he's...
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Review: 'Mother!' (2017) directed by Darren Aronofsky
Mother! reviewed by David JamesRating:It was somewhere in the middle of the third act that I realised that Mother! is not going to be financially successful. Darren Aronofsky is no stranger to weird...
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Review: 'Le Grand Mort' at Trafalgar Studios 2, 25th September 2017
Le Grand Mort reviewed by David JamesRating:Sex and death go together as well eggs and bacon. Female praying mantises famously consume the heads of their paramours, the male anglerfish is entirely...
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Review: 'Otelo' at the Southwark Playhouse, 26th September 2017
Otelo reviewed by David JamesRating:Of all Shakespeare's plays, Othello could be the most appropriate to be performed by puppets. After all, the titular character is nudged and prodded into a...
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Review: 'Toxic Avenger The Musical' at the Arts Theatre, 2nd October 2017
Toxic Avenger the Musical reviewed by David JamesRating:Ah Troma, my old friend. For a kid growing up in the 90s Troma Studios films were like crack: gross-out bonkers B-movies with a loveable punky...
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Review: 'Ink' at the Duke of York Theatre, 3rd October 2017
Ink reviewed by David JamesRating:I hate The Sun. It's a tumour at the heart of British discourse: a lying, hateful and occasionally criminal publication whose mission appears to be to keep the working...
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Review: 'Incoming / Exodus' at Camden People's Theatre, 18th October 2017
Incoming/Exodus reviewed by David JamesRating:It's easy to watch politicians from the sidelines and think you could do better, especially given the shambolic state of the current bunch of bastards. You...
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Review: 'Insignificance' at the Arcola Theatre, 23rd October 2017
Insignificance reviewed by David JamesRating:Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Senator Joe McCarthy walk into a hotel room. Stop me if you think you've heard this one before. First...
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