Pleasance Courtyard
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Drama
Tobacco Road, Pleasance Courtyard (Upstairs) – Review
A cinematic gangster adventure set in the 1920s engages the audience but lacks imagination.
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Drama
Propeller, Pleasance Courtyard (Above) – Review
A compelling political piece devised by some of the finest emerging talents in Scottish theatre.
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Features
Dipping a Toe in the Edinburgh Fringe
When I arrived in Edinburgh on 22 August, the weather was as moody as I had expected it to be, changing…
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Dance
Plan B For Utopia, Pleasance Courtyard – Review
Pros: Strong physical performances and lovely music Cons: The theatre wasn’t big enough to house all our dreams Since the…
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Circus
Last Clown On Earth, Pleasance Courtyard – Review
Pros: Arresting images and dark humour. Cons: A clown in existential crisis inevitably produces a show light on belly laughs.~…
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Dance
The Nature of Forgetting, Pleasance Courtyard – Review
A joyful and lovely piece on the poignant subject of memory, but pacing is unbearably slow at times.
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Drama
Replay, Pleasance Courtyard – Review
Pros: The topic, the text, the direction, the acting, the sound and lighting. Everything in this production is a delight. Cons: There…
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Edinburgh Festival
Our Man in Havana, Pleasance Courtyard – Review
Pros: A perfectly executed adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, with endlessly inventive choreography and the best use of a vacuum…
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