Sion Hill Lecture Theatre 05.06 A new Kilter piece is something to be celebrated. A product of their practice of working with Academia - which I doubt was in anyone’s game plan in their early Fringe appearances - turning reactions to questions about Universities’ working methods and our lives on screen into a drama in person, this managed to keep divergent views in focus whilst also having dramatic shape and an emotional resolution, although interestingly the chat after

The Mission Theatre 03.06 Dickens meets Hans Christian Andersen and a number of wild cards including Queen Victoria. Mayhem ensues. A laugh riot that firmly connected with its intended audience, who loved it: disagreeing with the popular verdict would be churlish, unhelpful and misplaced, so I won’t. Starting as it meant to go on with a manic tableau of the show’s eventual climax was a strong move, and it worked to set the mood: BSE [haha!] have clearly done this kin

Is this really Dramatic Moose’s first Fringe production? You’d not think so… It starts unpromisingly, I’d have to say. Two blokes at a table talking. This has dramatic import - we’re talking about boring and mundane lives, and this at least shows us that - plus it’s good not to believe that one of the characters is who he says he is, so the suspicion that he is somewhat cracked needs to be reinforced. Perhaps a more experienced company could have contrived to do this differen

Streets of Bath You can tell it’s a Nats promenade piece ‘cos they’re proper actors, and the costumes [OK, some of them] are really good - might have been a bit hot today mind… The characters chat naturally, a lot of the humour is delivered in scathing asides from someone used to dominating the conversation, there is a good dynamic between the players and the crowd, some embarassment-free participation and occasional invitations to be silly. The backdrops are some of Bath’s m

Burdalls Yard, Saturday 23 May What would you expect from a New Writing project? What would you even want from one? This show gives it, and generously. Five able & energetic actors [a sixth was unavailable tonight], consistently credible characters, minimal decor & props but still enough to play around with, actor-operated scene changes, all to put the most energy where it counts, there on stage. Fast moving fast talking fairly funny, er, froughout: that’s lots of Fs and no b