Tag Archives | C venues

Doing Time with Lavinia – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Doing Time with Lavinia was reviewed at C ARTS, C venues, C aquila. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What’s going on is an hour with a master storyteller.

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Little Pink Dress – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Little Pink Dress continues at studio at C ARTS, C venues, C aquila until 3 August 2026 (except 17 and 24). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Joey Jennings gives us his best, and his best is very good.

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Timpson The Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – C Venues

Timpson The Musical continues at C Venues until 27 August 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Mention Timpson to anyone in the country and it immediately conjures up the gold lettering on a maroon background.  Speaking to other people waiting for the house to open, the show’s appeal for them lay in […]

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Wall! – a two-part musical epic for our time at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Wall! A Thinly Veiled Metaphor for Our Current Political Landscape Disguised as a New American Musical and Wall 2.0! A Thinly Veiled Manifesto for How to Mend Our Broken World Disguised as a New American Musical were performed by students from Denver School of Arts at C venue. When I was involved in the Musical […]

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Brexit the Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – C Venues

Brexit the Musical (Strong and Stable Productions) continues at C Venues – C until 28 August (not 15). Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ There are moments in this show that are really, genuinely, funny.  Some of the impressions are very good indeed – particularly the David Cameron lookalike and the Michael Gove […]

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The Marriage of Kim K – Arcola Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Marriage of Kim K continues at the Arcola Theatre, London until 29 July, and at C Venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 2 August until 28 August. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ Marrying classical opera buffo to 21st century pop culture will always be a risky task. The Marriage […]

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Adam & Eve and Steve – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – C venues

Adam & Eve and Steve at C venues – C (Venue 34), 3-29 August (excl 15). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is not just good – it’s GREAT! From the get-go, the show is slick, brilliantly cast and the performance of each and every individual is perfection. Fresh from being crowned the best new musical […]

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Macbeth – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – C venues

Macbeth at C venues – C (Venue 34), 6-20 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This young company managed to win a standing ovation from its audience on this preview performance – and well-deserved, too. The setting for this Macbeth story is the contemporary music business: Cawdor and King are the names of record companies, fronted by […]

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