Review: The Gilded Red Cage

An unusual and poignant piece of monologue theatre from Slovakia.


Review: The Wake

Wonderfully written, acted with refreshing dynamism


Review: Belt Up’s Octavia

Belt Up’s trademark mix of exuberance and energy create a world of enchantment.


Review: Keepers

A gentle and engaging examination of mankind in the wilds of nature.


Review: Up ‘N’ Under

Mud, sweat and the ghost of Eddie Waring


Review: Face

A beautifully acted tribute to Korea's forgotten victims of WWII.


Review: Are you there?

A chilling, darkly comic play, well staged and staying true to the text.


Review: Belt Up’s Quasimodo

A claustrophobic, grotesquely sensual take on Victor Hugo’s hunchback story with moments of vivid poetry and clever narrative play


Review: Belt Up’s ‘Antigone’

Belt Up Theatre take over The House Above and give their own slant on Sophocles' classic tragedy.


Review: The Tailor of Inverness

A surprisingly moving story of an immigrant tailor coming to Scotland after the war.


Review: The Master and Margarita

A feast of theatre, dance and music that flows seamlessly into an organic whole.


Review: Silence in Court

This could be a winner!


Review: Sunset Song

A fine Scottish yarn


Review: The History Boys

A Slick Performance of the Alan Bennet Play


Review: Reykjavik

A hazy white wonderland of memory, fantasy and beautiful story-telling


Review: Belt Up’s ‘Odyssey’

Belt Up Theatre take over The House Above and dismantle one of the earliest works of western literature.


Review: Decky Does a Bronco

'a beautifully realised production'


Review: Sherlock (Abridged)

A hilarious romp through Sherlock Holmes' mysteries


Review: Shadow Boxing

t’s a knock-out .


Review: Letters Home

"convincing performances"


Review: Dildon’t!

There’s a murderer in town, and his weapon of choice is ten inches long, made of latex, and possibly battery powered. Is he insane, or just going about things half-cocked?


Review: The Silver Darlings

A finely realised adaptation of the classic Neil M Gunn novel.


Review: Mysterious Skin

"...the best of British Theatre style."


Review: An Evening with Dementia

If you sit very still and say very little then no-one can tell whether you’ve got dementia or not.


Review: Kvetch

Rebecca Wright is an actress to be watched. An entertaining script.


Review: Some Gorgeous Accident

Three young people in search of life, love and sex. Closer, or not even close?


Review: The Glenn Miller Mystery

Out of the fog of mystery emerges an interesting conclusion to this age old connundrum


Review: The Degenerates

Believable acting


Review: Concrete Boots

A masterful mix of genres: fringe theatre at its very best!


Review: Blackout

A raw portrayal of the events that lead up to a youth committing a crime.


Review: Bud Take The Wheel I Feel A Song Coming On

This new play about a family living in the shadow of a defunct mill and their own dysfunctional past is surprisingly hopeful and sparklingly written


Review: Next!

Often sharply funny sprint of shame through one actor’s worst auditions


Review: Virtuous Flock

Accomplished, slick and very entertaining theatre


Review: Private Peaceful

A touching tale delivered with eloquence.


Review: Dealer’s Choice

Slick, Cool and a bundle of laughs


Review: Righteous Money

Biting satirical attack on the American dream from a gifted young playwright.


Review: Invisible Atom

Slickly physical one-man show freezes a single moment in time and captures a world in moral and economic freefall


Review: Honest

Mordantly funny, beautifully performed – a joy to watch


Review: Little Black Bastard

A gripping story told without any frills.


Review: Naked Splendour

Art education and theatre combine in this life drawing and life affirming class


Review: The Fitzrovia Radio Hour

Spiffing tales of daring-do from three gallant gentlemen and two elegant ladies.


Review: Wait Until Dark

Where will you be when the lights go out? Check out a decent little thriller ..


Review: First Love

A masterclass in understated, comic acting


Review: Strassman:Duality

Roles are reversed as the dummy becomes the manipulator. A class act from a leading ventriloquist.


Review: Territory

Outstanding, gripping and engrossing drama. A very developed piece of work.


Review: Belt Up’s ‘The Boy James’

Belt Up Theatre take over The House Above and take us to the dark heart of JM Barrie's imagination.