Roger Jacobs

You Bury Me – Edinburgh Royal Lyceum

‘‘to’-bor-ni’, states author Ahlam’s notes, ‘a saying in Levantine Arabic used to express affection and love. ‘May you bury me’…

2 years ago

Bring It On – Pleasance Courtyard

Setting the tone, pennants representing the rival schools of the story (Truman and Jackson) adorned the walls of this hallowed…

2 years ago

<strong>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh</strong>

Like an unruly bottle of Christmas fizz this Panto popped and sparkled in all the right places. And plenty of…

2 years ago

<strong>Witch Hunt – Traverse Theatre</strong>

One could happily have stayed seated and watched this show all over again. Straight away, not tomorrow night (the second…

2 years ago

Max Fosh: Zocial Butterfly – Underbelly Bristo Square

Ah, so that’s why he spells it with a ‘Z’… The other half of the title is no mystery at…

2 years ago

What Broke David Lynch – Greenside @ Nicholson

Avast there. What, pray, is this: Julee Cruise plays as we enter the room and take in the bare, tastefully-lit…

2 years ago

Val from Anfield – Greenside @ Infirmary Street

‘Everyone’s gettin’ pregnant,’ says our Kayleigh, ‘must be sumthin’ in the air round ‘ere?’ ‘Just your legs,’ says Val. Val…

2 years ago

Matt Forde: Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right – Pleasance Courtyard

This is NOT what The Fringe is about. This was neither odd, unpredictable, nor strange or thought-provoking. This was bold,…

2 years ago

Anna Clifford: I See Dead(ly) People – Gilded Balloon Teviot (Balcony)

As anyone who’s ever spent any time in Ireland knows, when something is referred to as ‘deadly’ (or ‘savage’) it…

2 years ago

Baxter vs The Bookies – Gilded Balloon Teviot (Wee Room)

Our hero William Baxter justifies the chequered life of an inveterate gambler by bemoaning the fact he left school at…

2 years ago