Athens Of The North – Edinburgh Hibernian Supporters Club
Riveting from the first sentence to the last, the words ‘drop’, pin’ and ‘hear’ came straight to mind. Mark Hannah’s representation of delivery driver Alan, London meteorology (and holiday romance victim) student Liam and ageing Embra senior Maureen faultless in every respect. A trip to the Hibs Supporters Club (venue 449) on Sunnyside is off the beaten track for Fringe-goers but the daunder will be well worth it, if only so you can say ‘I saw Mark Hannah before he was…’
He plays all three characters intersecting at different points on the same day and it’s Alan’s story that sets the scene, adrift from his partner and desperate to see his daughter Erin perform at St Giles Cathedral. He’s had a rough morning having to deliver a mattress to an address near Peffermill he has his own re...