Edinburgh

TONE CLUSTERS
by Joyce Carol Oates

Traverse 3 To 27 August 2006
Tue-Sun various times
Runs 55min No interval

TICKETS: 0131 228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 17 August

Devastated lives under the spotlight.

Edinburgh

IMPROBABLE FREQUENCY
by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter

Traverse 1 To 27 August 2006
Tue-Sun various times
Runs 2hr 30min One interval

TICKETS: 0131 228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 August

Improbable story that’s a frequent delight.

Edinburgh

STRAWBERRIES IN JANUARY
by Evelyne de la Cheneliere in a version by Rona Munro

Traverse 1 To 27 August 2006
Tue-Sun various times
Runs 1hr 20min No interval

TICKETS: 0131 228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 August

A strawberries-and-cream theatre treat.

Edinburgh

DR LEDBETTER’S EXPERIMENT
by Tom Swift

Medical Faculty, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place To 27 August 2006
8pm & 10pm
Runs 1hr No interval

TICKETS: 0131 228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 August

Promising opening tails off too soon.

Oxford

CHARLEY’S AUNT
by Brandon Thomas

Oxford Playhouse To 2 September 2006
Mon-Thu; Sat 7.30pm Fri 8pm Mat Thu & Sat 2.30pm
Audio-described 2 Sept 2.30pm
Pre-show talk 22 August 6.15pm
Post-show talk 30 Aug
Runs 2hr 35min Two intervals

TICKETS: 01865 305305
www.oxfordplayhouse.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 19 August

Relatively – and absolutely- a fine production.

Edinburgh/London

PUMPGIRL
by Abbie Spallen

Traverse 2 To 27 August
Tue-Sun various times
then Bush Theatre London
12 September-14 October 2006
Mon-Sat 8pm
Runs1hr 30min No interval

TICKETS: 0131 228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk (Edinburgh)
020 7610 4224
www.bushtheatre.co.uk (London)

Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 August

The devils lie in the details.

Edinburgh

PETROL JESUS NIGHTMARE #5 (IN THE TIME OF THE MESSIAH)
by Henry Adam

Traverse 1 To 27 August 2006
Tue-Sun various times
Runs 2hr 30min One interval

TICKETS: 013 228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 August

Dynamite in the situation but dynamics lacking in the play.

Pitlochry

A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
by Oscar Wilde

Pitlochry Festival Theatre In rep to 20 October 2006
Mon-Sat 8pm Mat 30 Aug, 13, 30 Sept 2pm
Runs 2hr 30min One interval

TICKETS: 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 August

Despite its Archdeacon, a curate's egg.

Edinburgh

REALISM
by Anthony Neilson

Royal Lyceum Theatre To 19 August
Runs 1hr 30min No interval
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 August

Powerful, cunning and humane beneath the surface cruelties.

Edinburgh

THE LINDBERGH FLIGHT/ THE FLIGHT OVER THE OCEAN & THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS
by Bertolt Brecht music by Kurt Weill

Edinburgh Festival Theatre To 16 August 2006
Runs 2hr 5min One interval
Review: Timothy Ramsden 15 August

Big-scale Brecht/Weill shows work wonderfully well.

Henry VIII: William Shakespeare
AandBC Theatre, Part of the RSC Complete Works Festival
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon
Runs: 3 hrs, one interval, till Sat 2 August
Review: Rod Dungate, 24 August 2006

Take it moment by moment

Stratford-upon-Avon

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
by William Shakespeare

Swan Theatre To 26 August 2006
Mon-Sat 7.15pm Mat Sat 1.15pm
Runs 3hr One interval

TICKETS: 0870 609 1110
www.rsc.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 19 August

Sometimes moves wild laughter in the throat of audiences – but mainly for the bolt-on bits.

Edinburgh

LONG LIFE

The Hub To 2 September 2006
Wed-Mon 7.30pm
Runs 2hr No interval

TICKETS: 0131 473 2000
www.eif.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 25 August

Theatrical energy that only tells part of the story.

Edinburgh

STARS
by Anja Hilling in a version by Sarah Colvin

Traverse 3 To 27 August 2006
Tue-Sun various times
Runs 1hr 10min No interval

TICKETS: 0131 228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 15 August

Would-be poetic mythic piece stays resolutely flat.

Bath

LOOK BACK IN ANGER
by John Osborne

Theatre Royal To 2 September 2006
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Wed & Sat 2.30pm
Audio-described 30 Aug 2.30pm
BSL Signed 2 Sept 2.30pm
Post-show talk 31 Aug
Runs 2hr 50min One interval

TICKETS: 01225 448844
www.theatreroyal.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 23 August

One character may talk loudest, but all have their say.

Edinburgh

BODIES IN TRANSIT
by Nina Larissa Bassett

Traverse 3 To 27 August 2006
Tue-Sun various times
Runs 1hr 30min No interval

TICKETS: 0131228 1404
www.traverse.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 17 August

Harsh reality vividly presented.

Pitlochry

SUMMER LIGHTNING
by P G Wodehouse

Pitlochry Festival Theatre In rep to 21 October 2006
Mon-Sat 8pm Mat 6, 14, 23 Sept, 21 Oct 2pm
Runs 2hr 10min One interval

TICKETS: 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 August

By jove (if without Jeeves), Wodehouse done proud.

Edinburgh/Stratford-upon-Avon

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
by William Shakespeare

King’s Theatre Edinburgh To 26 August
Mon-Sat 7pm Mat 24, 26 Aug 1pm no performance 22 Aug
then Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon 31 August-9 September 2006
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat 2, 7, 9 Sept 1.30pm
Runs 3hr 35min One interval

TICKETS: 0131 473 2000
www.eif.co.uk (Edinburgh)
0870 609 1110
www.rsc.org.uk (Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: Timothy Ramsden 17 August

Better on the large-scale than with minutiae.

London

CHRISTINE
by Dirk De Villiers

New End Theatre To 10 September 2006
Tue-Sat 7.30pm Sat & Sun 3.30pm
Runs 2hr One interval

TICKETS: 0870 033 2733
www.newendtheatre.co.uk
Review: Timothy Ramsden 20 August

Sisters-under-the-skin drama needs radical surgery.

Edinburgh

KILLING TIME
by Richard Stockwell

C+3 Adam House Chambers Street To 28 August 2006
8.15pm
Runs 1hr 10min No interval
TICKETS: 0870 701 5105
www.Cthefestival.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden 14 August

Plot thickens but production stays thin.