Articles by Dave Spencer

Flamenco for Kids

Review
★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2012

Families lined up outside C ECA’s Main Theatre seemed very excited to go to see this show, one girl was even dressed in a flamenco dress already.

The Submarine Show

Fifty minutes of pure immersion.

Princess Pyunggang

Review
★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
24th Aug, 2012

This production looks wonderful: a funeral casket, flanked by beautifully painted Korean drums, sits centre stage.

Back to School's Disco

Review
★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2012

The concept behind this production was brilliant and ingenious: Take one group of 20-somethings and send them back to school.

Monsters Got Talent

Review
★★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2012

First things first, every ticket for this show costs a fiver, which is far better value than so many other children’s productions on in Edinburgh during August and for this £5, …

Machinal

Review
★★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2012

Late 20s America.

The Barwell Prophecy

Review
★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2012

This show has a strong concept from the outset, but the performance lets this concept down by rendering it uninteresting.

Pool of Blood

Review
★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2012

Presented at first by a set of large barrels and some odds and ends - a keyboard player, percussionist, and bass guitarist, as well as some well made-up actors - it was easy to mak…

Chris Difford and Norman Lovett: It's All About Me!

Review
★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2012

It always helps a performance when the audience is packed, in tune with the performers and ready for a good laugh.

This is Who I Am!

Review
★★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2012

The lights go up on a simple but effective set - a mirror, two chairs, and a coat-stand in the corner - a sparseness that serves to foreground the characters and their idiosyncrati…

Wuthering Heights

Review
★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2012

This production of Wuthering Heights, adapted from the original novel by Emily Brontë, started well.

Call Me!

Review
★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2012

The show is based on a simple concept: three women leave horrendously awkward voicemails on the phones of their male love interests, with potentially disastrous consequences.

The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen

Review
★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2012

The pseudo-auditorium boxes in the theatre immediately made sure that there was a distinct ‘stage show’ feel to the performance, meaning that the audience knew from the start t…

The Fabulous Chopin Boys

Review
★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
24th Aug, 2012

This show marks the 164th anniversary of the visit Chopin made, beleaguered by illness, to Edinburgh in 1848.

Mr B's Chap-Hop Hoorah!

Review
★★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
24th Aug, 2012

There were clearly some diehard fans in this audience - they began to mime along and dance as soon as Mr B, heralded by his butler, graced the Ballroom stage of the Voodoo Rooms wi…

Newland

Review
★★★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2012

From the start it was clear that this show was going to be a very professional one.

The Lost Child

Review
★★
Dave Spencer
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2012

This production began with a cute song that went on for a little too long with an inartistic, uninteresting cartoon world displayed on a huge screen at the back of the stage.

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