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Edinburgh Tales

 
Mark Harding Review by Mark Harding 2 Published: 17 Aug 2024 Greenside @ George Street Show Dates: 12 Aug 2024-17 Aug 2024

They are called Edinburgh Tales but are not really about Edinburgh, in the same way the model for this show, The Canterbury Tales, is not actually about Canterbury.

Updated spin-offs from Chaucer's originals

The tales are updated spin-offs from Chaucer's originals. Unfortunately, the show suffers the same problem as every attempt to re-imagine Chaucer as drama – the stories simply work better as narration. And the updating of the tales generally detracts from the originals.

This is a shame because the cast is skilled at getting the audience comfortably settled in, and the acting is fine – the players providing vivid characterisations across the multiple roles.

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Theatre on the Edge returns to the Fringe after last year's production of Kerouac: And All That Jazz (***** (EdinburghGuide.com)). Edinburgh Tales is a contemporary adaptation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with the original bawdy humour, humanity and drama brought up to date in a 2024 retelling of four of the medieval stories. Instead of a pilgrimage to Canterbury these Pilgrims make their annual pilgrimage to Edinburgh. Are you a Fringe Pilgrim? Join us, the Miller, Knight and Wife of Bath at The Tabard Inn for an uproarious afternoon.