Go to the Traverse, okay?
If you’re new to this whole ‘seeing theatre at the Fringe’ malarkey, a very, very simple rule of thumb is that the venerable Traverse Theatre should be your first port of call: it has the biggest name, the most resources, is the most politically engaged and is purely focussed on new work. Not everything is brilliant, because that would be weird, but it’s fair to say that pound for pound its programme has the highest chance of brilliance. Shows tend to sell out quickly once reviews come out, particularly in the small Traverse 2.
If you only see one show
Picking one feels a bit unfair, but on the basis that his ‘Quietly’ was the best thing at the Trav in 2013, we’d direct you towards Owen McCafferty’s ‘Unfaithful’, a four-hander about two couples trying to overcome betrayal in their relationship.
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