Golden Aged
Ever wondered what happens to superheroes when they reach retirement age? Wonder no more. Queen Mary’s Theatre Club have come up with the answer. They go to a retirement home called Omega Sanctuary where they are kept brutally in line by a barbarous raincoated matron called Schmidt, who turns out, of course, to be a supervillain in disguise.
This is what student theatre does best. It also suffers a little from the downside, which is actors whose enthusiasm doesn’t always quite match their talent.
And the experience was not improved by a moronic, unhelpful pipsqueak on the door with a well balanced personality (a large chip on each shoulder) and then finding oneself seated next to the ITV cackler from hell. Nevertheless, this is a fun, undemanding and genuinely witty show that could well help to get your Edinburgh evening frolics off to the perfect start.
– Craig Singer
