Consumed

Stalwart touring theatre company Paines Plough’s much loved Roundabout pop-up venue has been a sad victim of the uncertainty facing the future of Summerhall this year: it’s a long story (that has a happy-ish ending) which we have no time for here, but the basic point is there’s no Roundabout, but – yay! – there are still two shows from Paines Plough. Consumed is by Northern Irish writer Karis Kelly, who is best known for screen work, but this Edinburgh debut sounds promising, a dark comedy about four generations of Northern Irish women reuinited at a dysfunctional ninetieth birthday party. Paines Plough co-leader Katie Posner directs.