The families in plays together ... why the theatre at Edinburgh is all relative
A number of shows at the fringe this year benefit from the readymade intimacy, shared language " and tension " you only get when real-life family members share the stage"I hate feeling emotional on stage," admits 76-year-old Les Johnstone, as he describes his role in Old Boy, an exploration of the love shared between grandfathers and their grandsons. Les is not an actor and his role is to play himself: the production…