Theatre Review: Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Some Other People, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
![Rhys Slade-Jones offers up a portrait of life in the Rhondda Valley.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/legacy_elm_78669645.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Rhys Slade-Jones offers up a portrait of life in the Rhondda Valley.](/img/placeholder.png)
Born in the Rhondda Valley, The camply energetic performer attempts to present a piecemeal collage of his community and it's people by reference to family photographs, countless - increasingly pointless - readings from his mother's teenage diary and a almost obsessive accretion of detail (we really don't need such a meticulous description of Treherbert Rugby Club).
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Hide AdSlate-Jones hasn't yet learned that everything that fascinates him isn't necessarily that interesting to others and as a result his would-be stirring climax feels unearned.
Until 26 August