Theatre Review: Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Some Other People, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh

Rhys Slade-Jones' one-man show is the sort of heartfelt autobiographical celebration of his heritage that's hard to criticise but even harder to recommend

Rhys Slade-Jones offers up a portrait of life in the Rhondda Valley.

Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Some Other People, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh **

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).

Slate-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

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