That Ian Huntley, he's so dreamy, isn't he? As for Ted Bundy, well what a looker. Jeffrey Dahmer, the Wisconsin cannibal, he is delicious, although, of course, your vegetarian friends wouldn't approve.
Yes, folks, its Edinburgh fringe time again when your theatre comes with a dubious taste warning attached, and none more so than from Scott Capurro who has his bad boy shocker reputation to uphold. In fact, despite the smart, sicko one liners that constantly betray Capurro's stand-up roots and his inability to really inhabit any character other than himself, this tale of a gay, out-of-work actor who becomes obsessed with Eric Menendez, the youngest of two brothers convicted of murdering their wealthy parents, has some serious points to make about misplaced erotic obsession and dysfunctional families. After all, convicted murderers always get more marriage proposals than other men.
While Loaded never holds back in making an audience take a sharp intake of breath before nervously tittering, it almost always holds back emotionally. In the end it never reveals very much, most of all in the Capurro character's relationship with his dad. The awkward structure doesn't help, although James Holmes is endearingly comic as the accountant without an adrenal gland who lives life on an even emotional keel. It is an entertaining show, but if Capurro had dared more it could have been a shockingly good one.
· Until August 30. Box office: 0131-556 6550.
