FringeGuru's review of this venue

Before we get down to the details of C SoCo, let's explain that mystifying moniker. It may look like an accident with some Alphabetti Spaghetti, but in fact it's a much-too-clever reference to the site's geography. Linking the SOuth Bridge with the COwgate below, SoCo is destined for great things: this whole area, devastated by 2002's Old Town Fire, is slated for a new urban complex filled with apartments and arts spaces.

Until then, friendly neighbours C Venues are in temporary charge of a soon-to-be-demolished office block, which they fill for the Festival with a range of performance areas. Some are standard theatres - albeit distinctly improvised ones - in the middle of a vacant floor; others are more distinctive, occupying some forgotten corner of the derelict building. But with the whole venue spanning seven storeys from base to apex, you may remember SoCo best for its sheer, relentless, lung-busting verticality.

For all practical purposes, SoCo's a part of the main C venue at Adam House: it's right next door, connected by an internal passage, and even shares C's box office. The decision to give it a separate title might reflect the different programming policy holding sway in this temporary venue. With no shortage of space to play with, C lets its performers' imaginations run wild - and in 2007, plaudits were heaped on several unusual shows which made unique use of its run-down rooms and passageways.

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