Breakfast is the way to start one's day

For Ravenhill for Breakfast Mark Ravenhill has written 17 20-minute plays that are given staged readings by various Fringe directors and performers.

Each is a stand-alone piece in a series entitled Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat but they are in some way about the war on terror and interconnected.

The first, Women of Troy, was inspired by a Midwestern American's plaintive question: "Why bomb us? We're the good guys."

A chorus of women in an unnamed city that is being bombed express the appropriate shock and horror, but it's soon apparent that they don't really want to understand anything that threatens their comfy lives.

Despite the serious content, Ravenhill's trademark wry wit and surgical precision in hitting his targets make this a very pleasant and engaging way to start one's Fringe day.

Until 26 Aug (0131 228 1404, www.traverse.co.uk).

Ravenhill for Breakfast
Traverse, Edinburgh Fringe