Cyprus, Traverse, Edinburgh

Old spies never die. As Mull Theatre's revival of Peter Arnott's play makes clear, they just find other wars to fight, growing cagier with age and the weight of secrets they carry with them. So it is with Brian Traquair, the Cold War veteran who arrives at his cottage on Mull with old chum Mike Griffen in tow. With Traquair's daughter, Alison, as their foil, what first looks like an old-school-tie reunion gradually unravels to reveal a complex web of bluff, double bluff and the politest of betrayals at every turn.