Reviews
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Festivals
L.O.V.E. @ Assembly Roxy
S.E.X. - not L.O.V.E. - should be the title of this frenzied revival of a piece which was a physical theatre landmark in 1993, originally choreographed... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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An Afternoon Of Playback Theatre @ Sweet
The company of An Afternoon of Playback Theatre are seasoned Fringe attendees and they certainly know what they're doing. What they are doing is sharing thei... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Don Quichotte du Trocadéro @ Festival Theatre
A video of Don Quichotte riding a horse and later a donkey on a platform of the Paris Metro whilst a bemused gentleman watches (who later turns out to be Ce... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Heads Up @ Dance Base
Heads Up is a smorgsbord of delights over 3 days, each day a new, last-minute programme of extracts of what's on at Dance Base, but also a cornucopia of... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Fidelio @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival
Re-settings in historical eras seem to be de rigueur for opera productions nowadays, so why not set Fidelio in futuristic outer space, with 21st centur... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Madame Freedom @ King's Theatre
Tradition and modernity meet head-on in this stunningly beautiful interactive performance of dance, film and innovative computer-generated visuals by a husb... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013
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The Seven Deadly Sins @ Paterson's Land
Set in the depression-era America of the 30s, The Seven Deadly Sins tells the story of two sisters who leave Louisiana to make their family's fortune. ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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In-be-tween @ Dance Base
Beauty and pain: ever paired? In-be-tween is not a dance piece; it's more like a 60s 'happening', and it comes out of performance art such as that by Marina... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Ours was the Fen Country @ Dance Base
Poetic, intensely moving and beautifully melding oral history, film stills and physical theatre/dance, this is both a celebratory and elegiac piece about the... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Grounded @ Traverse
Barack Obama’s recent defence of drones, despite the possibility of civilian deaths, suggests the controversial tactic will be creating more headlines ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Repertory Theatre @ C
With over 2,800 shows, the Edinburgh Fringe certainly has a lot to offer, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t many more who were turned away. In ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Oh my Irma @ Hill Street Theatre
Solo performances are doing rather well at this year’s Fringe, with Grounded and Captain Amazing both pulling in large audiences. C... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Missing @ Pleasance Courtyard
The cases of Baby P, and more recently Daniel Pelka, have brought the subject of parenting under the scrutiny of the national press. While the issues depicte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade @ Pleasance Courtyard
Appearing at this year’s Fringe with their new show Boris and Sergey II Perilous Escapade, this is a chance to revisit the production which starte... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013 -
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Canary Gold @ C
Since the 2008 recession there have been many dramatic narratives surrounding it, be they theatrical, comedic or other. Few however will have linked the curr... Read more »| 18 Sep 2013