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Fest MagazineScott Agnew: Scottish Comedian of the Year 2008
Taking one of the many awards in British comedy can leave comedians with high expectations to meet. Whilst Scottish Comedian of the Year may not be the most ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineWilson Dixon's American Dream
From beneath a wide Stetson, Wilson Dixon delivers a slack-jawed account of the American dream. After his wife leaves him for the man next door, he takes off... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineThe mother of all literary awards
The James Tait Black Prizes are back for their 90th anniversary, celebrating the best of last year's fiction and biography Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Camille: The Dark Angel
The discerning Fringe reviewer is reluctant to give five stars to any show. This is not out of spite, or, as some might suggest, a power trip from the big bo... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Rhys Darby: It's Rhys Darby Night
Given how well-loved the character has become, it seems perhaps unnecessary to introduce Rhys Darby as Murray from Flight of the Conchords. It would be yet m... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Honeymoon
You can get away with anything in musical theatre. That explains how Honeymoon can begin with two women, Charlotte and Sophie, sitting in their wedding dress... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009
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Fest MagazineErnest and the Pale Moon
Ernest and the Pale Moon is not a lavish production which only makes it a more astonishing achievement. The twisting tale of murder, insanity, mistaken ident... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Malcolm McLaren: "History is for pissing on"
Malcolm McLaren knows a lot when it comes to shameless self-promotion, aggravation and generally getting people's backs up – which is why his one-man show is unmissable, says Chris McCall. Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Success Story
Catapulted into the limelight with the release of his Oscar-nominated film Walking With Theresa, director Raymond is hailed as an overnight success. Hollywoo... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Hou Hou Shahou's Chorus of Descent
As audiences take to their seats for Babolin Theatre's latest production, accompanied by the ambient piano strains of a young man in grotesque drag, they wou... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Matt Kirshen: Shorter than Napoleon
Here’s a fresh-faced comedian who certainly doesn't beat around the bush. Matt Kirshen might look young, but at age 29 and eight years into... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Garrison Keillor: Fishing on Lake Wobegon
Garrison Keillor's plane was delayed, so the first day of the Book Festival culminated with the author walking on stage, late, carrying his suitcase. He told a story of Lake Wobegon - his mythical "boyhood home", and the setting of his fiction. Here he describes his uncle Jack... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Two Episodes of MASH
Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan have fully justified the decision to bring their polished double act back to the Fringe, with some strong new material sharing... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Noir
Noir is an ambitious re-imagining of a 1930s detective thriller told through circus performance and acrobatics. But don’t go expecting a backdrop of gr... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Stuck in a Rut
This production would be more satisfying if it didn’t set out to make a point. A Guardian quotation lamenting the bleak prospects of the “New Lab... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009