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Fest MagazineLittle Gem
In the writing debut of Dublin actress Elaine Murphy, the audience is presented with the shared lives of three generations of women from a working class Dubl... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineSomething About Others
With the average ticket price at the Festival soaring to a whopping £12, it’s not surprising that Fringe-goers are reluctant to stray outside the... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineGod: A Comedy by Woody Allen
Woody Allen's 1975 philosophical comedy is masterfully interpreted in this deliciously absurd production. Neurotic playwright Hepatitis and reluctant leading... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Boy in Darkness
Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy has been described as a fantasy of manners. It depicts a world governed by an absurd yet ironically familiar interna... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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RE___
Two historical figures become inexplicably intertwined in Freddy Syborn’s impenetrable RE___. Part biography, part fantastical reconstruction, the play... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineNick Doody: Schizo
Last year, Nick Doody had a revelation. Thrown into a slump by his mother’s death, he found himself contemplating exactly how and why he does what he d... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009
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The Chair
As 1940s music fills the air and flashes of light drench the dancers frozen in tableau on stage, a harrowing tale of murder, love and forgiveness begins to u... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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The World's Wife
Thanks to the GCSE English syllabus, I bear a grudge against Carol Ann Duffy. My enjoyment of poetry was set back a good few years by the experience of being... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Still Breathing
In 2004, a troupe of teenage boys thrilled the Fringe with an explosive hour of contemporary breakdance. Albeit carefully choreographed, the show was an obvi... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Controlled Falling Project at Fringe Review
Much like porn films, acrobatic shows are famed for their rudimentary-at-best plots. Too often the narrative seems an afterthought, poorly employed to connec... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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The School For Scandal
Let’s be clear from the start: The School For Scandal is deliciously infectious. This reviewer left the theatre with an almost overwhelming desire to r... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Your Number's Up
An ambitious play for its allotted 55 minutes, Your Number's Up throws the full complement of 'yoof culture' stereotypes at its ensemble cast. Beginning wit... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Inside Alan Francis and Barnaby Power
This is a dark and filthy sketch show, where the comic classics of sex and swearing are given sharp and bitter twists through a host of foul-mouthed and foul... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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Crave
Sarah Kane is a compass point in the world of edgy student theatre, and this year students from London’s Royal Holloway boldly go where many have gone ... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009 -
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The Oxford Imps
Wandering around Edinburgh you may catch sight of a group of buoyant young performers sporting black t-shirts, singing and dancing their way through the str... Read more »| 16 Aug 2009