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Fest MagazineLotte's Gift
When classical guitarist Karin Schaupp and playwright David Williamson joined forces to create a play that blended drama and musical performance, they strugg... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineComedy Bitch
‘Comedy Bitch’ is something of a peculiar name for this six piece sketch troupe. Consisting of three men and three women, all with a background i... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters
Carnival of Monsters is already drawing comparisons to The League of Gentlemen, and with Colin Hoult’s characters summoning an equally twisted breed of... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBritain's Best Mates
The repetitive clip of music which plays over and over ad nauseam as the house lights dim for this show bodes ill, and accurately, for what is to follow. Bri... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineThe Times They are A-Changing
Things are about to change at this year’s festival. The honeymoon is to end tomorrow. It’s a pity we can’t keep this period o... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Alun Cochrane is a Daydreamer (at night) at Edinburgh Fringe: Review
With its bizarre determination to actually pay its acts for performing on its well-trodden boards, The Stand has become a popular choice for the more seasone... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009
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Alistair McGowan and Charlotte Page: Cocktails With Coward
Alistair McGowan visibly has one eye on the audience as we filter in. He sits, newspaper in hand and wearing a three-piece suit, accompanied by a similarly s... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Umbrella Birds: Sketches In A Shop Changing Room
All-female comedy foursome The Umbrella Birds are keen to confront and riff on women's various insecurities about their appearance and self-image. In p... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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The Dark Party
This latest offering from The Dirty Brothers is a genre-defying mix of physical comedy, daring exploits and macabre theatre. Costumed as tramps and armed wit... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Adam Hills: Inflatable at Edinburgh Fringe Review
Tonight, Adam Hills is accompanied by a British Sign Language interpreter. The first half hour consists of a riotous back-and-forth exchange with and through... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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German Humour Goes Global
It should surprise no-one that a show based around German humour will refer frequently to sausages. But if you take away this gimmick from German Humou... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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"And Then He Said..."
Small-time theatre company In A Pickle are asking audiences not to judge a book by its cover. “And Then He Said…”, their series of vignett... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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Bob's Date
It is the internal workings of the male mind which Bob’s Date takes as its subject. Anxious about a rendezvous with a woman—his first for over tw... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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E for Apple/Something Blue
Cancer is no picnic. In fact, it is very, very hard. It hurts and it makes you die, and dying is lonely – and hard. This is about as much as you could... Read more »| 11 Aug 2009 -
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The Girls of Slender Means
This stage adaption of Muriel Spark's novel brings the Edinburgh writer's focus away from the capital's cobbled streets and sandstone facades. Set in West Lo... Read more »| 10 Aug 2009