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Fest MagazineTrainspotting
Transferring Irvine Welsh's frank, disturbing novel to the stage is no mean feat, particularly when it already comes with a hugely popular movie in tow. Fort... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Anomie
Plasma television screens and single mattresses make up the modern urban world in this multimedia piece of physical theatre. Exploring the essential loneline... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBeyond Charlotte Square
The International Book Festival isn't Edinburgh's only literary offering this month. Ed Ballard checks out the bookish events taking place before the main event gets under way Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineLeatherface
It’s every girlfriend’s nightmare: to come home, having been fired from your job, to find your man dressed up as the chief cannibal from The Texa... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Sea Wall
Sea Wall is about as simple as theatre gets: one man on stage, talking unassumingly under minimal lighting. But thanks to Simon Stephens's measured, subtle s... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineFear and Misery of the Third Reich
When originally performed, Brecht's play would no doubt have caused a stir – a series of vignettes outlining the fears and suspicions of everyday life ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009
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His Ghostly Heart
Ben Schiffer, staff-writer on the inexplicably popular E4 teen drama Skins turns his hand to something rather more philosophical here, teaming up with The Gi... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Don Carlos
A classic mélange of dysfunctional family drama and political debate, this Friedrich Schiller work presents a naive prince who alone can mitigate his ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Gingers! The Musical
In a festival programme that this year includes musicals about online messaging and the porn industry, Gingers! The Musical ran the risk of appearing almost ... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Rent
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent has an admirable history. Based on Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, the off-Broadway production subverted the essent... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Precious Little Talent
Last year’s Fringe success Eight pushed Ella Hickson into the front rank of young British playwrights, winning numerous awards including a Fringe First... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Frank Skinner: Back on the road
Ahead of his appearence at the Book Festival, Frank Skinner tells Jenny Baldwin about the lure of the Fringe, memoir therapy, and why the Credit Crunch is good news for comedy Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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A Cry From Underground
Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novella Notes From Underground (1860), Thorston Manderlay’s intelligent and very well-performed play presents us with a... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineOne Man Lord of the Rings
It is, perhaps, a question reviewers ought to ask themselves more often. Namely, why does this show exist? Is it unreasonable to think the the whole of The L... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009 -
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Zoe Lyons: Miss Machismo
Zoe Lyons is understandably a little annoyed with Germaine Greer. Wading into the ‘are women funny?’ debate earlier this year with a typical nose... Read more »| 09 Aug 2009