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Fest MagazineFrancis, the Holy Jester
This play is a rare feat of story-telling, depicting the life of a 13th century Catholic monk (albeit the founder of the Franciscan tradition) in a manner br... Read more »| 08 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineAdam Riches: Rogue Males
A near master-class in interactive comedy, Rogue Males is Adam Riches' most accomplished Fringe performance to date Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineRob Rouse
Crude comedy can be a hazardous business. Comedians run the risk of taking things too far and reaching a point at which their audience, rather than seeing th... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
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Regret Me Not
Fringe newcomer Andrea Donovan has a long way to go. This one-woman character comedy flounders in unchallenging territory, peddling out tentatively risqu&eac... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
Fest MagazineBeachy Head Review
In the first few minutes of Beachy Head, two film-makers find something chilling among the hours of footage they've recorded on the eponymous Sussex suicide ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2009 -
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East meets west
Chasing Dorris Dörrie across Europe, Evan Beswick discovers that the German film director comes well equipped with a keen sense of what makes opera tick Read more »| 05 Aug 2009
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Fest MagazineThe Space Man
Site-specific theatre is a term "too restrictive" for experimental playwright, David Leddy. Ed Ballard talks to one of theatre's most radical figures Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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The Streets
It’s now seven years since Mike Skinner, aka The Streets released Original Pirate Material – perhaps the one album spawned from the UK garage exp... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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The Moth
US poet and crime writer George Dawes Green founded The Moth twelve years ago to fill a gap in New York’s literary scene: he wanted to offer a space fo... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
It's been seven years since Daniel Kitson won the Perrier Award for his comedy show, Something, but in recent years the comedian has become far better known ... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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The Hotel
If any Fringe performer from the last decade is to go down in the annals of the Festival's history, it's Mark Watson. His electric stand-up shows might not v... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Shappi Khorsandi: The Distracted Activist
Something of a comic chameleon, Shappi Khorsandi is as comfortable starring in major comedy events like BBC One’s Live at the Apollo as she is offering... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Peter Duncan's Daft and Dangerous Preview
Peter Duncan, the 80s Blue Peter Presenter and former TV stunt show host, will take the stage for his first Fringe show – an hour of madcap entertainme... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Stefan Golascewski is a Widower
Stefan Golascewski wasn't exactly an Edinburgh newcomer in 2008. The ex-Cambridge Footlights president enjoyed sell-out runs in 2005 and 2006 as part of Cowa... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009 -
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Tom Deacon
At first glance, Tom Deacon’s range of subjects for his debut solo show Indecisive stick rather stubbornly to the everyday concerns of today’s y... Read more »| 05 Aug 2009