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The Bite-Size'd 'Breakfast in Bedlam'
White Room Theatre returns to the Fringe for its third year of ‘Bite-Size Breakfast’ productions. Coffee, croissants and strawberries accompany a... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The Return of Ulysses
Charles Trenet's 'La Mer' echos through the Playhouse, and seven dancers dressed in black begin a synchronised sequence in the darkness. White strip lighting... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The One and The Many
A man awaits a visit from the mother he has never met. His anxiety is such that he decides to go for a massage at the parlour on the high street. Little does... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Laura Solon: Rabbit Faced Story Soup
There's a lot riding on Laura Solon's new Fringe show. Having swept to surprise success in the Perrier Awards four years ago with her first outing here, a be... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The Burning Question: Lloyd Langford
#5: What's so great about the Blues? Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Balloon Boutique
The most interesting children's tv programmes are always the weird ones. The ones that look as if they could only conceivably have been dreamed up by people ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009
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Luxuria
In a comical contrast to the rich tones of the opening piano soundtrack, the dancers of Luxuria scurry impishly onstage and begin to violently thrust and jer... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Death of A Samurai
Told initially through all three eyes of magical forest-dwelling child Mitsume, Death of A Samurai is a kaleidoscopic re-imagining of Love’s Labour&rsq... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things is engaging from the start. At first it might be mistaken for nothing more than a rom-com, but it soon takes a turn for the deeper, ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2009 -
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Russell Kane's Fakespeare
There's a extraordinary amount of Shakespeare rewritten, rejigged and, indeed, regurgited at the Fringe. But as Kane helpfully points out in his openin... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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The Noise Next Door
This year’s Fringe is once again filled with a wide selection of improvised comedy acts. From old favourites The Improverts to The Oxford Imps and Pau... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Two Left Hands: Another Mouthful
Sketch shows have a tendency to veer into the world of pure fantasy, and Leila Hackett and Charlotte Hudson's shenanigans as Two Left Hands are n... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Home of the Wriggler
Stan's Cafe Theatre's 'lo-fi, sci-fi docu-drama' unfolds before a backdrop of heavily annotated machinery, each annotation corresponding with one of 87 chara... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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Foursome
The Fringe has something to offer everyone, no matter how specific their demographic. Foursome, for example, appears to cater exclusively to individuals in t... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009 -
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The Sociable Plover
Returning to the Fringe for the first time since 2005, The Sociable Plover is a twisting tale of intrigue and, strangely, bird-watching. Enjoying its “... Read more »| 22 Aug 2009