Reviews
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FestivalsThe Phantom of the Fringe @ The Merchants' Hall
"You are blind" the Phantom booms. And I am a little, after having a torchlight shone into my eyes during a little-too-drawn-out introduction. As slow begin... Read more »| 01 Sep 2013 -
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Ciara @ Traverse
In Ciara, his love song to Glasgow, playwright David Harrower has created a complex character worthy of the city and a play whose ending packs a punch. ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2013 -
FestivalsDido and Aeneas/Bluebeard's Castle: Oper Frankfurt @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
This is a daring, hugely inventive and emotionally affecting double-bill, conducted by Constantinos Carydis and directed by Barrie Kosky: two short operas 2... Read more »| 01 Sep 2013 -
FestivalsMissing @ Underbelly Cowgate
Engineer's Missing is an incredibly important piece of theatre at this year's Fringe. It takes verbatim interviews with families and officers alike to look i... Read more »| 01 Sep 2013 -
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Hag @ Underbelly, Cowgate
The Hag is Baba Yaga, the witch from Eastern European folk-tales who eats children. This production, involving actors and some puppetry, will appeal to blood... Read more »| 01 Sep 2013 -
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Solstice @ Assembly Roxy
Solstice is an interesting play that unnerves you from the very beginning – or at least makes clear the direction it is going in with its staging, visi... Read more »| 28 Aug 2013
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FestivalsThe List @ Summerhall
Stellar Quines theatre company presents The List, a piece about a woman who makes, of course, lists of tasks to avoid feeling out of control of her new life ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2013 -
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Red Bastard @ Assembly (Bosco Theatre)
Putting this review in print seems to contravene the very spirit of Red Bastard's performance, since it became obvious very quickly it was going to be a once... Read more »| 27 Aug 2013 -
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Track 3 @ Bedlam Theatre
Theatre Movement Bazaar, who brought the sell-out hit Anton’s Uncles to the Fringe in 2011, return to the world of Chekov with this dramatic and exhila... Read more »| 23 Aug 2013 -
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The Rain That Washes @ Pleasance Dome
As Zimbabwe’s political opposition challenges Robert Mugabe’s recent victory in the presidential elections, it feels timely and necessary to take... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Cadre @ Traverse
Written by Omphile Molusi and performed by Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Cadre explores a young man's journey through the apartheid in South Africa &ndas... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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35MM: A Musical Exhibition @ Bedlam Theatre
For a depressingly large chunk of the population, musicals are represented by BBC talent shows featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber on a throne, and the suggestion ... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Northanger Abbey @ Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel
The very nature of the Fringe forces companies to downsize, to get creative and to turn a little into a lot. Over at the Gryphon Venues, the Box Tale Soup du... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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Speak No Evil @ The Merchant’s Hall
And so we must speak. Read more »| 22 Aug 2013 -
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest @ TheSpace on Niddry St
It’s never easy to perform in the shadow of an all-time classic. Certain expectations are immediately present in the minds of the audience and it can b... Read more »| 22 Aug 2013