Reviews
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FestivalsWhen it Rains @ Pleasance Dome
In When it Rains, 2b theatre company offer the Fringe audience a fresh perspective on the perennial questions of 'Why do bad things happen to good people?' a... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
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So it Goes @ Underbelly
Even at the Edinburgh Fringe, it is rare for a performer and her audience to tear up together. So when it happens in On the Run’s pretty as a picture p... Read more »| 15 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsTaki Maori Haka Experience / Salon Mika @ Dance Base
While Dance Base has included some Taiwanese dance as part of its Fringe programme, it also brings some New Zealand performers to the festival. The Taki Mao... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsChristeene: The Christeene Machine @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Most definitely queer in both aesthetic and intention, in the Underbelly’s depths lurks Christeene, with dancers C Baby and T Gravel in tow. From the D... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas @ Pleasance Courtyard
Hunter S. Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is brought to life under Lou Stein’s direction. When jo... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsFragile @ Zoo
Birmingham-based Old Joint Stock Theatre company present Fragile at the Fringe. Written by BAFTA-winner Geoff Thompson, this dark, powerful monologue br... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014
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Running into Me @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Running is only one way in which Vickie Tanner fills the stage in her solo performance Running Into Me. She dances, argues, gets high and laughs hysterically... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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Travesti @ Pleasance Dome
Unbound Productions present Travesti, a powerful and entertaining look at the lives of women through the mouths of men. With the words taken directly f... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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The Capone Trilogy @ C nova
Last year, Jethro Compton brought The Bunker Trilogy to the Fringe. Loki (***), Lucifer (***) and Vindici (****) are the three plays that for... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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Shakespeare, His Wife and the Dog @ Summerhall
Although arguably the singular most identifiable icon of English culture, very little is actually know about the life of William Shakespeare. There is, of co... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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Little Jokes @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Directed by Eilise McNicholas, Belfast-based theatre company Chatterbox bring Seamus Collins’ Little Jokes to the Fringe. The production follows a... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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The Pitiless Storm @ The Assembly Rooms
Edinburgh Festivals 2014 has a recurring theme in the theatre this year, and no doubt it appears among comedy and spoken word as well: Scottish Independence.... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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Play With Myself: The Trials and Tribulations of Drama Practitioner Gregory Bike @ Dragonfly
Pretentious drama practitioner, Gregory ‘Brecht’ Bike, delivers a lecture on his life alongside his equally, nauseatingly ostentatious son, Trev ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
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The Trial of Jane Fonda @ The Assembly Rooms
The Music Hall at the Assembly Rooms darkens: the play is about to begin. Rather than the typical spotlight, the unique touch of a projection is used to brin... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
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Near Gone @ Summerhall
Nine parallel pairs of white carnations frame the stage; we are warned that ‘this is a difficult story to tell.’ Duo Katherina Radeva and Aliste... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014