Shows
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ReviewsRomeo & Juliet @ Victoria Baths, Manchester
The best site-specific work occurs when the venue works in tandem with the performance occupying it; when the director listens to the space and weaves its ec... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
FestivalsJamaica Farewell @ Pleasance Courtyard
If Debra Ehrhardt’s Jamaica Farewell were an entry at a story-telling competition, she’d win hands down. Her attempt to leave the eponymous ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
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Bond! @ Zoo
Gavin Robertson’s Bond! is dad humour at its finest. “No hydrogen peroxide? I guess I’ll dye another day!” Apart from fantastically ... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
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True Brits @ Assembly Hall
True Brits is Vinay Patel’s engaging one-man show about a first love and post 7/7 racial alienation in London. Sid Sagar is exquisitely affable as Rahu... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
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Burton @ Assembly Hall
Rhodri Miles is mesmerising as the actor Richard Burton, who celebrates his 46th birthday by unapologetically looking back on a life of drama, drink and dall... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
Previews
SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires @ Patriothall Gallery
Six months after the first SEEP experience, Cachín Cachán Cachunga! present SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires. Curated by award-winning i... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014
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Previews
Smack! Bang! Cabaret! @ Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, from 10 Sep
Starting on 10 September, Smack! Bang! Cabaret! plans to become a weekly fixture in every cabaret-lover's calendar. Dive – Edinburgh's premier LGBT que... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
FestivalsSweet Mambo @ Edinburgh International Festival
"Don’t forget," say each of the female dancers introducing themselves in turn. Sweet Mambo, first performed in 2008, is Pina Bausch's penultimate piec... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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Boosters @ Zoo
At the end of Boosters, solo performer Hannah Smith explains to her Fringe audience what Echoes Theatre’s play is. It’s a collection of true stor... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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Beckett Trilogy: Not I, Footfalls and Rockaby @ The Lowry, Salford, 23-27 Sep
There are few who dare to approach a Samuel Beckett play and even fewer who do his work justice, yet Lisa Dwan has attracted critical acclaim for her perform... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
Page to Stage Festival, Liverpool, 13-27 Sep
Following the success of Manchester’s recent 24:7 festival, September sees Liverpool play host to a similar venture, showcasing eight examples of new w... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
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Venue of the Month: The Lucy Davis Vaults
Down the dark, dark stairs there was a dark, dark cellar... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
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Merry Christmas, Ms Meadows @ Pleasance Dome
Merry Christmas, Ms Meadows is activist theatre gone right. Belarus Free Theatre combine urgency and innovative production design in a play that is both a th... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
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MenSWEAR Collection: Spunk @ C Nova
Lights Up Entertainment bring the topics of sex and disability to Edinburgh Fringe with MenSWEAR collection: Spunk, set around the life of James who fe... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
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Ubu and the Truth Commission @ Edinburgh International Festival
Based on the revelations at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the harrowing atrocities committed by the South African apartheid regime, ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014