Fringe
REVIEW: THE WHITE BIKE (The Space) ★★★★
The White Bike by Tamara von Werthern has its first run at The Space on the Isle of Dogs. The action is firmly set in East London and the location seems fitting. The play is [ read more ]
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REVIEW: From Dust (Gilded Balloon) ★★★★
Last year my Pick of The Fringe was Lion House’s Every Wild Beast, so I had high expectations for From Dust, Lion House’s Edinburgh Fringe Show this year. I was most definitely not disappointed. The [ read more ]
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REVIEW: The OS Map Fan Club (The Space @ Surgeon’s Hall) ★★★★
The OS Map Fan Club is Helen Wood’s second solo comedy show where she shares with the audience her love of folded paper Ordnance Survey maps. She says the show is aimed at OS fanatics, [ read more ]
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REVIEW: Assessment (Gilded Balloon @ The Rose Theatre) ★★★★
Assessment is a new play by Robert Dawson Scott produced by Shows on a Shoestring. The setting is “The Future: But Only Just” and that’s what makes this dark comedy so thought provoking and disturbing [ read more ]
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REVIEW: Chatroom (Greenside @ Infirmary Street) ★★★★
Chatroom by Enda Walsh was first performed at the National Theatre in 2006; it is a play about teenagers, insecurity, mental health and online bullying. It is being performed at Greenside @ Infirmary Street by [ read more ]
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REVIEW: EVERY WILD BEAST (C Venues) ★★★★★
In a tiny box room up a wooden spiral staircase, you can find a little bit of magic. Every Wild Beast is enchanting. The tale of a girl and a boy who in unlikely circumstances, [ read more ]
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REVIEW: ADELE IS YOUNGER THAN US (Stiff and Kitsch at C Venues) ★★★★★
We have all at least once had the realisation that someone younger than us is doing better than us. Whether they are earning more, have our dream job or are just in a more successful [ read more ]