Month: August 2017

Cabaret

Between The Sheets, Underbelly – Review

An entertaining night that will leave you charged with positivity and high sex appeal levels. 

Drama

Edward II, Tristan Bates Theatre – Review

An epic condensed down to its bare bones and effectively told; a good retelling.

Comedy

Loot, The Park Theatre – Review

Side holdingly, eye wipingly funny, gloriously uncut production of a rarely staged masterpiece of humour and language.

Edinburgh Festival

Fix, Underbelly Cowgate – Review

Pros: The sing-along moment that shows in practical terms the process of dopamine release that the play is all about.…

Comedy

Whore: A Kid’s Play, Greenside @ Infirmary Street – Review

Pros: Outrageously funny. Cons: The brazen jokes about sex and religion are for an adult audience. Whore: A Kid’s Play is not…

Edinburgh Festival

Woke, Gilded Balloon Teviot – Review

Pros: Apphia’s mellow storytelling and powerful singing are a perfect combination. Cons: Some background knowledge of African-American history is beneficial. Opening with…

Drama

Under My Thumb, Assembly Roxy – Review

An emblematic and visually strong play about female victims of abuse; prepare yourself to be shaken.

Circus

Last Clown On Earth, Pleasance Courtyard – Review

Pros: Arresting images and dark humour. Cons: A clown in existential crisis inevitably produces a show light on belly laughs.~…

Features

Voices on Accessibility: Shakespeare’s Globe and Turtle Key Arts

Marianna Meloni speaks with representatives two of London's leading arts organisations to discover how the theatre world is making their…

Circus

Slapstick, Assembly George Square Theatre – Review

Pros: Charming, hilarious clowns, who also happen to be virtuoso musicians. Cons: The section with the projection didn’t work well,…

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