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The Sensemaker, ZOO Playground (Playground 1) – Review
Human and machine collide in this surrealistic one-hander
Read More »Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical, Assembly George Square Gardens (Palais du Variete) – Review
A show that fails to hit quite the right cord
Read More »The Living Room, Assembly Rooms (Front Room) – Review
Expect mayhem, expect chaos, expect to question the performers sanity
Read More »Boar, Pleasance Courtyard (Below) – Review
I am a real sucker for the human voice. Usually though it’s when it’s being used as an instrument and not to make the most incredible array of sound effects heard from the mouth of Lewis Doherty. Because Doherty is a one-man beatboxing sound machine. Boar, on the face of it, isn’t a show that would have cross section appeal. Its basis is very much in the fantasy realms of Game Of Thrones and Lord of The Rings. The story ...
Read More »Suffering From Scottishness, Assemby Roxy Downstairs – Review
a credit to the natural storytelling skills of Kevin P Gilday.
Read More »Chicago Blues Brothers: Motown Mission, Savoy Theatre – Review
The Blues Brothers brand has now endured for forty years, first appearing on the big screen in 1980. But Jake and Elwood don’t look much like rock stars, occasionally they don’t sing so well. Tall and skinny, short and fat maybe; but with shades and a pork pie hat they become the funky men in black; they are indeed the Blues Brothers. Come to the Savoy Theatre any other night and you would have got 9 to 5 with the ...
Read More »Don’t Do It, Don’t Do It, Do It!, theSpace on North Bridge (Fife Theatre) – Review
A theatrical ritual of self-empowerment
Read More »Google Me, Just The Tonic at the Caves (Just Out of the Box) – review
Already an enjoyable performance, and one that suggests great this show could be even better with more time
Read More »America Is Hard To See, Underbelly Cowgate (Big Belly) – review
“Audiences should walk out saying I don’t know how to feel.” It’s a line from early on in America Is Hard To See that perfectly sums up mine, and likely most of the packed audiences feelings as we filtered out into the evening rain. Because it’s difficult to decide how to feel having just witnessed an incredible and emotionally fuelled show about sex offenders, and the way we view and treat them. The show is made up entirely from interviews ...
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