Expect mayhem, expect chaos, expect to question the performers sanity
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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 »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 ...
Read More »Electric, Underbelly Cowgate (Delhi Belly) – Review
It’s near on impossible not to smile and laugh at the festival antics of our two girls
Read More »The Tartan Pimpernel, Hill Street Theatre (Dunedin Theatre) – review
told with compassion and love for the man's legacy.
Read More »Until The Flood, Traverse Theatre 2 – review
A powerful and thought-provoking play
Read More »Ane City, Assembly Roxy Downstairs – Review
quite simply another fine example of the rich vein of Scottish spoken word performers
Read More »Fires Our Shoes Have Made, C aquila Temple – Review
an hour of energy and strong storytelling from four artists at the start of their careers
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