Edinburgh Festival
It may only be one month of the year, but we always have some of our team eager to head North and see what’s happening. So we thought we should collect all of our Edinburgh content into one convenient place for you.
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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 a live cover of the popular jazz song St. Louis Blues, Woke moves the audience with a tale of two…
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Under My Thumb, Assembly Roxy – Review
An emblematic and visually strong play about female victims of abuse; prepare yourself to be shaken.
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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.~ For the first half an hour I was baffled. I’ll admit that I had been expecting more of a twinkly…
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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, and made the energy drop. The children in the audience are part of what makes a clown show, and this…
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Deadly Dialogues, C Venues – C – Review
Multiple stories present different aspects of modern Islam; the outcome is thought-provoking but its potential is not fully realised.
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The Nature of Forgetting, Pleasance Courtyard – Review
A joyful and lovely piece on the poignant subject of memory, but pacing is unbearably slow at times.
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TutuMucky, ZOO Southside – Review
Thirty-five minutes of exhilarating, passionate dancing which makes a powerful statement.
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Trashed, Underbelly Cowgate – Review
'In-Yer-Face' monologue of a man whose entire life is devastated after the death of his young daughter.
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Dust, Underbelly Cowgate – Review
A darkly sarcastic solo performance by a woman who committed suicide.
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Mind-Goblin, Dance Base – Review
A meditative work with interesting moments and some strong images.