Fringe/ OffWestEnd
We could argue for hours what makes a fringe theatre venue, and even then we doubt we’d come to a satisfactory definition. So to keep it simple, fringe here simply means the wonderful little venues, generally less than 100 seats, often located above or below or next to pubs, and very much at the heart of our theatre world, where all the magic usually starts.
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Review: Bad Indian, Lower Marsh Arts Club (LowMAC)
A stirring show in need of a few tweaks.
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Review: The Tempest, The Golden Hinde
The iconic replica Elizabethan galleon is a perfect setting for this Tempest...
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Review: Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie, Underbelly Boulevard
This machine kills fascists ⎯ and makes one hell of a piece of gig theatre.
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Review: You’re So Special, Soho Theatre
A cautionary tale of unhinged ambition.
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Review: Sound Strokes: A Harmonious Blend of Chinese and Scottish Music, Camden People’s Theatre, London
A mesmerising Scottish-Hong Kong collaboration
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Review: London, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Canal Café Theatre
McFarland takes his audience on a journey through song that pulls on the heartstrings
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Review: Transit, Arches Lane Theatre
Using physical theatre, poetry, dance and live music, Transit is a powerful, human response...
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Review: Holy Fool, Park Theatre
A sprawling and unfocused production of Shostakovich’s struggle to find true expression through music while appeasing his communist masters
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Review: Krapp’s Last Tape, The Cockpit
A triumph as an actor suffering with Alzheimer’s turns Beckett’s monologue into a profoundly moving meditation on memory and the ageing process.
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Review: We Dance in Fire, Golden Goose Theatre
A potent and accomplished debut turns up the dial on our existential fears to great effect.