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: DAD, Golden Goose Theatre
A man paces around his garden looking anxious and concerned. He’s soon joined by another man who turns out to be his estranged brother, summoned because their elderly father, who has dementia, has been missing for two days. The two…
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Review: The Yellow Wallpaper, The Bull, Wanstead
A timely return to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s seminal text.
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Review: Loud Mouths, Libra Theatre Café
A show about how far toxic friendships can be pushed before they become irreconcilable.
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Review: Private Peaceful, Wilton’s Music Hall
A beautifully crafted and deeply moving Private Peaceful, bringing one young soldier’s story of courage, loss and the futility of war vividly to life.
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Feature: Shedinburgh Lands At The Young Vic
From online during lockdown to a fully live event, ET looks at how Shedinburgh has successfully established itself.
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Review: Brixton House’s Housemates Festival: Goodbye
Tackles a sensitive and important topic with care and whimsy.
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Review: Getting Rekt, Union Theatre
This story of inter-generational friendship delivers warmth and humour, but could do a lot more with less.
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Review: Rhino Conservation Erotic Novel, Lower Marsh Arts Club
Daniel Trengove and Gabriel Madden have built a properly functioning comic engine: this show’s jokes are sharp, specific, and completely its own.
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Review: Spontaneous Meets are not for the Weak, The Hope Theatre
Rather too clunky and awkward in the wrong way to fully capture the attention, so instead it just marauders along from start to finish
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Review: and I looked at the sky, Omnibus Theatre
A thoughtful and quietly courageous performance that examines difficult questions with sharp, passionate dialogue, a committed cast and solid staging.