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 eyed, red nosed, falling-over kind of clown. This was a challenging work with striking visual images, but some of the staging was shabby and it didn’t hang together well. Russian actor Adasinsky’s company Derevo (it means tree) made their Fringe ...

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 performance featured the rambunctious laughter of a little boy somewhere at the back, whose timing was perfect and brought the house down twice. The five clowns of Netherlands-based Wëreldbänd reacted with ready charm; in fact, the audience was part of ...

Multiple stories present different aspects of modern Islam; the outcome is thought-provoking but its potential is not fully realised.

A joyful and lovely piece on the poignant subject of memory, but pacing is unbearably slow at times.

An engaging and inventive retelling of an epic tale.

Thirty-five minutes of exhilarating, passionate dancing which makes a powerful statement.

'In-Yer-Face' monologue of a man whose entire life is devastated after the death of his young daughter.

A darkly sarcastic solo performance by a woman who committed suicide.

A meditative work with interesting moments and some strong images.

A fascinating piece full of startling images. Intelligent and rigorously trained performers are compelling to watch, but the themes are bleak and difficult to grasp at times.