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Review: Max Fosh: Zocial Butterfly, EdFringe 2022
A funny, chatty, easygoing gig with brilliant original material and use of digital media.
Read More »Review: Ali Woods: Best Friend Ever, EdFringe 2022
Male mental health, lockdown and being a good friend, all in a classic stand up gig.
Read More »Review: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster, Edfringe 2022
A dynamically fun, inventive and creative multimedia show.
Read More »The Three Deaths of Ebony Black, Underbelly, Bristo Square (Daisy) – Review
A cute puppetry show with musical numbers
Read More »Lobster, Underbelly, Bristo Square (Buttercup) – Review
Bridget Jones has moved on to online dating in an era of sexting and dick pics
Read More »Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein, Underbelly, Bristo Square (McEwan Hall) – Review
Mary Shelley's timeless novel with the use of shadow puppetry, projections and live music
Read More »KillyMuck, Underbelly, Bristo Square (Jersey) – Review
Pros: A poignant statement from the silenced benefit class. Cons: The actor’s stage presence is unconvincing. In the closing scene of KillyMuck, the protagonist Niamh (Aoife Lennon) raises a board that displays two stylised drawings. Three men are depicted standing on equal sized boxes. However, due to their different heights, only two men are able to see over the wall. This is how equality works: providing equal resources to everyone, but ignoring the specifics of each individual. On the bottom half, ...
Read More »Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo, Underbelly, Bristo Square (Cowbarn) – Review
The tenderness of brotherhood vibrates in the words of a WWI soldier.
Read More »3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle, Underbelly, Bristo Square (Jersey) – Review
Pros: A heartening celebration of sisterhood. Cons: Eating disorders are poorly understood conditions and I wish the play had delved into it more. It is estimated that in the UK there are between 600,000 and 725,000 people affected by eating disorders, with anorexia having the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, further complicated by its tendency to become chronic. When Alexandra was diagnosed with anorexia, at the age of 19, her sister Kate was only a teenager, being exactly ...
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