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Continue reading →: Mason King- Sleight of Mind.
Entering Mason Kings 45 minute Sleight of Mind show. I was feeling cynical and unsure about what to expect. Magic is exactly that magic, I mean surely it’s all up to the magician’s sleeve! However, none of his tricks went anywhere near his sleeve during the entire show. The sheer…
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Continue reading →: Letter to Boddah by Watershed Productions.
As two friends Neil and Bill hold themselves hostage in the disabled toilets at their local Tescos in Oldham. They are contemplating their next move. With two guns on the toilet cistern and a suspicious-looking rucksack and the friends dressed in army uniform, only time will tell as to what…
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Continue reading →: The House of Influenza:A Spooky Tale of Freighteningness by Andrew Shires.
Lily Edwards performance in the one-woman show The House of Influenza by Andrew Shires is outstanding. A mixture of horror, humour and an array of different characters bring the stage to life. The atmosphere for this “kooky, spooky and a little bit kooky” production switches between a blacked-out theatre and…
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Continue reading →: HERSTORY by The Polly Clamorous Collective.
Polly Clamorous the all-female musical group who originate from Zimbabwe, Australia, Austria and Essex have bought their new production HERSTORY to Edinburgh for 2019. Herstory explores a chronological historical timeline about some of the forgotten famous enigmatic ladies who have played a role in shaping our history as we know…
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Continue reading →: The People’s Boat by Moaning Toad Productions Ltd.
Moaning Toad Productions Ltd has bought an interesting play to this years Edinburgh Fringe looking at how the post-Brexit U.K landscape might look as we lose our ropes and cast off from Europe. The stage is dressed as a ramshackle boat. As the crew discuss food, life and try to…
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Continue reading →: Rock ‘n’ Roll Girls by Queen Mary Theatre Company.
What on earth can be the connection between Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones, Lola by The Kinks, Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles, Roxanne by The Police and… Monica? The five characters in Rock ‘n’ Roll Girls explain all. Set in what is described in the press release as a…
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Continue reading →: At This Stage by Queen Mary Theatre Company.
The new play is about to start rehearsals in the play At This Stage. It is dying and nobody wants to continue with it. However, the producer has other ideas and the actors are in for a surprise. The director kidnaps and traps his cast of four in a basement.…
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Continue reading →: The Words are There by Ronan Dempsey.
Domestic violence is a difficult topic to approach on a social platform in the arts. However, victims of these crimes are only women surely? Wrong, statistics show that for every three reported incidents one of those is against a man. Ronan Dempsey ‘s one-man physical performance production brings to the…
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Continue reading →: The Art of Skipping by Eleanor Griffiths and Megan Hughes.
The Art of Skipping is a new musical exploring budding astronomist Alex’s journey and changing relationships as she learns to deal with her life-changing diagnosis of permanent blindness. Alex and her girlfriend Jay have bright futures ahead of them following the career paths they are destined to and working in…
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Continue reading →: The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar by Red Biscuit Theatre.
Who would like to join the “Liberation Cape Caterpillar Club?” An intriguing idea isn’t it. Well, the cast of five graduates from Chichester University has created the Red Biscuit Theatre company. The very talented group have managed to encapsulate everything you hope and expect to find at the Edinburgh Fringe.…












