REVIEW: The Void @ Banshee Labyrinth
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a void inside Edith Alibec. She doesn’t know what to fill it with, but perhaps you will… Embodying something between a dance and a violent writhing, Alibec enters the stage.
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REVIEW: Jess Fuchs – Feral @ Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker Two
Reading Time: 2 minutesJess Fuchs’ Feral is exactly what it says on the tin, and brilliantly so.
REVIEW: The Understudy @ Assembly, The Box
Reading Time: 2 minutesEva Seymour is an outstanding performer and an inventive writer.
REVIEW: Bloody Knees @ The Space, Surgeon’s Hall
Reading Time: 2 minutesBloody Knees is wonderfully written, accurately capturing the bleak and blurry lifestyle of a ‘self confessed terminal layabout’.
REVIEW: Dee Allum – Raumdeuter @ Pleasance Courtyard Upstairs
Reading Time: 2 minutesDee Allum isn’t afraid to take risks and frequently approaches her comedy from the angle of ‘saying it how it is’.
REVIEW: Campitalism: Three Gays Try To Fix The Economy @ Pleasance Courtyard, Attic
Reading Time: 2 minutesBOY Theatre’s Campitalism is incredibly well executed.
REVIEW: Define Queerness @ Venue 13
Reading Time: 2 minutesDefine Queerness focuses on the testimonies of two queer couples, following their developing experiences over the course of a year.
REVIEW: SpitNights – Poetry Meets Improv Jazz @ The Space Symposium Hall
Reading Time: 2 minutesSetting to improvised music the words of a wonderful lineup of poets, SpitNights are on a mission to increase poetry’s audience and have become the fastest growing poetry event in the UK.
REVIEW: Bubble Schmeisis (Remixed) @ Summerhall Sauna Theatre
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year, for the first time ever, Summerhall Arts venue opened a sauna theatre. Yes, that’s right, an actual sauna. Set in Canning Town Schvitz, Nick Cassenbaum’s play Bubble Schmeisis is the perfect accompaniment to this unique venue. Not only is the literalisation of the sauna location a wonderful way to bring Cassenbaum’s words to life, but his exploration of community, naked vulnerability and the places that shape our identity are made increasingly immediate as we share the sauna experience together.
REVIEW: ROOMIES @ Underbelly
Reading Time: 2 minutesROOMIES, a one-woman testimonial exploring struggles with control, identity and mental health, is the type of show I tend to treat with a little caution. I find this category of performance often at risk of glamorizing difficult experiences, and occasionally becoming a series of confessions more helpful for the performer than for their audience. However, writer and performer Julia Stephens never falls into these traps, rather, ROOMIES strikes an excellent balance between realistic portrayal and responsible storytelling. What results is an entirely believable storyline that doesn’t shy away from hard truths, but is ultimately a moving, hopeful watch.