Category Edinburgh Festival Fringe

REVIEW: HYPER

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe question “Why are all hyperpop musicians trans?” is posed at one point during independent Irish company Jaxbanded Theatre’s experimental play HYPER, summing up the piece’s attempt to express the importance of artistic expression to so many members of the trans community. Written and directed by Ois O’Donoghue, the play captures the visceral, messy confusion of being trans and feeling as though you don’t match the body you’re in.

REVIEW: Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?

Reading Time: 2 minutesFame is a double-edged sword, as Dan Wye has discovered. Forever balancing the tightrope between iconic and tragic, one minute you’re having a thrilling sexual encounter, the next you’ve been ghosted and eating a quiche lorraine on a train. One minute, you’re chatting to the hot delivery driver, the next you’ve been impaled with an insult to the core.