REVIEW: Team Viking @ Pleasance Courtyard

Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Rowland’s Team Viking is one of the writer-performer’s earliest works, and this year at the Fringe, he brings it back after finishing his new trilogy.

Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Rowland’s Team Viking is one of the writer-performer’s earliest works, and this year at the Fringe, he brings it back after finishing his new trilogy.

Reading Time: 2 minutesA heartfelt journey about boys and furniture New York based writer-performer Emily Weitzman begins Furniture Boys with a poem about a couch, followed by a conversation between herself and the couch, conducted in a language she imagines…

Reading Time: 2 minutesMonotony fine-tuned to perfection Devised by Mike Leigh with the help of a company of actors, Abigail’s Party explores suburban life in 1970’s Britain, with all the action taking place in a living room on one fateful evening. Frequently…

Reading Time: 3 minutesLatch is an excellent play delving into the minds of the contemporary teenage girl A 60-minute slumber party which serves as a reminder of what it was to be a teenage girl, Camden Fringe show Latch at…
Reading Time: 2 minutesBrilliant written show that questions the nature of language and how we look at ourselves Maya Shoham writes and stars in In Other Words, a metatheatrical piece that examines our use of language and the gaps in…

Reading Time: 2 minutesIntense Immersive Theatre That Does Not Let You Breathe and is Absolutely Amazing The bunker is closing. This is the last chance to get in. The audience pours in, and sits, receiving an information pamphlet. The doors…

Reading Time: 2 minutesWickedly Wonderful Blues with a dram or two The Rhythm and Booze project bring their whisky and blues show to the Fringe. Filled with music, laughs and, of course, whisky, this is a brilliant experience that educates…

Reading Time: 2 minutesTransmission’ is a vital must-see: an entertaining, fascinating show “Big Jimmy is here to tell you how to keep yur grannies safe and Make Scotland Cis Again!” Topical and terrifically true to Scotland, “Transmission” promises an entertaining,…

Reading Time: 2 minutesA masterclass in navigating delicate subjects while still keeping you laughing the whole way through. There’s few things I like more in stand up than a comedian taking you to a dark place, making you all feel…

Reading Time: 2 minutesLondon Fields is a shock to the system that reminds its audience of the thin line between vulnerability and violence. London Fields is a gut-punch. D.K. Mack’s two-hander is an exceptionally told and exceptionally disturbing portrait of…