REVIEW: Rory Marshall: Thank You for the Opportunity
Reading Time: 2 minutesRory Marshall’s latest stand-up hour Thank You for the Opportunity adds a ripe bunch more to the list.
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REVIEW: Schrödinger’s Lesbians
Reading Time: 2 minutesSappho has always been more myth than woman. The premise announces itself early on when Sappho (Charlotte Boyle), visiting us some the past, parallels trees falling in forests to lesbians going unrecorded, letting the audience know the play’s premise in ancient Greece is less of a history lesson rather than a rom-com populated with birthdays, housewarmings and the ordinary social churn of an island where everyone seems to know everyone else's business.
REVIEW: Chris Cantrill: Rewilding @ Monkey Barrel
Reading Time: 2 minutesWithin a few minutes of being on stage, Chris Cantrill distances himself from political leanings, moves away from talking about any SNL UK gossip and delivers the funniest piece of fringe gossip that I have heard in a long time.
REVIEW: A Covert Affair
Reading Time: 2 minutesSet during the Cold War, A Covert Affair follows two spies who go from collaborators to lovers, willing to sacrifice everything to stay together.
REVIEW: CAN YOU SEE ME
Reading Time: 2 minutesVivien Puppa Kocsis graced us all with her first live performance. And what a fabulous debut it was. She may not be a performer (yet), but she had irrefutable stage presence and commanded the room with ease.
REVIEW: Trans People Are Awful @ Pleasance Courtyard
Reading Time: 2 minutesRoss Watt, in collaboration with Beth Sitek and the Camden People’s Theatre, has created a sharply observed and brilliantly executed new play, boldly titled Trans People Are Awful.
REVIEW: Bunny! @ Summerhall Arts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCraig Manson has crafted a fantastic character in the bitter, ruthless and furiously ambitious Bunny.
REVIEW: 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche @ Paradise in Augustines
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew theatre collective ‘Cheese Platter Productions’ have brought the hilarious play 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche to life with roaring success.
REVIEW: Badgers @ Traverse Theatre
Reading Time: 3 minutesA folk tale for the modern age, Badgers is told by The Storyteller, portrayed by the writer herself, Malaika Kegode.
REVIEW: Sauna Theatre: Aufguss x The Waves @ Summerhall
Reading Time: 3 minutesListening to Virgina Woolf’s 1931 novel The Waves, you get the very strong sense that Woolf herself likely fancied a good sauna.