Reading Time: 2 minutesRomeo and Juliet five ways plus some bits Shakespeare x5 is an absurdist, anarchic hour of theatre built around two actors, a series of increasingly elaborate blow-up props, a desperate desire to be understood, and seemingly no inhibitions…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile Sami is understandably not out here to make you laugh at every joke, his up-close-and-personal hour of stand-up admittedly made me want a bit more of a bellyache and a bit more of his signature, spectacular…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTheatre for the End of the World An entire production unfolds in the space between two breaths. One actor and one sound technician/musician take to the stage of a blank theatre. The lights are low. Swan Lake plays over…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSomeone's died. Three identical brothers (all played by Jack Stokes) are being interrogated, and they all refuse to look at a photo of the crime scene.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn interesting, developing pieces that is still figuring out what it is. Louis Utieyin brings an innovative and interesting piece of theatre to the fringe. It follows their journey of understanding their sexuality to us in the…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe piece is very well written, and interrogates modern ideas of sexuality within Muslim culture and differing generations.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA delightfully dark tale, well constructed and told Trick of the Light returns for a limited run of The Bookbinder at this year’s Fringe and brings with them a dark and quite lovely story of a young…
Reading Time: 2 minutesBOY Theatre’s Campitalism is incredibly well executed.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite flaws, a quick and entertaining look at a familiar and interminable hospital visit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesForget everything you think you know about Hamlet. Hotter Project’s HAM takes Shakespeare’s familiar tragedy, throws it into the middle of the climate crisis and adds veganism, animal rights, sexual shame, audience participation and a frankly bewildering amount of theatrical chaos.