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REVIEW: Holy Fool

Holy Fool at the Park Theatre By Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers, Directed by Kate Fahy Cast Jenna Augen Fergus O’Donnell Benjamin O’Mahony Phoebe Pryce Creatives Rosalind Adler Co-writer Lea Sellers Co-writer Kate Fahy Director William Fricker Set & Costume Designer Oliver Fenwick Lighting Designer Julian Starr Sound Designer Raffaela Pancucci Associate Sound Designer Joanna Coe Costume Supervisor Lucy Barter Stage Manager Elsie O'Rourke Stage Manager Matthew Carnazza Lighting Programmer

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a play about what cannot be said, Holy Fool says too much. Set at the height of Stalin’s regime, Holy Fool follows composer Dmitri Shostakovich as he attempts to survive under a system in which artistic…

REVIEW: Mammy’s House

Reading Time: 3 minutesA powerful, largely overlooked story of Irish gay community and chosen family in the AIDS crisis, undercut by weak, unfocused direction. There have been many plays and musicals exploring the harrowing years of the AIDS crisis in…

REVIEW: The Plot @ Summerhall Academy

Reading Time: 2 minutesGunpowder, treason and plot. This is what Guy Fawkes’ attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 is best known for, yet two of the three are bafflingly missing from Emma Howlett’s The Plot. Fawkes is the subject of not one, but two shows at this year’s Fringe. Remember, Remember is a musical fizzing with camp energy and catchy songs; in stark contrast, The Plot is a straight-faced, humourless exploration of truth and the power of propaganda.