Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s always fun to see how the pre-show music translates to the show itself. With Ruby Carr’s show eBae, we’re setting the scene with Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop”, before Madonna’s “Material Girl” has the audience humming along, and Ruby enters to the Kaiser Chiefs “Ruby” (of course).
Reading Time: 2 minutesBenedict Esdale does it all in this entertaining 50-minute piece. He portrays a plethora of characters and serves as the production's primary narrative driving force. The play opens with a whirlwind of characters, Esdale switching between them with impressive speed. While at first it seems impossible to keep track of who-is-who, Esdale's immensely specific and distinct character choices make the characters quickly fall into a logical cerebral order. It becomes easy to follow the piece’s narrative despite one person playing every single character. In many one-man productions, productions generally stick to a small number of characters for the sole performer to switch in between. Knapsack flies in the face of this generality, creating a play that hosts a myriad of complex people that fill the life of the piece’s protagonist.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMoon Kim’s creation of the psychological drama The Waiting Room is an explorative, vibrant insight into the depths of the Anxious Attachment Style. The one-woman marvel of a plot investigates Kim’s character ‘Lemon’ relationship with her girlfriend ‘Catus’. Throughout the 60 minutes we go on the journey of uncovering why ‘Lemon’ behaves and clings to her girlfriend the way she does.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSasha Ellen’s Character Building Experience is a fun hour for new and experienced role-playing gamers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGothic Opera brings to life at the Arcola Theatre an engrossing mix of dark humor, horror, and social commentary in a biting manner within Der Vampyr.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Utoya, playwright Edoardo Erba depicts the experiences of those on the outskirts of the attack who, despite their physical distance, were distinctly impacted by the attack, as all in Norway were.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom playwright James Hogan, Northbound Boy is a new queer comedy questioning love, ourselves and asking what do we consider valuable. Featuring Neil Ashton (It’s a sin), Sarah Moyle (Doctors) with Netflix Heartstoppers Cormac Hyde-Corrin making his stage debut at Kings Head Theatre.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year sees Eddy Hare’s debut solo show come to the Fringe. Known for being one half of Crizards, this show covers a gamut of issues relevant to the youngest double-uncle in the world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPicasso 2033 is an experimental play set in a future world where AI gradually replaces humans in the field of art. In the narrative, AI painting trainer 9527 (Gawa Leung) returns to the house where she once lived with her mother. Her mother’s unfinished painting, created during her battle with Alzheimer’s disease, awakens her memories. Through the emotional entanglement between the protagonist, 9527 and her mother (Yue Tang), the play delves into profound reflections on the future of art, artificial intelligence, and the identity and creativity of humanity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIsobel Rogers’ musical comedy show is not perfect but is guaranteed fun for any fans of the format.