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: 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…
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you have never interacted with Nwadiwe’s content before, what an iconic baptism by fire.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJulie d’Aubigny is one of the most scandalous and fascinating characters throughout French history. So it’s only fitting that she gets her theatrical due, presented here as an Act 1 workshop. Written by Merrilea Ettia and Robbie Hébert, this is clearly an ambitious project, and one which requires an abundance of imagination to fill in the gaps.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRichard MacLean Smith brings his podcast Unexplained to the Edinburgh Fringe in a live demonstration of his considerable storytelling prowess. Turning his attention to the enduring mystery of the Flannan Isles, Smith meticulously revisits the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers whose fate has perplexed generations. When the men vanished one night in December 1900, they left behind little evidence and an abundance of questions. Was it a rogue wave? An accident? Foul play? Something altogether stranger? More than a century later, we may never know.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn ordinary couple return home from a work dinner and begin the familiar rituals of settling in for the evening. Their shoes come off, their belongings are put away, and the night appears unremarkable if tense. An intruder is lurking in the darkness. When a sudden power outage plunges the characters into total darkness, the things they have been concealing begin to surface. The irony, of course, is that while everyone is unable to see, the intruder can hear everything discussed and knows considerably more than either of them.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA one-man comic whirlwind Although one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century, P.G. Wodehouse is not a name commonly seen on the spines of books being read on the tube today. Regardless of…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSituationsh*t is a one woman show which chronicles Emily Drewett’s foray into modern dating after the end of a long term relationship. Camden Fringe.