REVIEW: The Diana Mixtape
Reading Time: 3 minutesA drag queen extravaganza celebrating one of the world’s most iconic royal figures, The Diana Mixtape is a glittering whirlwind of pop anthems, humour and outrageous performances.
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REVIEW: 2.36
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter their grandfather falls ill and their parents decide to stay with him in hospital, half-siblings Josh and Keira are stranded together on a ‘family holiday’. Deciding to make the best of it, they reconnect over the course of a few too many drinks over lunch, and then even more back at the hotel.
REVIEW: A Role To Die For
Reading Time: 2 minutesArriving at the glitzy press night for Marylebone Theatre’s run of A Role To Die For, the audience is immediately launched into the quintessential energy of the James Bond Universe. There is a lot of booze and evening dresses - an apt entrance for a fast-paced production based on the casting of the next James Bond.
REVIEW: Swamplesque
Reading Time: 2 minutesChildhood ruining in the best of ways. Trigger Happy Productions has returned to the Fringe stage with their childhood ruining, engrossing parody performance. Taking pride of place on the Assembly Main stage, the cast has set the…
REVIEW: Lost Property
Reading Time: 2 minutesComedy and drama fail to mesh in a show that asks an interesting question, but never answers it Contained within a single tram journey, Lost Property is acomic monologue about Alice (Amelia Dunn), who has ‘lost’ her…
REVIEW: The Poetess
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn original premise from a brilliantly talented creative To combine poetry with theatre is a difficult task indeed: to do it with the precision and eloquence of Olivia Dodd (@oliviadodd) in The Poetess is another task…
REVIEW: JAMES TRICKEY: DON’T COUNT ON ME
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf there’s one thing you can count on James Trickey to do, it is to make you laugh up your dinner over probability formulas. For accountant-turned-comedian James Trickey, it’s abundantly clear that the probability of “making” it…
REVIEW: Grace Mulvey: Did You Hear We’re All Going To Die?
Reading Time: 2 minutesPoignant and laugh out loud funny – a great way to start the Fringe! Grace Mulvey, Irish comedian, takes us on a morbidly funny journey through her early life experiences where death and frequent funeral attendance is…
REVIEW: Steffan Alun: Stand Up
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpirited and heartfelt Steffan Alun’s debut hour “Stand Up” is no typical debut, coming to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe from the unconventional route of being in comedy for 15 years, and having performed here since 2015. …
REVIEW: Must I Cry
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn emotionally packed narrative exploring the loss of loved ones and the fear of such loss. The Hong Kong author Xi Xi is recognized for her exploration of Hong Kong’s identity, urban life, and personal memory in…