edinburgh theatre review - a week of masks, music ...
Tennessee Williams devastates afresh,refugees face a treacherous journey and papier-mache masks...
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anohni review - a stark vision of the future set...
Edinburgh PlayhouseThe multimedia performance of the Mercury-prize nominated protest album...
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sofie hagen at edinburgh festival review - love,...
Liquid Room,EdinburghIn an intimate and impressively confident show, the Danish comedian dissects...
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kieran hodgson review - tribute to mahler is a...
Voodoo Rooms,EdinburghHodgson leads us through the missteps of his early savor life accompanied by...
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scott gibson review - near death experience...
Gilded Balloon teviot,EdinburghIn recalling his brain haemorrhage, the Glaswegian comedian –...
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house amongst the reeds review - promising new...
Assembly George Square,EdinburghPlays by Somalia Seaton and Chino Odimba are strongly performed, but...
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sco gardiner; aimard tamestit simpson review -...
Usher corridor (two stars); Queen’s corridor (four stars),EdinburghAudience attention waned during...
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rose matafeo review - newcomer turns on the...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghVivacious current Zealander whips up a blizzard of youthful energy in...
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rose matafeo review - comedy newcomer turns on the...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghVivacious recent Zealander whips up a blizzard of youthful energy in...
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shake at edinburgh festival review - shakespeare...
Lyceum theatre,EdinburghThis end-of-the-pier retelling of Twelfth Night is a charming mix of humour...
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daphne at edinburgh festival review - offbeat...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghFrom an inappropriate house-hunter to a slave-driving Willy Wonka, Phil...
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zach and viggo review - new clown contenders bring...
Underbelly Cowgate,EdinburghThe wily Zucker and lanky Venn flounce their way through an hour of...
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growth review - funny and truthful look at one...
Roundabout at Summerhall,Edinburgh The self-absorbed Tobes must grow up fast in Luke Norris’s...
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the red shed at edinburgh festival review - mark...
Traverse theatre,Edinburgh [br]The comedian, activist and theatre-maker brings all of his formidable...
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richard iii review - a beautifully executed...
Lyceum,EdinburghLars Eidinger plays Shakespeare’s arch-villain with gleeful, knock-kneed energy in...
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mouse: the persistence of an unlikely thought...
Traverse,EdinburghIt’s easy to submit to Kitson’s playfully showy writing in this piece about...
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greater belfast at edinburgh festival review -...
Traverse,Edinburgh With a live score, a searching intellect and studied delivery, or Matt Regan’s...
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norris and parker review - cannibals and...
Kate Norris and Sinead Parker sketch out the desperation of a quarter-life crisis in lurid...
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richard gadd review - grindhouse gags give way to...
Banshee Labyrinth,Edinburgh Puffing on a treadmill, the comic builds from his crazed inner monologue...
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bridget christie five star review - an...
Stand Comedy Club,Edinburgh The comedian ditched her planned expose when the EU referendum shock...
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fern brady review - eye catching tales of standups...
Stand Comedy Club,EdinburghMore confident than last year’s debut, Brady’s show Male Comedienne...
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scott agnew review - intimate standup set tackles...
Gilded Balloon,Edinburgh[br]From tales of Grindr dates gone erroneous to the gruff support of his...
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ayesha hazarika review - former labour advisers...
Gilded Balloon Teviot,EdinburghFrom Gordon Brown confusing LGBT and BLT to her ‘conscious...
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al porter review - old fashioned crowd pleaser...
Pleasance Courtyard,Edinburghwhether some of this ex-panto star’s flamboyant shtick feels a tad...
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faslane review - solo show tackles trident from...
Summerhall,EdinburghJenna Watt is tugged around the stage amid competing arguments over Britain’s...
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chris gethard at edinburgh festival review - frank...
Pleasance Dome,EdinburghThe recent Jersey standup tackles his mental-health troubles in a comedy set...
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zoe coombs marr at edinburgh festival review -...
Underbelly Cowgate,EdinburghThe Australian standup’s sexist creation, Dave, and is back in a...
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katy brand at edinburgh festival review - lots of...
Pleasance Courtyard,Edinburgh[br]In her first solo standup indicate – I Was a Teenage Christian ...
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alan cumming sings sappy songs! at edinburgh...
The Hub,EdinburghThere are no guilty pleasures at Club Cumming as the showman delivers a moving...
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katy brand at edinburgh festival review -...
Pleasance Courtyard,Edinburgh[br]In her first solo standup exhibit, Brand shares honest but...
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kiri pritchard mclean review - raucous protest...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghThe director of Gein’s Family Giftshop uses her debut solo show to...
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nish kumar review - smart skewering from britains...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghThe affable comedian expertly blends comedy and commentary in a routine...
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radio active at edinburgh festival review - angus...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghA revival of Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins’ spoof of commercial radio...
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the toad knew review - a grand illusion
King’s theatre,EdinburghJames Thiérre’s performance piece contains a glorious coup de théâtre...
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eurohouse review - eu becomes a playground of...
Summerhall,EdinburghIdealism and self-interest are pitched against one other in a playful yet moving...
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break yourself at edinburgh review - can we ever...
Forest Fringe,EdinburghIra Brand, performing in male drag, and takes a thoughtful tour in a show...
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mr swallow: houdini five star review - a giddy...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghNick Mohammed’s daft alter ego combines death-defying escapes with...
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edinburgh festival: monumental five star review -...
Playhouse,EdinburghThis exhilarating collaboration between post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor...
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world without us at edinburgh review - a poignant...
Summerhall,EdinburghOntroerend Goed’s daring reveal conjures the image of an empty world and...
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scorch at edinburgh festival review - an intimate...
Roundabout at Summerhall,EdinburghAmy McAllister is utterly mesmerising in Stacey Gregg’s play...
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daffodils at edinburgh festival review - new...
Traverse,EdinburghRochelle Bright’s ‘play with songs’ starts out as a promising love anecdote...
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scottish ballet: crystal pite; angelin preljocaj...
Festival theatre,EdinburghPite’s Emergence works wonders with the hive intellect, while...
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scottish ballet at edinburgh festival review -...
Festival theatre,EdinburghA choreographed spin on The final Supper proved an intense exploration of...
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wonderman review - meaty, macabre tour of roald...
Underbelly Topside,EdinburghUsing storytelling and a live score, Gabblebabble weave Dahl’s works...
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michelle wolf at edinburgh festival review - comic...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghThe Daily Show correspondent makes a supremely confident fringe debut...
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diary of a madman at edinburgh festival review - a...
Traverse,EdinburghLiam Brennan gives a tender performance in this laughable-unhappy reworking of the...
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the toad knew review - james thierrees seductive...
King’s theatre,EdinburghThierrée’s new point to is a spellbinding mix of ravishing visuals,...
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cosi fan tutte review - mozarts frothy opera turns...
Festival theatre,EdinburghTransplanted to 1930s Eritrea, Christopher Honoré’s version skims off...
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smother review - lust and claustrophobia in street...
Zoo Southside,Edinburgh[br]Charting a homosexual love affair from erotically charged beginnings to...
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james acaster at edinburgh festival review -...
Pleasance Courtyard,EdinburghThe Kettering standup delivers his unique brand of micro-observational...
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milk at edinburgh festival review - sharply told...
Traverse theatre,EdinburghRoss Dunsmore’s play is strong on compassion, but it raises questions...
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interiors the destroyed room at edinburgh review...
★★★★/★★The Lyceum,EdinburghWe’re Peeping Toms for Vanishing Point’s riveting but...
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anything that gives off light review - a rowdy...
Edinburgh International Conference CentreTwo Scots team up with a woman from West Virginia in a play...
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tank review - scientific satire straight from the...
Pleasance Dome,Edinburgh A Nasa-funded experiment to teach dolphins English is cleverly dissected in...
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panti: high heels in low places review - sex,...
Traverse,EdinburghIn a layered show, drag queen Panti Bliss pokes fun at gender norms and her sex...
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burnistoun live review - comedy that couldnt be...
Gilded Balloon,EdinburghWhether you’ve seen the TV show or not, there’s still plenty to enjoy in...
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love, lies and taxidermy at edinburgh festival...
RoundaboutSummerhall,Edinburgh Alan Harris’s tale of romance in Merthyr Tydfil boasts a winning...
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edinburgh 2016: private manning goes to washington...
The Space on Niddry St,EdinburghIntertwining the stories of Chelsea Manning and hactivist Aaron...
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e15 at edinburgh festival review - young mums...
Northern Stage at Summerhall,Edinburgh[br]A brilliant cast deliver the verbatim account of the Focus...
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randy writes a novel review - existential crisis...
Underbelly Potterrow,EdinburghThere’s plenty of cartoonish comedy in Heath McIvor’s indicate...
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goose at edinburgh festival review - hyperactive...
Assembly George Square,EdinburghSweat-drenched Adam Drake teeters on the edge of chaos in a...
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heads up at edinburgh festival review - news from...
Summerhall, Edinburgh [br]Kieran Hurley is like a courteous Cassandra in this superb storytelling...
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us them at edinburgh review - startling family...
Summerhall,EdinburghThis grown-up yet playful present offers a child’s eye view of the 2004 siege...
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the glass menagerie at edinburgh festival review -...
King’s theatre,EdinburghJohn Tiffany’s superb production stars Cherry Jones as a woman who...
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