Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) Ben Reiss 28/01/2020 It is a truth universally acknowledged that every review of a Jane Austen production must start with ‘it is a truth universally acknowledged’. Thanks ...
Pinocchio Enza De Francisci 16/12/2019 To date, the most popular Italian literary text to be translated worldwide is not by Dante, Boccaccio or Petrarch, but by Carlo Collodi: his Pinocchio...
An Edinburgh Christmas Carol Ben Reiss 03/12/2019 Ebenezer Scrooge, the famous miser at the heart of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, was allegedly based on the headstone of one Ebenezer Scroggie, ...
Barber Shop Chronicles Ben Reiss 30/10/2019 The scene is set from the moment audience members step into the theatre and are invited to join the cast on stage. The stately, glistening Lyceum audi...
Solaris Ben Reiss 26/09/2019 Everyone will at some point feel the despair of being alone – loneliness is a truly universal emotion. It is fitting then, that Stanisław Lem chose to...
Joz Norris is Dead, Long Live Mr Fruit Salad Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 Agnes Carrington-Windo 29/08/2019 Mr Fruit Salad informs us that Joz Norris couldn’t be here for the show because he’s having a bath but, well-meaning guy that he is, he’s offered to s...
Ange Lavoipierre: Final Form Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 Sam Dodgshon 24/08/2019 In Final Form, Ange Lavoipierre takes a dark, occasionally absurd and always entertaining look at the different versions of ourselves which we present...
A Beautiful Way To Be Crazy Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 Sam Dodgshon 24/08/2019 Genevieve Carver and The Unsung present an engaging and unique mix of poetry, music and monologue in this tale of a woman’s journey into the music ind...
My Mate Dave Died Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 Agnes Carrington-Windo 22/08/2019 My Mate Dave Died is a slickly executed new show written by Michael Alexander with real moments of excellence. It offers an effective juxtaposition be...
Sasha Ellen: Pickle Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 Sam Dodgshon 20/08/2019 Self described ‘angry little woman’ Sasha Ellen is clearly a great storyteller, but in Pickle she misfires slightly. Pickle is a story about the is...
