Around the World in 80 Days at Polka Theatre
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Around the World in 80 Days

I’ll confess it’s been a while since I was awed by the inventive and passionate storytelling of NIE. I’ll also admit that my previous encounters with ...
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See What I Wanna See

See What I Wanna See is Michael John LaChiusa’s work inspired by 3 Ryunosuke Akutagawa short stories and a desire to push the boundaries of the Musica...
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Austentatious

Multiple character roles, lighting quick costume changes and a flair for improvising early 19th century dialogue comprise the extraordinary feat that ...
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How to be Fat

What a touching piece Mathilda Gregory’s reflections on being a fat woman is. Being fat or other people’s fatness is a sensitive subject for some, so ...
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Jamie Wood – O No!

Just when you think you haven't been treated to enough silliness at the festival, you find yourself in the basement of Roxy Assembly watching Jamie Wo...
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Man to Man

Told with a nightmare’s logic Siobhán Daly and Bruce Guthrie’s production of Manfred Karge’s modern fairytale, is a compelling exploration of survivin...
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Going Viral

Winner of the coveted Fringe First award (2015) Daniel Bye’s Going Viral explores the human responses to the weird and predictable behaviours of viral...
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Dead Man’s Cell Phone

It’s a good thing if an Edinburgh Fringe show immediately invites an audience in to the atmosphere of its opening scene. Even before the action starts...
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The Mentalists

Emblazoned across the advertisements for Richard Bean’s revived production of The Mentalists are all the reasons it should be a success. Success it mo...
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Avenue Q

Having heard much about this Broadway and West End hit, and seemingly one of the few audience members here not to have seen it during previous runs, m...