It’s a simple set-up. The audience fills out a form while queuing for the show; they accuse someone they know of a crime, and they provide a line or two of substantiating evidence. Then the show gets up and running and one of these ‘criminals’ is called to […]
Where to start with this magical piece of multimedia performance? The live music that accompanies it. Or perhaps the awe of watching the live performers interact with the projected puppets? Or the breathtaking skill of the projectionists who mastermind the whole performance by constantly changing and layering intricate […]
After another reviewer at The Peg saw the previous instalment of Beach Comet’s irreverent B-musicals, Vampire Hospital Waiting Room, I was intrigued to see if their new offering would garner such a love-hate response. Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair is as ridiculous as its title suggests. Set on […]
It’s a very modern phenomena; mid 20s and wondering what the hell you’re doing with your life. Move over mid-life crisis, the quarter-life crisis is testament to the overwhelming sense of anxiety that afflicts Generation Y, but it’s not in Katie Brennan’s make-up to roll over and be […]
Two girls, one tent. What could possibly happen next? Well, a whole Sliding Doors-esque number of possibilities, that’s what. Our two characters, played by Alys Metcalf and Roxy Dunn, take turns to have their palms read by an accent-shifting fortune teller whilst celebrating their graduation at a festival. […]
What happens when a tomboy who loves mud and football starts to believe she really is a boy? And, more than that, a boy who could rise to the heights of an 80s movie star. Well, confusion and disappointment one would suppose. But Hutson tells us that, ironically, […]
This years’s Edinburgh Fringe showcases 3,269 shows from 48 countries in 294 venues across Edinburgh, so it’s hard to know where to start. How about sampling one of these excellent pieces of new writing: In Tents and Purposes Five-star sell-out comedy from Vaults Festival London and Lyric Hammersmith […]
So much to watch, so little time. Here’s 5 shows to get your Fringe adventure off to good start. Every Brilliant Thing The worldwide smash-hit is back. You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s done something stupid. She finds it hard to be happy. You […]
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to see new things and push your own cultural boundaries? Well then, why not make an exciting start to 2015 in seeing Craft Theatre’s physical retelling of Dante’s Inferno? Craft Theatre use exhaustion, cognitive neuroscience, sociology and devising techniques to create […]
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