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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Guinea Pigs on Trial, Summerhall by Tim Bano

Sometimes it's the little things that make a show, like a party bag on arrival or the splendour of an old wooden lecture theatre. Sometimes it's the big things, like a show that fiercely tac…

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Edinburgh Review: The Eradication Of Schizophrenia In Western Lapland, Summerhall by Tim Bano

A play within a play is nothing new. But how about four plays within a play that are each simultaneously the individual fantasies of the four characters? That may not sound like it makes muc…

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Edinburgh Review: Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare, Underbelly Bristo Square by Tim Bano

“So it's Shakespeare, right, but one of the actors is completely shit-faced and, like, can literally do anything!” They said to the E4 commissioner. “No, I'm afraid that's …

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Milk Presents: Self Service, Northern Stage at King's Hall by Tim Bano

A “homemade, DIY, flat-pack, punk cabaret on the theme of queer”? By Total Theatre Award-nominated company Milk Presents? Close to midnight in an old church? Sure. Lucy, Ruby and…

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Edinburgh Review: A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts, Northern Stage at King's Hall by Tim Bano

Forgive me St Genesius, patron saint of theatre, for I have sinned. I have never seen a Secret Theatre show. At least, not until now. The cult theatrical elite gets the audience to pick from…

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Edinburgh Review: Blind Hamlet, Assembly Roxy by Tim Bano

Nassim Soleimanpour, or at least the voice coming from the dictaphone claiming to be him, is going blind. He seems calm about it. His play is an attempt to make the audience experience what …

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Edinburgh Review: La NiÃ±a Barro, Laughing Horse at the Newsroom by Tim Bano

It is easy to speak of life and the wonders of human nature with trite, meaningless and fluffy words. It is harder but far more effective to show these things, as La NiÃ±a Barro does. The …

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Edinburgh Review: True Brits, Assembly Hall by Tim Bano

In summer 2012, the nation renegotiated its relationship with cynicism. Galvanised by Mitt Romney's ill-judged insult at the country's readiness for the Olympic Games there was a surge of so…

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Monday, August 4, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Dirty Decadence, C nova by Tim Bano

The boys are in black tie, the girls in diaphanous dresses. They chuck back whisky with alcoholic aplomb as they dance their way through a balletic take on the 'bash the Bullingdon' genre. I…

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Edinburgh Review: We Have Fallen, Underbelly Cowgate by Tim Bano

Spitting shards of lines and disjointed speech, three performers explain their individual journeys against the backdrop of an inexplicable catastrophe: one day, twelve planes fell from the s…

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Edinburgh Review: Claustrophobia, ZOO by Tim Bano

On the black stage a small white square is marked out. Then the opening line, "which floor?" and instantly the play is ominous, foreboding. A man and a woman are trapped in a lift. She (Jess…

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Edinburgh Review: The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote Of La Mancha, ZOO by Tim Bano

Like Cervantes's sprawling book, this Don Quixote crosses many styles. It begins with a five minute scene, then a feedback " or rather 'feedforward' " session with the audience, explaining w…

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Sunday, August 3, 2014