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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Seance review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘creepy binaural experience’ by Natasha Tripney

Darkness is a canvas.  We fill it with our fears. We populate it with monsters of our making. Glen Neath and David

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Nocturnes review at Zoo, Edinburgh – ‘ambitious but underwhelming’ by Natasha Tripney

Imitating the Dog has explored the relationship between live performance and film in its work before. Nocturnes is intended as a homage

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Derailed review at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh – ‘muddled piece about Brexit’ by Natasha Tripney

Patricia Rodriguez and Merce Ribot are having a party. With a messy Brexit looming and no guarantees that EU citizens will have

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Not I review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – ‘cathartic, inclusive and political’ by Natasha Tripney

Samuel Beckett’s Not I is a notoriously difficult piece to perform. Delivered at ferocious speed, it’s regarded as test of any actor.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Love+ review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘funny and thoughtful’ by Natasha Tripney

Irish company Malaprop Theatre is interested in all the ways technology is remaking our romantic lives. While the company’s other show, BlackCatfishMusketeer,

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Sasquatch: The Opera review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘muddled but oddly hypnotic’ by Natasha Tripney

This new opera by Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum feels entirely at home in Summerhall’s late night mind-fuck slot. It’s a fever-dream

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Morale is High (Since We Gave Up Hope) review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘engaging performers’ by Natasha Tripney

In this rambling, affable piece of gig-theatre by Manchester-based company Powder Keg, Ross McCafferty and Jake Walton ask questions about the state

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Siren review at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh – ‘strange little play is a grower’ by Natasha Tripney

A single siren sits on her island, aching for companionship but destined to consume each stray sailor that drifts her way. That’s

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Our Carnal Hearts review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘funny, candid show about envy’ by Natasha Tripney

Structured a little like a church service, Rachel Mars’ Our Carnal Hearts explores the dark corners of our psyches: the places where

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Digs review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – ‘frustratingly shapeless and underdeveloped’ by Natasha Tripney

This faintly surreal two-hander feels like an attempt to evoke the awkwardness of shared living and the claustrophobic conditions with which most

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Alan, We Think You Should Get a Dog review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – ‘confusing debut’ by Natasha Tripney

Daisy and Ollie’s dad is not himself. His memory’s going and he can no longer look after himself. But instead of drawing

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Friday, August 18, 2017

The Class Project review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘exploration of accent and class’ by Natasha Tripney

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord has lost her voice. Or rather she’s lost the voice of her home. She no longer speaks with a Wolverhampton

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Pike Street review at Roundabout at Summerhall – ‘vivid one-woman show’ by Natasha Tripney

In Nilaja Sun’s one-woman show, Pike Street, she brings a whole neighbourhood to life. She plays all the members of a New

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Instructions for Border Crossing review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘a layered and intriguing piece’ by Natasha Tripney

Our world is filled with borders. We have, as a species, a tendency to draw lines around ourselves. The policing of these

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The Bearpit review at Zoo Southside, Edinburgh – ‘intriguing but unfocused’ by Natasha Tripney

There are shades of James Fritz’s brilliantly destabilising Ross and Rachel in The Bearpit. Two young people approaching their five-year anniversary talk

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here review at Zoo, Edinburgh – ‘unsettling and intriguingly disruptive’ by Natasha Tripney

The third show from Barrel Organ, the company behind Nothing and Some People Talk about Violence, sees its work evolving in intriguing

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Old Stock review at the Canada Hub, King’s Hall, Edinburgh – ‘stunning vocal performance’ by Natasha Tripney

In 1908 playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s great-grandparents fled the pogroms in Romania for a new life in Montreal. Old Stock, a ‘refugee musical’,

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Eggsistentialism review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘charismatic and charming’ by Natasha Tripney

When Joanne Ryan reached 35, she started to seriously consider when and if she would have children. After all, this is the

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Humans review at Underbelly Circus Hub, Edinburgh – ‘awe-inspiring, wondrous stuff’ by Natasha Tripney

Circa’s work has always explored the poetic possibilities of the human body. While some of the Australian circus company’s previous shows have

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

What if the Plane Falls Out of the Sky? review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – ‘self-consciously quirky’ by Natasha Tripney

Idiot Child’s new show takes the form of a madcap self-help seminar. Wearing suit jackets festooned with badges for various achievements, Susie

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Todd and God review at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh – ‘touching and funny’ by Natasha Tripney

God is a woman in Richard Marsh’s follow-up to his trilogy of poetry plays about love. God also has something of a

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Monday, August 14, 2017

Lands at Summerhall, Edinburgh review – ‘affective and eloquent’ by Natasha Tripney

Sophie can’t stop bouncing. She’s on a trampoline and she can’t get off. She claims she can but she can’t. Beside her,

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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Goody review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – ‘rich in detail’ by Natasha Tripney

Lucy Roslyn’s new play, Goody, is set in a travelling circus during the days of the Depression when jobs were scarce, and

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DollyWould review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘gleefully scrappy and frequently silly’ by Natasha Tripney

Following on from Letters to Windsor House, their glorious show about London rental hell, this is Sh!t Theatre’s “mainstream crossover hit”. It’s

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Saturday, August 12, 2017

The Divide review at King’s Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘a bloated dystopia’ by Natasha Tripney

Alan Ayckbourn’s huge new two-part dystopian drama The Divide – the most high profile show at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival –

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Friday, August 11, 2017

Cow review at Underbelly, Edinburgh – ‘intermittently interesting’ by Natasha Tripney

Jessica Barker-Wren’s one woman show sees a posh girl ditch her London media job to go back to Devon and help run

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Hear Me Raw review at Underbelly, Edinburgh – ‘astute takedown of the wellness industry’ by Natasha Tripney

Daniella Isaacs’ takedown of the wellness industry is inspired by her own experiences. Hear Me Raw is extremely astute about how easy

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BlackCatfishMusketeer review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘intricate, intelligent play’ by Natasha Tripney

Romantic comedies can be toxic. More often than not they reduce love to something neat and clean, full of easily surmounted obstacles.

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Jelly Beans review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – ‘grubby yet compelling’ by Natasha Tripney

Dan Pick’s first full-length play, Jelly Beans, takes the form of an unsettling journey into a man’s mind. It’s a grubby yet

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid review at the Hub, Edinburgh – ‘idiosyncratic and uplifting’ by Natasha Tripney

“This is a show about happiness,” Meow Meow tells us at the start of her idiosyncratic take on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale,

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Education, Education, Education review at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh – ‘slick, polished and highly entertaining’ by Natasha Tripney

The Wardrobe Ensemble excels at taking specific cultural moments and unpacking them. In Education Education Education the company flashes back to 1997

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Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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