55 stories by "Amy Merrigan"
It's three in the morning and Danny is at the tail end of what looks like a pretty decent housewarming. He's the last man standing, if you're being kind; or the creep that won't leave at the…
Knives in Hens and I are almost exactly the same age, right down to the month. David Harroway's play was first performed in Edinburgh in 1995 " so I can't pretend to have been there, however…
From acclaimed company Theatre Movement Bazaar, Big Shot comes with the tagline, “Not The Godfather.” It is, however, certainly a piece of theatre inspired by this particul…
As Jamie Wood wanders round in his huge loin cloth and then black dress, I can safely say that this is quite the strangest show I have ever seen. This hippy homage to Yoko Ono…
This story is really all about a game of chess, and I never thought I’d say this, but it is much more interesting then that might sound. B, yes, just B, is onboard the SS Triu…
When best friends Joe and Billy arrive at a secret bird watching hideout, they could be like any two friends off on some runaway adventure. They innocently unpack " folding their clothes in …
Paul grew up in a very religious small town in Australia: minister father, religious public school, awkward conversations about things that teenage boys do " the whole deal, basically. Ag…
J is a physics teacher with a weak heart and a whole load of childhood dreams. She's been ground down by her job and is looking for a change from her pedestrian, everyday life. So wh…
In June 1985, a large group of New Age travellers were stopped by the police on their way to set up the annual Stonehenge Free Festival. The resulting violence was reportedly more or less a …
Ms Hyde is a life coach, motivational speaker extraordinar, friends to the stars, a 'cult personality'.  Supposedly, she changes people's lives. But she’s gone missing and Max, a…
The Hogwallops are not simply a circus troupe. Rather, an eccentric family of misfits who are all very good at throwing each other around the stage, and so this domesticity is given a …
An estranged father, an aunt trying to hold it together and a lost girl looking for her friend. In deepest Australia, she hitches exactly the kind of dodgy lift with a trucker we are all veh…
"Who ever heard of a girl called Johnnie?" Who indeed, but here is little Johnnie Wylo and she's made a deal with The Wind, in exchange for her heart, no less, to save her small southern tow…
One thing the Great British Bake Off has proved is that as a nation, we have a deep, if surprising love for watching a group of people competing against each other through the medium of c…
This is Jack and Georgia's big break. They're about to transmit live from right here at the Edinburgh Fringe, to what might be the third most watched show in north east Reykjavik. Exce…
Standing on the greyscale stage in a tutu and boots, this old clown (who I'm going to call Eric the Fred for the purpose of this review) has reached the end of his tether. He tears off hi…
   Half quiz, half sketch show, the rules of Mixtape are simple: the Mixtapers perform sketches inspired by and made out of song lyrics, and we have to guess what song and arti…
Growing up as the daughter of the Irish dancing teacher is not easy for Marie Clerkin, it seems. For one thing, she’s got to constantly compete with other children for her mother…
Boxing is a tough profession. Say you do well as an amature, you get spotted, signed. Things are going well, right? However, in all likelihood  your career is going to be one as a 'journe…
Daniel Craig has dropped out of Quantum of Solace and Alex Fox and Dom O'Keefe seem to be the only ones to save the world from having to live without another James Bond film. I guess some pe…
Broken window theory is the idea that a building, for example, with something small wrong like one broken window is likely to encourage further vandalism and other unlawful acts. The s…
Nick Burton is a London journalist bored with the City and its gluttonous, ridiculous gentrification. During a press pack visit to a new “urban festival” located on an ex coun…
Chip is as tough as boots – “I know people think it's horrible, girls fighting, but those f*cks aren't from Dublin.” Her Da lost his job when she was seven and she's been s…
In a stressful post May 7th  rage, Jonny accidentally tells his four year old niece that the world is going to end because of climate change. She gets so upset that Jonny rashly promis…
Kyle Ross’s new play, Islands, takes us into the world of Magnus and Sophie's relationship, a couple with the most spotless middle class credentials you could imagine. Sophie works …
