33 stories by "Emily Dunford"
An honest and frank exploration of female sexuality, Manwatching is written by an anonymous playwright for the Royal Court. She has chosen to remain anonymous, refusing the credit for …
Without question, Violet Fox is a wanker. Sonia Jalay, her creator, however, is a hilarious woman. PaperMash Theatre presents an exploration of Violet's complicated relationship with her mot…
Lungs, 2014's big success from Paines Plough, is constantly concerned with time. In an hour, a couple's lifespan has passed. Moments pass by in minutes, seemingly frozen in time, whilst enti…
We This Way is the ultimate theatrical experience for fans of the Choose Your Own Adventure series. Seth Kriebel gently nudges his audience to choose A or B – blue or orange " and shap…
A woman lies naked on a vast stage. She flexes and writhes, muscles stressed under the light. The woman staggers to her feet, an elk calf dazed and astonished by the world. Around her, cloth…
As Shane (James Cartwright) struts about the bare stage in his finest keks, the overarching theme of his actions, his words, is the need to feel alive. He describes the lead up to and the ev…
How do we remember and recover in the aftermath of a tragedy? The 56 ends in stillness, the three actors turned away from the audience, as the names of the 56 victims of the 1985 Bradford Ci…
An interdisciplinary musical spectacle, Middle Child's Weekend Rockstars' layers of framing show it to be a unique production at the Fringe. The show, featuring a cast of actor-musicians, pr…
An alarming number of shows at this year's Fringe are using violence against women as a device. It is so disappointing, and frankly downright infuriating, to see that this issue is …
Minor Delays' minimalist staging complements the wordplay of their sketch comedy beautifully. At all times, the three cast members face forwards in a row, the simplicity of this direction pr…
A man is disturbed to find himself in a place in which everyone his best interests at heart, but from which he is not allowed to leave. This is George (Samuel Keefe), desperate to return hom…
Paradise is not something that can be achieved in a lifetime. The man and the woman in front of us, meticulously constructing a table, are fully aware of this. It is their job, or perhaps a …
The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon is mesmerising. This multisensory collection of neo-folk tales from The Human Zoo takes a look at humanity's obsession with the skies through storytel…
Countess Erzsébet Báthory, considered the most prolific female serial killer in history, murdered 650 young women over the sixteenth century. Fourth Monkey presents a Grimm's tales inspi…
Munch is, in essence, a 60-minute poem about bondage by Ben Richards. The equivalent of Dr Seuss in a latex suit, performers Richards and Will Cousins share their account of a BDSM party (or…
Annabelle is an elephant, the smallest elephant in the world. In fact, she's so small that she can only be seen through a special camera. Â In this charming show from Howard Read, creator …
Devised with inmates from HMP Low Newton, Open Clasp attempts to refocus perceptions of women in prison with Key Change. Five women tell their story, equipped with only a boombox, a few chai…
A pub quiz team with a weirdly specific set of skills set out to pull off a casino heist in this hilarious production from DugOut Theatre. Combining a puntastic script from Tom Black and …
Persons A, B and C are all attending a job interview. They've made it through several rounds and now they're in the final three. These characters are, at first, no more than nameless archety…
In her first full length play, Camilla Whitehill presents the compelling tale of a woman kidnapped by the most notorious gangsters in East End history, the Kray twins. Presented by Duckdown …
The second in a Sarah Kane double bill from Fear No Colours (the first being Cleansed), Phaedra's Love is Kane's contemporary reimagining of Seneca's Phaedra. We're promised a visceral piece…
"In the stitches of her skin she'll wear your say." Annie Ryan's one woman adaptation of Eimear McBride's stream of consciousness novel A Girl is a Half Formed Thing is electrifying. The Cor…
The choir sings an upbeat hymn before Pastor Paul (William Gaminara) stands to deliver his sermon for the evening. "Let us pray." A few members of the audience bow their heads and jerk backw…
As a huge fan of Tommy Wiseau's drama/black comedy, The Room: The Musical is my new favourite production at the Edinburgh Fringe. Packing all the most famous parts of the film into a hilario…
Attempting to pull off two Sarah Kane plays at the Fringe- that's brave. Now what if I mention that they both have the same cast? Fear No Colours have guts, you have to give them that. Clean…
