'Ringside', by Ellie DuBois
Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11th August 2015 Hands covered in chalk dust, I wander away from the aptly named Demonstration Room, feeling like I should have touched that trapeze. S…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11th August 2015 Hands covered in chalk dust, I wander away from the aptly named Demonstration Room, feeling like I should have touched that trapeze. S…
Big Sexy Circus City, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 8th August 2015 One of two dedicated venues for circus work this year at Edinburgh Fringe (the other being the teething problem-fraught…
Assembly George Square Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 8th August 2015 If circus is about taking physical human skills and presenting them in surprising and entertaining ways, then …
Assembly Hall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 7th August 2015 Traces is – in the UK at least – the 7 Fingers’ signature show since the finale sequence of Chinese…
Institut Français d’Ecosse, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 9th August 2015 The creaking of the tent gives way to liquid dripping and footsteps, mingling with the sounds of traffic out…
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 8th August 2015 Something is a comic flickbook of everyday fantasy, presented by Italian company Liberi-Di. The seven performers each have a natura…
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 7th August 2015 Strut is indeed the word for this hilariously posturing pair of street dance champions, Famous Seamus, and his little broth…
Merry Hill, Dudley; 9th July 2015 Moscow State Circus have a reputation as one of the grandest circus institutions in the country. Produced by EEC, the technical quality of the skills o…
Birmingham Hippodrome; 8th July 2015 ‘That kind of humbug just… disappeared’, reflects Brian Conley‘s PT Barnum, after the whistlestop tour of spectacle that conveys&…
Theatre Delicatessen; 2nd July 2015 Deservedly glowing reviews of #ShelterMe have appeared all over, so this is something a little different… An experience… (Will probably look a…
Jackson’s Lane; 1st July 2015 In this second full length show from Silver Lining, commissioned by Jackson’s Lane as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, our collective me…
Cardiff; 23rd June 2015 Amongst the iconic images and immersive splendour that wait inside NoFit State‘s silver space-age big top, there is a more grown up undertone to …