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Fringe Review: Taiwan Season, I Am The Boss
I Am The Boss demonstrates this childish power play as three siblings play cat-and-mouse with each other, says Megan Amato. ★★★★ Anyone with siblings will understand that feeling – that moment when your parents leave and the battle for dominance begins. Taiwan Season’s I Am The Boss demonstrates this childish power play with hilarity and…
Read MoreFringe Review: Comala, Comala
Comala, Comala will stay with you long after the performance, says Megan Amato ★★★★ A dimly lit room with warm lighting. Three tables set up with various props displayed, including candles, wooden bowls and bottles filled with mescal and water. Several music stands and one piano. These are the things I noticed as I found…
Read MoreFringe Review: Sisyphean Quick Fix
Sisyphean Quick Fix is a wonderful production, beautifully written and executes perfectly, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★★ The play starts with the noise of soothing soft waves lapping onto a beach in Malta. It’s not too long until these lapping waves are turned into a tempest and the waves crash over two daughters trying to look after…
Read MoreInternational Festival Review: Grupo Corpo
Megan Amato enjoys this rhythmic dance performance by Brazilian Grupo Corpo. ★★★★ Brazilian Grupo Corpo are a magnetic dance force, their rhythmic and fluid fusion style an optical illusion that pulls you to its centre. Their doubled-billed International Festival dance promised to bring the flair and flavour of the diverse Brazilian people. Named after one…
Read MoreEverybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition
Ailsa Bath is impressed with this school production. ★★★★ Everyone’s Talking About Jamie is a fun, well-coordinated, energetic play about a young boy finding his place in the world. It is based on a true story and has been a hot show before coming to Edinburgh. What really stood out was the amazing vocal performance…
Read MoreFringe Review: Jack Docherty in The Chief – No Apologies
There was not a dry eye in the house, says Richard Bath. ★★★★ If you love Scot Squad, then this is the show for you. Docherty reprises his role as Scotland’s favourite and least self-aware cop to non-stop howls of laughter from an audience which is willing him on as if he’s the best man…
Read MoreFringe Review: Kyle Dolan No Place Like Home
Richard Bath on Kyle Dolan’s solo-show debut at the Fringe. ★ The Fringe jungle drums are obviously working because just three of us turned up to watch this painful hour of confessional stand-up, and I’d brought one of them with me. Dolan, a twentysomething born in Scotland and raised in Australia, comes across as a…
Read MoreFringe Review: Bark Bark
Bark Bark is a technically difficult production which serves up a wonderful story, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★ This is technically an ambitious production. Bark Bark tells the tale of two house sitters rekindling their love affair through the eyes of a bird killing dog called ‘It’. Although the dog is a bird killer ‘It’ charms…
Read MoreFringe Review: Margolyes & Dickens The Best Bits
Ailsa Bath enjoys this ‘brilliant’ performance from Miriam Margolyes. ★★★★ Knowing Miriam mainly from her salacious chat shows, Harry Potter cameo and regular appearances with Graham Norton, I wasn’t prepared for the incredible acting skills she brought to the stage in this bravura one-woman show. Despite being a solo performance, this enthralling show truly…
Read MoreScotland Through A Lens: Ian Bowie, Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year
Scotland’s natural heritage provides the perfect inspiration for The Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year winner Ian Bowie, finds Ellie Forbes. Ian Bowie longs for the great outdoors. Living in Edinburgh, as a photographer he often feels the pull of nature. And it’s this need to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and…
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