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  • Edinburgh Fringe Picks – Part the Second

    Edinburgh Fringe Picks – Part the Second

    Posted on July 12, 2009 | No Comments
    The number of theatre shows has stayed broadly flat since last year’s fringe, but there’s once again been a sharp increase in the number of comics, with a staggering 775 acts performing this year. My thoughts below. Rhod Gilbert at Pleasance Courtyard The superbly funny...

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    Edinburgh Fringe Picks – Part the First

    Posted on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
    edfringe logo The Fringe. Where to start? 2098 shows, every young theatre company and comic in the country if not the world, descending on the Forth for an entire month, a festival of theatre and music and comedy and drunkenness. What to pick? A programme...

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  • EIF

    Edinburgh International Festival

    Posted on March 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Edinburgh International Festival announced its programme today. Quite exciting stuff. Top picks are: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, by Monteverdi. Ithaca becomes a Johannesburg hospital. “Opera singers, musicians, half life-sized puppets and animated film come together to retell the Greek myth Ulysses.” Produced in conjunction...

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    Punchdrunk in Manchester

    Posted on March 23, 2009 | No Comments
    It Felt Like A Kiss It’s hard not to be a fan of Punchdrunk. The Masque of the Red Death and Faust rank as two of the most interesting theatrical events of the last few years. In fact, it is difficult to find anyone who...

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    New season at the National

    Posted on March 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Ted Hughes’ translation of Racine’s Phedre with Helen Mirren is the headline show and absolutely bound to sell out. Almost in anticipation of this, this is the prototype for the new NT Live programme: following on from the Met in New York and then the...

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