Written by Kelly Jones Review by Jack Quinn ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall: Tickets ★★★★★ Brimming with emotion and meta-theatrical wit, My Mother’s Funeral is a pressing reflection on the extortionate costs of theatre-making and funeral-arranging. The narrative centres around Abigail Waller, freelance theatremaker and writer, whose mother has just passed away. The play opens with an all … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – My Mother’s Funeral: The Show
https://youtu.be/G76ezrzIiPU Choreographed by Giovanni Zazzera Review by Marina Funcasta CARTS - Studio: Tickets ★★★★★ As a former performer myself, I was initially struck by the directness of Alexandre Lipaux’s facial expressions while watching Negare. Singling out members of the audience, Negare is definitely not the type of show one enters and hopes to hide behind … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Negare
https://youtu.be/pf4GM-_7KMo Created and Performed by Sam Ward Review by Jack Quinn ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall: Tickets ★★★ Imagine it, you are in a theatre, and you have come here to believe in the make-believe, find truth in the not-true. Nations, or ‘imagined communities’, function in a similar way, argues Sam Ward in his newest play, which … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Nation
Written by Daisy Hall Directed by Jessica Lazar Review by Jack Quinn ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall: Tickets ★★★★ Bells can be heard ringing from the Summerhall courtyard, is it the final call for a show, or perhaps noise bleed from Paines Plough’s Roundabout which is host to the premiere of Daisy Hall’s Bellringers, shortlisted for the Women’s Playwrighting … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Bellringers
https://youtu.be/vErjoKgSYjc Produced by Gendermess Productions Review by Jack Quinn George Assembly Square Gardens: Tickets ★★★★★ These friends may be messy, but this show is nothing but slick and sensationally performed. Oozing with vulnerability and originality, Messy Friends showcases cabaret, drag, burlesque, mime, performance art, and ultimately, a fantastically good time, all performed by a charismatic and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Messy Friends
Choreographed by Giovanni Zazzera Review by Marina Funcasta theSpace@ Surgeon's Hall: Tickets ★★★★ Crawling onto the stage, wide-eyed and expectant, Prince Imogen’s christening opens with a sense of childish play. Although lacking a religious ceremony, Wolodarsky retrospectively tugs at the golden thread that sews together the tapestry of his lifelong quest for self-understanding. A messy … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – The Christening of Prince Imogene
Produced by JC Movement Production / Jill Crovisier / Luxembourg Selection Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall - Techcube 0 : Tickets ★★★ Jill Crovisier’s performance in The Hidden Garden demonstrates a high level of technical skill and meticulous attention to detail. Her portrayal of the garden, with its subtle interactions and rich symbolism, reflects a … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – The Hidden Garden
Written and Directed by Sergio Blanco Translated and Performed by Daniel Goldman Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall - Red Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ Taking our seats in the Red Lecture Theatre, we enter Sergio Blanco’s workspace. He sits at a table littered with books, a microscope, a laptop, a pad, a rib bone, stationery, headphones, and a … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Divine Intervention
Written by Danielle James Review by Jack Quinn Greenside @ George Street: Tickets ★★★★ It starts - as many plays about student house-shares at the Edinburgh fringe do – the regretful morning after the hazy night before. Bonnie, our central hungover protagonist, floats between shaking her flatmates for information in her quest to establish what … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Covenant
Written by Ramesh Meyyappan Directed by Matthew Lenton Produced by Raw Material & Vanishing Point in association with Aberdeen Performing Arts Review by Marina Funcasta Assembly George Square: Tickets Touring Dates & Tickets ★★★★ Misunderstandings are so common that the fragility of language has inspired countless artworks. To precisely locate this communicative failure, however, a … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Love Beyond
