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
Written by Danielle James Review by Jack Cuinn Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose: Tickets ★★★★ A bold and passionate piece of work, Knives and Forks blends conversations around illness narratives, female friendships, and, essentially, love. Danielle James’ script is a provocation for a performance that enables naturalistic performances from Ianthe Bathurst and Thea Mayeux, who play Iris and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Knives and Forks
Written by Brian Watkins Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Cairns Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★★ Everything is as it should be. She was born to be a weather girl, and she is, so everything is fine, right? Shining as bright as her perfect pearly whites, Julia McDermott gives a strong central performance as Stacey, the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Weather Girl
https://youtu.be/P0um46zZbbQ Produced by Worklight Theatre Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Anatomy Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ James Rowland welcomes audience members into the Anatomy Lecture theatre for what he announces is (on the performance I saw) his 103rd performance in this space. He warns us of a partial nudity warning as he turns around, revealing … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show
Produced by Kobold Blue Productions Review by Jack Cuinn Underbelly - Bristo Square: Tickets ★★ A woman enters the stage with chalk in hand, tracing a line around its circumference, creating an initial sense of ritualistic anticipation. Yet, when the lights come up, it becomes clear that she has merely marked the playing space, which, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Things Between Heaven and Earth
Produced by Worklight Theatre Review by Jack Cuinn Pleasance Dome - Jack: Tickets ★★★ It’s the Economy, Stupid, a phrase coined by Jim Carville in 1992 for the recession, may resonate a little too close to home to the many fringe artists embarking on the streets of Edinburgh who have taken significant financial risk to … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – It’s the Economy, Stupid!
