Category: Reviews
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A one-woman show in a small black box theater above a Camden pub could hardly be a bad idea for an autumnal evening, no less so given it’s starring the multi-talented LAMDA graduate Kylie Brady. Brady takes it away as an equally talented medium Stella Estrella, as the eighth daughter (her twin sister having died)…
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In this essay-pamphlet, Michela Murgia enters the debate on surrogacy, which has been on the Italian political agenda over the past few years. With the hostility of the present government towards this practice, surrogacy has very recently been declared ‘Universal crime’.
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5 stars – powerfully unsettling Sheol is the name of the afterworld in ancient Hebrew traditions. According to different textual sources, it has either positive connotations to it, or negative, or neither. A soprano and three musicians are the characters of this performance created by the Grotowski Institute and Katowice Miasto Ogrodów.
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2 stars – engaging but unripe How does a girl from a Pakistani family but born and raised in Scotland see the world? Ifrah Qureshi provides some answers to this question in her solo show, her first attempt at long-form stand-up comedy.
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3 stars – between reality and… a reality (show) Sammy and Clyde apparently meet for their first date, feeling slightly awkward and embarrassed. Yes, apparently, because it doesn’t take long to understand that they are the protagonists of a reality show: at their next attempt, the Producer appears to tell them how to act and…
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Ashley Gavin is iconic. In the past weeks, her show My Therapist is Dying guaranteed her a sold-out Fringe run. As the title promises, it is a bittersweet performance, even though the jokes are fast-paced and flowing almost uninterrupted.
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Foot-tapping the night away like it’s the ’50s. The Blueswater is an energetic blues band hailing from Edinburgh, which does come as quite a surprise. The second they start the concert, one could be in Chicago or Mississippi, in a different era too. Prepare to dance, sweat and sing along to old-school rhythm and blues…
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3 stars – compelling performance Kacie is an aspiring actress who also sells windows on the local market as a side-hustle. Her first sales prove her that it isn’t an impossible task, but other events in her life bring her further away from this job.
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5 stars – prophetess of hope ALOK Vaid-Menon’s stage figure is modest and calm. In Hairy Situation, stories and jokes are drawn from various sources of inspiration and touch a series of themes, from the setting of the performance itself, to uncomfortable moments from their life, to eventually land on the topic of body hair.
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4 stars – clever, witty and wonderfully performed. To review Mo Fry Pasic’s fast-paced solo show does require quite a bit of afterthought. It’s rich from minute one; before Mo even gets on stage we see screenings of ironic old-school notices such as: “Throw your gums out!” or: “Everyone, look under your seats, there’s a…
