Category: Reviews
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3 stars – the jokes might have been written but they weren’t delivered The Canadian comedian Zoe Brownstone presents us with a hour-long collection of jokes and anecdotes covering her desire for a 90’s rom-com style meet-cutes, her Jewishness, her drug-selling past, getting deported from the Netherlands after her Dutch (meet-cute!) boyfriend quickly dumps her,…
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5 stars – irresistible If Arturo Luíz Soria wants to talk about himself, about his past and his traumas, he does it in a very subtle way, by interpreting a version of his mother. Elisabete is a woman in her 70s, as the performer declares in the very beginning of the show, and from that…
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4 stars – turbulent and energetic though sometimes confusing Buckle up, spectators, fans of psychedelics, microdosers, scientists and those otherwise curious, for Sarina Freda is about to take you on board of her turbulent ride of acid-induced highs and lows, near-death experiences and resolutions. In her hour-long one-woman show, she blends comedic and tragic storytelling…
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3 stars – interesting metaphor Amidst great confusion, a couple has to build an IKEA wardrobe. Olivia stresses out, while David doesn’t even want to read the manual. They are often interrupted by the sounds of a surrounding war.
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5 stars – engagingly surreal Who is Monkion? It’s easier to say what they are not. They are not humans, and they aren’t capable of empathy. They move in a funny way, and they are obsessed with… Benedict Cumberbatch! So much so that they have kidnapped him, and they have to figure out what to…
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2 stars – accidentally weak The theatre company Studio 212 wants to stage a new version of the 1944 noir movie Double Indemnity, with a queer, feminist and antiracist take on it. But on the day of castings, a disruptive element appears. It’s Piper, a woman who looks quite like the femme fatale from the…
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5 stars (4 for the show +1 for her unscripted quick wit). Objectively speaking, by which I mean listening to the woman next to me right after the show, it feels impossible not to find the comedian Catherine Cohen hilariously funny. The audience was unanimously bursting into laughter approximately every minute during her hour-long, fast…
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5 stars – absolutely mesmerising Three bodies that aren’t but skin: their masks present folds of stretched surface where the nose, mouth and ears should be. Even their large eyes are covered with a thin layer. Deprived of their senses, the three figures see, smell, hear and taste through skin, the collective skin of the…
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4 stars – pretty funny Gianna Milici has a lot of energy and talent – this is the first thing to be said about this show. Part stand-up comedy, part musical show, Pretty Delusional is a solid creation and a showcase of the young performer’s multiple abilities.
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This slim novel turns into a faceted mirror of a present that tries to make sense of itself, and to find answers for the future…
