Category: Performance
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4 stars – plush feminist comedy Under a plush blanket, on plush pillows and next to a plush book, Riah Knight is sleeping. From the start, she engages the audience with great energy – even a very small and shy audience as was the case when I saw the show. Starting on a playful, amusing…
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4 stars – impeccable acting Matteo and Reggie are stuck into a loop, or straightaway in an absence of time, with the only endless task of carpentering their own coffins. Their opposite personalities lead them to small fights and to hilarious disputes. Matteo catches a grasp of their situation and looks for ways to escape,…
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5 stars – brilliantly written and performed tale of a 1930s wannabe starlet Bebe Cave’s solo show pays homage to her favourite topic in the world: neurotic actresses (her own words). While Bebe has been performing at the Fringe and elsewhere in the UK with her sister Jessie Cave since 2014, this is her first…
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5 stars – Revolutionary storytelling Despite its mysterious presentation, this show does have a plot, even if not a traditional one. In 1605, the young Anne Gunter is suspected to be bewitched, and her father Brian Gunter, the richest man in the village, points the finger against three women of the village who, to his…
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3 stars – Young and intense Mirrored Metamorphosis is an intense show entirely realised by an all-female group of school students. The play rediscovers the story of Anthony and Cleopatra under the woman’s point of view. She was bestowed the power on a reign when she was still very young, and men only considered her…
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4 stars – Laughing into the apocalypse Aidan Sadler is an incredible performer, engaging and fun. In this new show, they seem to be looking for pure, queer, ‘unapologetic’ entertainment.
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4 stars – Joyful journey This electric queer cabaret takes the shape of a journey at sea. Each performer has a story to tell, a song to sing, and all is done in a spirit that is at the same time careless and sweetly caring.
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4 stars – beautifully crafted storytelling A teenage girl and her best friend dream of getting pregnant together and having kids at the same time. But when Raven does get pregnant, she feels that her life is too unstable and that she might not be ready yet.
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5 stars – queering Shakespeare After spending all his money to conquer the love of Bassanio, Antonio becomes a pirate and sails from Venice to London, where he meets the most famous poet of the time. They fall in love, and Shakespeare uses Antonio’s stories in his plays. Antonio is not so happy about it…
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4 stars – beautifully built Olivia is a model who poses for famous painters. After a fight with one of them, she meets Paul, a kind, unknown artist who offers her help and who would like to paint her. This is a fresh start for both of them, but their relationship soon becomes complicated.
