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Expert at The Card Table
August 8, 2008 | adminGuy Hollingworth gives a riveting performance combining theatre and card manipulation. The storytelling element of the show centres on the American card sharp Milton Franklin Andrews who gained notoriety around the turn of the 20th Century. As a boy … Read More
Involution
August 8, 2008 | adminI must admit that I had missed this piece of theatre in the Fringe brochure but was persuaded by the cast that it was well worth checking out so I decided to go and am glad that I did. … Read More
Somewhere Over The Westway
August 8, 2008 | adminI thought reading the description in the Fringe programme that the Portobello referred to was the beach resort just outside Edinburgh, even though it states quite clearly, “sold out smash hit in London”. Set on the Portobello Road in … Read More
An Air Balloon across Antarctica
August 8, 2007 | adminYoung Irish writer Darragh Martin’s play is the product of a fertile and quirky imagination. Australian theatre company ‘Three to a Room’, under the clear and sharp direction of Yvonne Virsik, successfully blend the reality of human relationships with … Read More
The Changeling
August 8, 2007 | adminI was unaware of this play before attending this production so hence was under no preconceptions as what to expect. What I got was an extremely well presented and staged 70 minutes of love, sex, blackmail, leading to dishonour … Read More
Debbie Does Dallas – The Musical
August 8, 2007 | adminOne of the best titles to be found in the Fringe brochure this year is Debbie does Dallas – The Musical. Those of us of a certain age will no doubt remember the movie, probably the best known film … Read More
Forgotten Voices
August 8, 2007 | adminBased on Max Arthur’s non-fiction bestseller ‘Forgotten Voices of the Great War’. We are in a room in the Imperial War Museum, dominated by a huge painting of the wounded and the dead of the Great War, four benches … Read More
La Femme est Mort
August 8, 2007 | adminThis tale is reworking of the Greek myth of Phaedra brought bang up to date to include the likes of paparazzi, mobile phones PRs, the ‘glamour’ world of Heat magazine and of course modern costumes as the story of … Read More
Next Best Thing
August 8, 2007 | adminIt seems a long time since I have seen a new John Godber play. This Hull based playwright has been prolific over the years with such plays as Up’n’Under and Bouncers amongst the best know. The Next Best Thing … Read More
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