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Absolution
August 8, 2008 | adminIn this day and age of political correctness and the uproar surrounding the Catholic Church and alleged child abuse I suppose it is not surprising that we have a play on the Fringe round this topic. Priests are dying … Read More
The Censor – Anthony Nelson
August 8, 2008 | adminFor six years Frank, Eric Robinson, has worked in a dingy office as a film censor at the lowest end of the hierarchy of the organisation and he has been asked to pass total pornography by the producer Shirley … Read More
Foreskins Lament
August 8, 2008 | adminGreg McGee’s play lifts the lid on male team sport. Rugby is arguably the most physically confrontational of all team sports. This is reflected in the play’s high intensity. Moreover, the fact that the play is set in New … Read More
Jekyll & Hyde: A Specimen
August 8, 2008 | adminSet in 21st Century Edinburgh, writer and director Donald Smith has convincingly updated R.L.Stevenson’s classic story. It is performed by Duncan R. Edwards and Gavin Paul, who take on two further characters, Professor McKie of the University Medical Faculty … Read More
Not Everything is Significant
August 8, 2008 | adminBen Moor performs his own one man play in a style that is both gentle and compelling. It is an exquisitely written piece full of weird, absurd and comic illusions. The central character is a writer of biographies who … Read More
St Nicholas by Conor McPherson
August 8, 2008 | adminA jaded theatre critic is bemoaning the passing of the torrid height of his career, another sad production by another washed out colleague yet on stage one bright shining star, a talented young nubile spark of hope. Plus the … Read More
Arnold Wesker’s The Mistress
August 8, 2007 | adminAnyone reading my reviews knows I admire those performers who can carry a show on their own shoulders. You will also be aware of my admiration for director and performer Guy Masterson. Once again there are numerous shows under … Read More
A Dependable Marriage
August 8, 2007 | adminNUTS hail from Newcastle University and for years have been bringing good quality entertainment to the Fringe. Their offering this year is the Caroline Wood written A Dependable Marriage. Alice, Margaret Clunie, has discovered that her sister Lucy’s, Edwina … Read More
40 Feathered Winks
August 8, 2007 | adminThe title of this play might suggest a quiet, peaceful representation of time spent in bed. It is quite the reverse. It makes huge physical demands on the five young performers, three female and two male. The play for … Read More
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