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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
August 14, 2009 | one4review**** 4 stars
WendyBird Productions present their version of C. S. Lewis’ ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and with a fairly large cast there is a lot going on at any one time. It is difficult to represent … Read More
Matt Kirshen – Shorter Than Napoleon
August 14, 2009 | one4review*** 3 stars
Matt Kirshen’s show is not just about height, he assures us. In fact, it seems to be very little about height and more to do with just about anything else – childhood, the BNP, the G20 riots … Read More
Oh, My Green Soap Box
August 13, 2009 | one4review*** 3 stars
Lucy Foster’s performance using a variety of theatrical techniques is intriguing. Her starting point is her concern for global warming and the consequent melting of the ice caps. The drama of this disaster is seen through the … Read More
OUA UMPLUTE
August 13, 2009 | one4review***** 5 stars
We are invited to Grandfather’s funeral. This small band of Spanish Gypsy musicians are celebrating grandfather by playing the music he loved during his life. These three men and one woman play drums, violins, guitars and saxophones. … Read More
The Play About Charlotte
August 13, 2009 | one4review*** 3 stars
Cathy (Amy Marchant) is a prolific and award winning writer but recently her books have taken a complete change in direction. She seems to be drifting away from her partner Jamie (Pierre Thailleux) and more and more … Read More
The School for Scandal
August 13, 2009 | one4review***** 5 stars
Perhaps this should be re-titled ‘A Degree in Upstaging Comedians!’ for comedians by comedians. As at times the script, written by RB Sheridan in the 18th Century, is secondary to getting one’s colleagues to corpse on stage. … Read More
ShowStopper The Improvised Musical
August 13, 2009 | one4review**** 4 stars
Take a small group of musicians, a master of ceremonies, a handful of skillfull and talented improvisers, liberally add audience suggestions of composers, styles, settings, title, mix well together and let ferment for about 70 minutes and … Read More
Spirit of the Fringe
August 13, 2009 | one4review*** 3 stars
There are a growing number of showcase shows where acts turn up to do their hosts a favour by guesting on their show. Everyone knows that they are only there to plug their own show, so Comic … Read More
Anthology (Volume 6)
August 13, 2009 | one4review**** 4 stars
I don’t think the Fringe would be the Fringe if it weren’t for institutions like Andrew J Lederer. If there were, it would certainly be less entertaining, so I was pleased to go and visit his latest … Read More
Chippendales: The Ultimate Girls Night Out Tour
August 13, 2009 | one4review***** 5 stars
It must be over 25 years since I saw the Chippendales, firstly in London then on tour in Scotland. So it was with some interest I joined a huge queue of females of all ages with a … Read More
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