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Waiting for Groucho 

August 8, 2007 |

This performance of ‘Waiting for Groucho’ didn’t quite succeed for me. Flawed though it was, there is potential from this company. The story is set in the late 1950’s when the Marx Brothers are no longer the dominant force … Read More

W. S. Graham: Out of his Head

August 8, 2007 |

The one man, or one woman, play reflecting the life of a renowned, sometimes overlooked, figure from history abounds at this year’s Fringe. When the subject has led a dramatic existence, it can be fascinating. Although Sydney Graham (1918 … Read More

The Voices in my head have formed a choir…..

August 8, 2007 |

Show buisness is full of unsung heroes, all be it the writers, technicians, costume designers, set designers, but do not forget the chorus lines and actors in smaller roles. Throughout his life Don Stitt has been a performer, one … Read More

Victor Spinetti –A Very Private Diary: Revisited 

August 8, 2007 |

I seem to be seeing several one-person life stories this fringe in this case this is the closest I will ever get to the Fab Four, the Beatles. Victor Spinetti is the only other person to have been in … Read More

Vallimar Jansen is Ethel Waters

August 8, 2007 |

ValLimar Jansen’s re-creation of Ethel Waters in words and song is powerful and spell-binding. Ethel Waters during the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s was one of the most important, and indeed highly paid, black artists of her time. Her early … Read More

Vacant Possession

August 8, 2007 |

Vacant Possessions, a new work written and directed by Ray Brown, is a gentle and ironic comedy. The two characters in the play couldn’t be more different. Joe Sweeting (Geoffrey Wilkinson) is an eccentric old soldier given to collecting … Read More

Unnatural Acts   

August 8, 2007 |

It still seems strange when people you identify with one genre cross over into another. Jason Woods and The Edinburgh Fringe for me = Music and humour, Jason singing in many different guises. To some extent it is the same … Read More

Turning Heads

August 8, 2007 |

Two guys, John and Dan used to be party buddies, but now John is married to Helen with a kid on the way. However John is persuaded to invent a stag party so that he and Dan can have … Read More

Truckstop

August 8, 2007 |

This modern tragedy, translated by Rina Vergano from it’s original Dutch was written by Lot Vekermans and was first performed in the UK earlier this year, is one of my favourite pieces of theatre I’ve seen this year. Set … Read More

Touch by Bill Dare

August 8, 2007 |

This is a brand new play written by Bill Dare and has a taste of everything. An interesting storyline, two fine performances from the two actors, Rupert Holliday Evans as the well ordered Vernon and Lucinda Millward as Emma, … Read More