Review: The Storm (rating 5/5) This is a mesmerising, fast-paced and intensely engaging routine that blows into the dance studio and infects the senses of the audience. The rhythmic and swirling electro-rock music is translated into a physical expression of mental torment by the seven dancers. A specially-commissioned score by Amarok, which has a feel […]
Fringe comedy awards: shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 39th Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, will be presented this weekend and for the first time feature two double acts. The awards, directed by Nica Burns, celebrate the talent of both established and up-and-coming comedians performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe each year. Winners of the two categories will be chosen from […]
Parent power and a message to save the world
Review: Breakfast Plays: The Future Is – Kit Kat (rating 5/5) Kit Kat is a serious play with a strong message about global warming performed by three women, Rebecca Elise – who plays the mother, Ashleigh More who plays her very young teenage daughter, and Titana Muthui who plays her friend. It is set in […]
Show makes new Friends in a fast-paced retelling of a classic comedy
Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends (rating 5/5) US sitcom Friends, the story of six flatmates living in Manhattan, has such an enduring popularity that it has never been off television screens in the 25 years since the series began. So any spin-off is bound to draw an audience. This parody musical played to a […]
Delightful hour of Coward and Gert’s style and singing prowess
Review: Blighty, Broadway And Beyond! (rating 5/5) This is a story about the private lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence but not as you might expect. It is set in an English garden which depicts purgatory, and narrated by the two characters while they are awaiting God (audience) to decide whether to send them […]