Edinburgh’s Fringe must tackle underlying problems to guarantee its future, writes ANDY MOSELEY After almost four weeks, the comeback Fringe is at an end. Sifting through the evidence, opinions and anecdotes to get to the truth of whether or not it was a success is an even more daunting task than removing the rubbish that […]
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Review: Tim Key – Mulberry
✭✭✭✭✭ Tim Key had the showbiz world at his feet, about to appear on Pointless Celebrities and also lined up for the part of a paedophile in an episode of Vera. And then the country went into lockdown, and now two years later he’s back playing student union gigs wearing a tracksuit. Welcome to the […]
Review: Make-up
✭✭✭✭✭ A drag queen emerges from a curtain into a tiny dressing room, indifferent to the applause of an appreciative and unseen audience. It’s just another night treading the boards for Lady Christina, this time in an undistinguished venue in Wolverhampton. We don’t get to see Lady Christina’s act. Instead, as he winds down after […]
The good, the intriguing and the questionable
Fringe organisers, quite rightly, like to talk up the eclectic range of talent on offer, while every year contemporary issues add their own unique flavour. This year the event takes place in the middle of a party leadership campaign, a cost of living crisis and six months into a devastating war in Ukraine and they […]
Review: Psychodrama
✭✭✭✭✭ A maverick theatre director has been murdered while working on a stage version of Hitchcock’s Psycho. The police are investigating and through their investigation, the story of the production, the director and the suspects, particularly the leading lady will emerge. Along the way, there will be light comedy, dark comedy, and brutal insights into […]