Fringe Reviews: Circa: Wolf, Garry Starr & Ascension

Circa: Wolf is an astonishing, feral acrobatic spectacle, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★ Performers snarl at one another from across the stage, negotiating, imitating one another’s movements, and the ‘pack’ repeatedly forms and disperses, repelling any lone wolves that attempt to penetrate the fold.  The choreography is charged with an unexpected intimacy, raw and animalistic, bodies…

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Edinburgh International Festival: Mary, Queen of Scots, Orpheus and Eurydice & Book of Mountains and Seas

Dramatic, intimate, and visually striking – Sophie Laplane and James Bonas’s brand new ballet, Mary Queen of Scots, is a gothic reimagining of the young queen’s life, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★★ The story unfolds through the fragmented recollections of an elderly Elizabeth, brought to life by Swedish dancer Charlotta Öfverholm, and the curtains open on…

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Fringe Reviews: Dan Tiernan, Vittorio Angelone & Terence Hartnett

Dan Tiernan’s abrasive comedy style is at once hilarious and disconcerting, says Frankie Reason.  ★★★★ Dan opens his set with a scream, immediately turns to talk of ketamine, and then proceeds to riff on his divisive style.  ‘Not for everyone this, is it’ he reflects, before accusing the hot-chocolate-drinking Café Nero patrons of stumbling into…

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Fringe Reviews: FLOP, Art of Andalucia & Cambridge Footlights

Arthur Hull’s FLOP has charisma by the bucket-loads, Frankie Reason says. ★★★★ Edinburgh-born Australian artist Arthur Hull delivers a musically impressive, engaging, and witty exploration of musical theatre’s greatest flops. Both exposé and love letter, Hull muses on the dubious opening choreography to Carrie, the pitfalls of theatre to screen, the consistently faulty formula that…

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Fringe Reviews: Monstering the Rocketman, Find Me, Bitter Baby

The award-winning writer, Henry Naylor, is back at the fringe with Monstering the Rocketman and it’s a must see, Jeremy Welch says.  ★★★★★ This production comes after his two award winning plays at previous fringes, Afghanistan is not Funny and Let the Bodies Pile. He doesn’t disappoint with this production. In this play we see…

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