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Fringe Review: Margolyes & Dickens The Best Bits
Ailsa Bath enjoys this ‘brilliant’ performance from Miriam Margolyes. ★★★★ Knowing Miriam mainly from her salacious chat shows, Harry Potter cameo and regular appearances with Graham Norton, I wasn’t prepared for the incredible acting skills she brought to the stage in this bravura one-woman show. Despite being a solo performance, this enthralling show truly…
Read MoreScotland Through A Lens: Ian Bowie, Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year
Scotland’s natural heritage provides the perfect inspiration for The Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year winner Ian Bowie, finds Ellie Forbes. Ian Bowie longs for the great outdoors. Living in Edinburgh, as a photographer he often feels the pull of nature. And it’s this need to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and…
Read MoreFringe Review: Apricity
Apricity is much more than acrobatic circus with acts of seemingly impossible feats of bravery, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★★ Apricity is defined as ‘the warmth of sun in winter’ and the show is advertised as dance, physical theatre and circus. This show is all it’s advertised to be and more. The opening sequence of candle…
Read MoreFringe Review: The Dreamer
Fiona Tenneb praises James Phelan’s awe-inspiring show. ★★★★ ‘Surround yourself with the dreamers. The doers, the believers and the thinkers. But most of all surround yourself with those that see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.’ Unlikely but beautiful words to start a thought provoking magic show that got my…
Read MoreFringe Review: It’s Not My Body/This Is
Megan Amato enjoys this titillating duo of performances. ★★★★ A tale of two contrasting shows, one that moved quickly and involved virtually every muscle in the human body and the second that paced itself, drawing from our consciousness. It’s Not My Body Chapter 3.5 came out with a bang. The simple stage with a singular…
Read MoreFringe Review: PALS
This production is ‘a wonderful way to be entertained and laugh’, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★ This is a funny, slightly chaotic play that will leave you uplifted. PALS is the tale of four Edinburgh girlfriends. Their natural milieu is nail bars, All Bar One and nightclubs so a camping trip organised by the protagonist, Sadie,…
Read MoreFringe Review: Gamble
A bittersweet multimedia show about addiction and its effect on families, friends and communities, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★ This play is dealing with a weighty matter, the consequences of gambling. Not the Grand National once a year flutter gamble but the compulsive, corrosive and ultimately destructive result of gambling addiction. It’s difficult to get the…
Read MoreFringe Review: 1984
Jeremy Welch praises Sofia Barvsevich’s near sell-out production as ‘brave, brutal, disturbing and absolutely relevant’. ★★★★★ ‘War is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength.’ George Orwell. Almost everyone knows this dyspotian quote from Big Brother. This production is quite remarkable as in one hour it condenses Orwell’s 1984 novel perfectly. There is almost…
Read MoreFringe Review: Forging the Swords
Adapted from Lu Xun’s novel, Forging the Swords tells the story of a naturally kind-hearted child, who is suddenly entrusted with the monumental task of avenging his father’s murder, says Megan Amato. ★★★★ One way actors can prove their mettle is to carry on in the face of adversity – and that is exactly what…
Read MoreFringe Review: Liminal
Megan Amato enjoys this contemporary dance production. ★★★★ If you didn’t see this show, I’m sad to say that you missed out on a gem. Combining traditional Erhu music with jazz dance, this blend of east meets west was nearly seamless as musician and dancer worked in conjunction to deliver a story about an astronomer’s…
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