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"Fuck with me and you gonna get it!"
By Tom Hackett, published 17 August 2008Josie Long is very sensitive to criticism. This is a particular issue on the afternoon that I meet her in the cosy bar of Pleasance One, as she has ju...'Crave' by Sarah Kane
By Anna Polanyi, published 19 August 2008Cackling and grinning manically, four actors crawl across the room and onto the stage to a distorted recording of “Over the Rainbow.” And ...'Departure Lounge' by Dougal Irvine
By Yasmin Sulaiman, published 13 August 2008Birds, booze and beaches: it’s the perfect holiday formula for the thousands of Brits that visit the Costa del Sol every year. It’s no dif...1000 Years of German Humour
By Adam Knight, published 17 August 2008It is a testament to the surrealist charm of Henning Wehn & Otto Kuhnle that a cultural stereotype as simplistic as yodeling while clad in lederho...21:13
By Junta Sekimori, published 03 August 2008The Paris-based Jacques Lecoq theatre school boasts worldwide acclaim for its rich teachings in physical expression, and counts among its alumni the f...
365: Preview
By Tom Crookston, published 28 July 2008In the two years since its inception, the National Theatre of Scotland has conquered the Edinburgh Festival and almost everywhere else with its produc...
4.48 Psychosis
By Junta Sekimori, published 17 August 2008There’s little doubt that 4.48 Psychosis would be a lesser play if it could be considered independently of its context. Its author Sarah Kane su...66A Church Road: A Lament, Made of Memories and Kept In Suitcases, by Daniel Kitson
By Tom Hackett, published 17 August 2008It’s increasingly difficult to describe Daniel Kitson simply as a comedian. His stand-up work has beco more philosophical and emotional in recen...
7 Sins
By Ben Judge, published 07 August 2008From all over the world, major stars of stage and screen are converging on Edinburgh to bare all in full autobiographical detail. The plastic face of ...
A Darkling Plain
By Ciaran Healy, published 03 August 2008A true work of original theatre, A Darkling Plain is a jaunty romp through an Enid-Blyton-inspired landscape of jingoism and naïvete. You will l...
A L Kennedy: Comedy Rewritten
By Nick Garrard, published 28 July 2008With typical self-deprecation, A. L. Kennedy describes herself as “an overnight success 20 years in the making.” Winning the 2007 Costa Aw...
A Portrait Of Shazia Mirza
By Ciaran Healy, published 09 August 2008The weather is foul. We all stumble into the “Baby Grand” of the Pleasance Courtyard, dripping wet. My feet are soaked. I look around m...A.L. Kennedy: Present Tense
By Ella Hickson, published 17 August 2008A L Kennedy begins her set by welcoming her audience to the perfectly cylindrical Stand II. This architectural quirk is, without a doubt, the most cap...AAA Stand-Up
By Beth Mellor, published 17 August 2008It’s a real shame that the highly entertaining AAA Stand-Up show has been consigned to the Cellar venue at the Pleasance Courtyard. The claustro...
Absolution
By Ella Hickson, published 13 August 2008Owen O’Neill’s Absolution explores the sinister world of child abuse that runs behind the respectable façade of The Roman Catholic ...Accidental Death of an Accordionist
By Junta Sekimori, published 17 August 2008International Fringe tourists behold: here lies the quintessential Scottish experience you’ve been questing for. There’s tartan, there&rsq...
Adam Riches - Alpha Males
By Hannah Thomas, published 03 August 2008A mounting desperation hangs about the sweaty game show host of Adam Riches’ Alpha Males like a bad smell. Quiz Jay, the manically-grinning pres...Advance to Retreat
By Fergus Weir, published 03 August 2008This month, the newly coined Retreat! Festival is scheduled to bring a folk-orientated ruckus to the calm surroundings of the St John’s Church H...After Liverpool
By Natalia Baal, published 10 August 2008After Liverpool is to theatre what chick-flicks are to cinema. In a light-hearted way it might be enjoyable but it ultimately provides little if any i...Ahir Shah and Alex Maple: One Boy. One Man. Two Comedians
By Jasper Jackson, published 06 August 2008Ahir Shah and Alex Maple’s opening show descends early on into mayhem. It seems that multimedia tools are the bane of good order on stage this year ...
