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"And Then He Said..."
By Sophie Vukovic, published 11 August 2009Small-time theatre company In A Pickle are asking audiences not to judge a book by its cover. “And Then He Said…”, their series of ...1984, a comedy
By Adrian Choa, published 09 September 2009It takes a lot of talent to pull off a comedy adaptation of George Orwell’s ‘1984’. To somehow turn an ominous narrative which explo...
21st century boy
By Ben Judge, published 03 August 2009Jonathan Mills is not a man who waits to be asked his opinion. We have barely sat down before he has assessed (unprompted) the impact of the 2008 eco...56 North
By Baldvin Bergsson, published 04 August 2009Part student haunt, part yuppie paradise, 56 North lies metres from George Square at the heart of Edinburgh University. When the sun is shining (it do...99 Hanover Street
By John Sannaee, published 04 August 2009Unlike many of the George Street area bars, 99 Hanover Street isn’t a destination for the flash-the-cash crowd. A cursory glance inside will sho...
A British Subject
By Nick Eardley, published 05 August 2009Multi-award-winning director Hannah Eidinow charts the story of how British journalist Don Mackay gained access to the death row cell of Mirza Tihar H...
A British Subject
By Ben Judge, published 10 August 2009In 1988, a young British man named Mirza Tahir Hussein was sentenced to death by the Pakistani courts. For 18 years, Tahir languished on death row for...
A Cry From Underground
By Rose Wilkinson, published 09 August 2009Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novella Notes From Underground (1860), Thorston Manderlay’s intelligent and very well-performed play presents us...
A Grave Situation
By Lyle Brennan, published 11 August 2009They say war is Hell, but for the Wilberforce boys, it’s also Heaven and Huddersfield. Flippant and unwaveringly hammy, this WWII musical comedy...
A Life in Three Acts
By Jess Winch, published 19 August 2009The format of Mark Ravenhill’s latest offering at the Edinburgh Fringe is more of an interview than a play; a three-part series of edited conver...
A New Beginning
By Frank Lazarski, published 04 August 2009Five years ago Sarah Millican’s husband left her. Her floral print blouses spoke of her comfortable security: the rewarding work at a Newcastle ...A Stroke of Genius
By Jessica Winch, published 05 August 2009Coinciding with Darwin year—celebrating the publication of the acclaimed naturalist's seminal text On The Origin of Species—A Stroke of Ge...
About the Scots
By Susan Robinson, published 19 August 2009Bruce Fummey is a comedian who would like to be considered “thoughtfully offensive.” Whilst the second word of this tag fits like a glove,...
Accidental Nostalgia
By Ben Judge, published 19 August 2009There’s something slightly amiss about Cameron Seymour’s lecture on her forthcoming psychology book, How to Change Your Mind: A Self-Help ...Acute Psychotic Episode
By Sarah Clark, published 11 August 2009An exploration into the process of mental breakdown recalled from first-hand experience certainly has the potential to make fascinating and educationa...
Adam Hills: Inflatable
By Oliver Farrimond, published 11 August 2009Tonight, Adam Hills is accompanied by a British Sign Language interpreter. The first half hour consists of a riotous back-and-forth exchange with and ...
Adam Riches: Rogue Males
By Ben Judge, published 07 August 2009Adam Riches will be hoping that his luck has improved significantly since August last year when, midway through his critically acclaimed 2008 run, Lad...
Adams and Rea: Blissfully Unaware
By Simon Mundy, published 08 August 2009One undeniable asset of musical comedy acts is that their tunes can usefully fill any nasty gaps left by the absence of laughter. It’s an uneasy...
After Circles
By Richard Hanrahan, published 21 August 2009Three women are trapped in a mysterious room and are given only 5 words with which to plead for their freedom – when words are at a premium, wha...
After the Bomb
By Sarah Clark, published 25 August 2009Impressively energetic, this hotchpotch of a play written and directed by Nicholas Moran is too ambitious; styles clash and weaken an already ambiguou...
