“Who is torturing whom?” Natasha Tripney crafts a cut-up poem from the fever dream that is the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe programme.
Natasha Tripney

Articles by Natasha Tripney
30 May 2017
Reviews • Reviews
Review: Don Juan at Jugoslovensko Dramsko Pozoriste, Belgrade
Until 26 June 2017
By Natasha Tripney
“Appealing pyromaniac tendencies” – Natasha Tripney reviews Gorčin Stojanović’s production of Don Juan.
27 March 2017
Reviews • Reviews
Review: A Man Who Watched the World at the Mladinsko theatre, Ljubljana
Mladinsko theatre ⋄
By Natasha Tripney
The snickety-snick of the sewing machine: Natasha Tripney reviews Žiga Divjak’s bleak but impressive production at the Mladinsko theatre.
28 June 2016
Reviews • Reviews
Review: The Extra People at Malta Festival, Poznan
Malta Festival ⋄ 26th - 27th June 2016
By Natasha Tripney
The watchers and the watched: Natasha Tripney reviews Ant Hampton’s work presented as part of Malta Festival.
13 June 2016
Features
Edinburgh Fringe Programme Poetry
By Natasha Tripney
Don’t be fooled by gimp owl: the Edinburgh Fringe has a sensitive side. Natasha Tripney offers a cut-up poem plucked from the pages of the Edinburgh Fringe Programme.
5 January 2016
Features
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
By Natasha Tripney
Natasha Tripney on fan-service, feminism and the Sherlock Christmas special
6 December 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Around The World in 80 Days
St James Theatre ⋄ 26th November 2015 - 17th January 2016
By Natasha Tripney
Jules Verne and the shrinking world.
2 December 2015
Features
Pantomime: The Purest Form of Theatre
By Natasha Tripney
Jon Bradfield discusses representation, rude songs, and the validity of pantomime as an artform.
1 December 2015
Features
Waking The Feminists: “We’ve a long road ahead of us.”
By Natasha Tripney
Fiona Doyle on the situation still faced by female playwrights in Ireland and how gender inequality within Irish Theatre is symptomatic of something much deeper.
15 November 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Sparks
Old Red Lion ⋄ 10th November - 5th December 2015
By Natasha Tripney
Sisterland.
8 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
The Winter’s Tale/Harlequinade
Garrick Theatre ⋄ 17th October - 16th January 2015
By Natasha Tripney
Pursued by a bear.
23 October 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
French Without Tears
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 8th October - 21st November 2015
By Natasha Tripney
Pay attention to the hair.
1 September 2015
Features
Edinburgh Fringe 2015: A Farewell Song
By Natasha Tripney
Before reality kicks in, a poetic parting of the ways with this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
17 August 2015
Reviews • Edinburgh
What I Learned From Johnny Bevan
Summerhall ⋄ 7th-30th August 2015
By Natasha Tripney
Things can only get better.
15 August 2015
Features
Black Dogs and Lizard Skin
By Natasha Tripney
Natasha Tripney on beautiful black dogs and the strange process of reviewing shows about depression.