Figs in Wigs are back at the fringe this week. Here’s Rachel Porter on why being part of a non-hierarchical girl gang is the perfect way to survive Edinburgh.
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14 August 2017
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Exeunt Recommends: Week One
By Alice Saville
As the dust settles after Edinburgh Fringe’s first week, here’s what Exeunt’s writers have seen and loved.
11 August 2017
Features • Festivals
Round up: Dance at Wilderness 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
From samba-inspired workshops to dancing naked: Rachel Elderkin reviews a selection of the dance line up at Wilderness 2017.
9 August 2017
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Ravnedans
By Diana Damian Martin
Dance in the age of climate change: Diana Damian Martin discusses this year’s Ravnedans festival in Norway.
7 August 2017
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Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here
By Dan Hutton
A performative preview: the members of Barrel Organ explore debt, friendship and grief ahead of their Edinburgh Fringe show.
6 August 2017
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First Drafts at The Yard Theatre
By Miriam Gillinson
Miriam Gillinson discovers some intriguing beginnings at The Yard’s festival of bold, untested new work.
3 August 2017
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Wilderness 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
Rachel Elderkin talks us through the dance shows being performed at this year’s Wilderness festival.
2 August 2017
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Exeunt’s 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Picks
By Exeunt Staff
Exeunt’s review team sort through the chaos of this year’s Edinburgh line-up to present some lovingly themed recommendations.
1 August 2017
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Ageing at the Fringe
By Kate Wyver
At a festival that can feel like a celebration of youth, three shows are exploring old age. Kate Wyver talks to their creators about loneliness, dementia, and unexpected laughter.
31 July 2017
Features • Q&A and Interviews
Rachel Bagshaw: “I see pain as colours and hear it as sound”
By Rosemary Waugh
Rachel Bagshaw talks to Rosemary Waugh about creating The Shape of Pain, an Edinburgh Fringe show based on her experiences, and made in collaboration with Chris Thorpe.
27 July 2017
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FITEI: Community and Memory
By Diana Damian Martin
Diana Damian Martin writes on how Porto’s international theatre festival FITEI explores ideas of community, memory, and the past.
27 July 2017
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Critic’s Camp
By Laura Kressley
Laura Kressly writes about her fortnight at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s development programme for critics.
24 July 2017
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Latitude Festival: Playing Ourselves
By Jackie Montague
Jackie Montague explores what three performances at Latitude say about how we relate to our heroes, our homes, and our own identities.
21 July 2017
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Avignon Festival: On Failure and Responsibility
By Ella Parry-Davies
“Rater encore. Rater mieux”. Ella Parry-Davies explores how performances at 2017’s Avignon Festival make bold attempts to navigate contemporary politics.
18 July 2017
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Not my cup of tea
By Lauren Mooney
Tea House Theatre sparked a Twitter storm after its job listing went viral. Here’s Lauren Mooney on its unpalatable message about undervalued, often female labour in the arts.