Panic attacks and disco tracks: Dave Fargnoli writes on a subversive dose of 80s nostalgia.
Dave Fargnoli
Articles by Dave Fargnoli
13 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Unicorn Party by Nick Field
By Dave Fargnoli
Greasepaint and glitter: Dave Fargnoli writes on the dystopian kitsch of Nick Field’s solo performance.
10 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: M.E.H. by Outbound Project
By Dave Fargnoli
“This show does not make senseâ€: Dave Fargnoli writes on The Outbound Project’s devised exploration of collective psychosis.
8 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Landscape (1989) by Emergency Chorus
By Dave Fargnoli
Mushrooming ideas: Dave Fargnoli writes on a fungi-inspired exploration of climate change.
7 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Hold On Let Go by Unfolding Theatre
By Dave Fargnoli
An act of remembering: Luca Rutherford’s intimate performance serves up anecdotes about transience and freshly baked sourdough.
6 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: The Grand Scheme of Things by Kopfkino
By Dave Fargnoli
Truth or Dare: Dave Fargnoli writes on an intimate, myth-inspired exploration of gender by Kopfkino.
4 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh Fringe Review: 00 by Argonaut
By Dave Fargnoli
Nihilistic optimism: Dave Fargnoli writes on a play set on the eve of a new millennium.
8 February 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Captive Queen at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
2 February - 4 March 2018
By Dave Fargnoli
Closures, consolidation, and restructuring: Dave Fargnoli reviews a re-fashioning of John Dryden’s Aureng-zebe.
18 January 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Claim at Shoreditch Town Hall
16 - 26 January 2018
By Dave Fargnoli
The need to be understood: Dave Fargnoli reviews Tim Cowbury’s new play about seeking asylum and being lost in translation.
20 August 2016
Reviews • Edinburgh • National • Reviews
Review: E15 at Northern Stage at Summerhall
Summerhall ⋄ Until 27th August 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Social housing, not social cleansing: Dave Fargnoli reviews LUNG’s piece of documentary theatre on the fight against gentrification in Newham.
18 August 2016
Reviews • Edinburgh • National • Reviews
Review: Undermined at Zoo
Zoo ⋄ Until 20th August 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
A one man, one chair, one pint show: Dave Fargnoli reviews Danny Mellor’s play about the Miners’ Strike and its aftermath.
13 August 2016
Reviews • Edinburgh • National • Reviews
Review: Octopus at Assembly George Square
Assembly George Square ⋄ 4th - 28th August 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
A very British octopus: Dave Fargnoli reviews Afsaneh Gray’s multi-limbed look at our multicultural nation(s).
11 August 2016
Reviews • Edinburgh • National • Reviews
Review: Putting the Band Back Together at Summerhall
Summerhall ⋄
By Dave Fargnoli
Dave Fargnoli reviews a show with a nice message, but a bit of a jumbled format.
11 August 2016
Reviews • Edinburgh • National • Reviews
Review: Equations for a Moving Body at Summerhall
Summerhall ⋄ 6th - 27th August 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Why do we push ourselves? Dave Fargnoli reviews triathlete Hannah Nicklin’s journey into the answer.
22 July 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Love Steals Us From Loneliness at the CPT
Camden People's Theatre ⋄ 19th - 31st July 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Bleary, leary and blurred: Dave Fargnoli reviews an earlier work by Gary Owen, set in Bridgend.