Panic attacks and disco tracks: Dave Fargnoli writes on a subversive dose of 80s nostalgia.
Edinburgh Fringe 2019
20 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: The Accident Did Not Take Place by YESYESNONO
By Tom Moyser
Authenticity and artifice: Tom Moyser writes on YESYESNONO’s reenactment of a plane crash.
20 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Who Cares by LUNG Theatre
By Tom Moyser
Intimacy and honesty: Tom Moyser writes on LUNG’s investigation into the lives of young carers.
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
EIF review: Roots by 1927
By Emily Davis
“A chocolate box of bite-sized folk tales”: Emily Davis writes on sampling 1927’s work for the first time.
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Nearly Human by Perhaps Contraption
By Lilith Wozniak
Wide-eyed wonder: Lilith Wozniak writes on a nature-inspired gig theatre show.
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Phoenix by Richard Marsh and Jessica Sharman
By Francesca Peschier
“Love and tinsel town sleaze”: Francesca Peschier writes a country and western song in response to this solo show about music and fatherhood.
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd
By Tom Moyser
“exposure, noun”: Tom Moyser considers the embarrassing, painful revelations in Richard Gadd’s solo show.
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: The Chosen by Company Chordelia
By Rosemary Waugh
“This hyper-awareness of impending death”: Rosemary Waugh writes on Kally Lloyd-Jones’ dance piece about mortality.
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Parakeet by Brigitte Aphrodite
By Tom Moyser
“Birdwatching is cool”: Tom Moyser writes on the wild world of a musical fable about saving parakeets.
18 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Before by Pat Kinevane
By Rosemary Waugh
Awkward notes: Rosemary Waugh writes on Pat Kinevane’s musical meander through the life of a man who’s lost custody of his daughter.
18 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: The End by Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas
By Ava Wong Davies
Adventures in attempted synchronicity: Ava Wong Davies writes on a devised performance about a friendship in flux.
17 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: For now we see through a mirror, darkly by Ultimate Dancer
By Ben Kulvichit
Glitching GIFs: Ben Kulvichit writes on Ultimate Dancer’s dazzling multimedia dance performance.
17 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Deer Woman by Tara Beagan
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh writes on a cliché-resistant narrative of an Indigenous woman’s revenge.
17 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: The Claim by Tim Cowbury
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh reviews Tim Cowbury’s performance in the form of an awkward convo in Summerhall courtyard.
17 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
EIF review: Oedipus by Robert Icke
By Ava Wong Davies
Fact before feeling: Ava Wong Davies writes on Rob Icke’s streamlined Oedipus.