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Mary Stuart (Institut français d'Écosse on Fringe Player, 6-30 August)
Where reality and fiction blur: this reimagining of Schiller's Mary Stuart questions male authority in writing women's conflict,...
Louise Jones
Aug 20, 20212 min read


Dishonour (Fringe Player, 6-30 August)
Necessarily distressing: Terrence Turner's play about female genital mutilation makes for an incredibly difficult watch. Babe is barely...
Louise Jones
Aug 20, 20212 min read


Kill Me Now (Summerhall, 17-21 August)
Laying the matter to rest: an online webinar mines funerals for dark comedy, with the laughs turning to sorrow as its protagonist faces...
Louise Jones
Aug 19, 20212 min read


The Clones (Insanity Point, 16-20 August)
A different show every night: The Clones have a rocky start to a limited run with some bad improv habits on show. If there's one aspect...
Louise Jones
Aug 16, 20212 min read


How Do You Know You Are Home? (Fringe Player, 6-30 August)
Honey, I'm elsewhere: Aliki Tsakoumi grapples with the idea of home in this storytelling piece. Aliki Tsakoumi sits within a filmed and...
Louise Jones
Aug 16, 20212 min read


El Greco of Hornsey (Greenside @ GreenScreen viaFringe Player, 6-30 august)
Olga Thompson crafts a charming love letter to her homestead, a front-room hairdressers, in this one-person show that's bound to bring a...
Louise Jones
Aug 15, 20212 min read


Man Up (ZooTVxIanAbbott, 11-20 August)
There's a vital conversation at the centre of Kloe Dean's spoken word and hip hop piece, concerning mental health and male suicide. Kloe...
Louise Jones
Aug 13, 20212 min read


Second Guessing (ZooTVxIanAbbott, 11-20 August)
Tripping over oneself: Emma Ready's pieces pull together experiences of coercive control in an important set of short films. Second...
Louise Jones
Aug 12, 20212 min read


work.txt (summerhall online, 9-11 August)
Do you believe in life after work? This coded experience blends reality with scripted dialogue and questions the true function of the...
Louise Jones
Aug 10, 20212 min read


Tom Mayhew: From Rags to Slightly Newer Rags (Laughing Horse online, 8-30 august)
Home's where the art is: Tom Mayhew is staying at home but certainly not twiddling his thumbs, in this gently enjoyable stand up hour....
Louise Jones
Aug 10, 20212 min read


something in the water (assembly online, 6-30 august)
Exploring the confusion of gender non-conformity and self-discovery in an equally muddled show. Part clown, part puppeteer and part, er,...
Louise Jones
Aug 9, 20212 min read


Miss Honey (Assembly Online, 6-30 August)
Joanna Griffin's one woman show plays with the joys and burdens of becoming your social circle's wild card. Ever been accosted by a show...
Louise Jones
Aug 7, 20212 min read
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