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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 21, 20212 min read
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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 21, 20212 min read
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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 20, 20212 min read
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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 17, 20212 min read
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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 17, 20212 min read
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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 16, 20212 min read
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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 14, 20212 min read
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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 13, 20212 min read
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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 11, 20212 min read
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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 11, 20212 min read
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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 10, 20212 min read
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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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