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Archive for the 'Edinburgh Fringe 2010' Category

ED FRINGE 2010: Morgan & West: Time Travelling Magicians- Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony

Magicians/Writers: Rhys Morgan and Rob West Reviewer: Greig Ratcliff The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ Let’s be honest: in most cases, as a paying customer, the prospect of another ‘magic show’ often fails to fill one with enthusiasm and excitement. Some may even emit a groan at the idea. This is why the genuine entertainment and comedy delivered by this [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Virtuous Flock – C Venues: Soco

Writer: Billy Barrett Director: Lauren Overs Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: ★★½☆☆ Virtuous Flock is the playwriting debut of Billy Barrett, taking his influence from the Victorian Penny Dreadfuls and Le Theatre Du Grand-Guignol . We are promised a dark and macabre musical tale of one girls revenge (Penny Dreadful) on the people who sent her to [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy – Pleasance Courtyard, Attic

Writer: Caroline Horton Director: Omar Elerian & Daniel Goldman Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ January 1945, Paris is liberated. Chrissy waits at Gare Du Nord for a train to England to be reunited with her English fiance. Through a monologue at a train station the audience are treated to a glimpse into the life of a [...]

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Ed Fringe 2010: Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister, Pleasance Courtyard

Sometimes I Laugh Like My Sister, Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe 2010

Writer: Rebecca Peyton & Martin M. Bartelt Director: Martin M. Bartelt Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ After BBC journalist Kate Peyton was murdered in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2005 her family and fiancé found their lives changed forever. This year her younger sister Rebecca brings her one-woman show to the Edinburgh Fringe, exploring her post-Kate world through [...]

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