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Aug 17th, 2012

Edinburgh Fringe: Beats – Traverse Theatre

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Writer: Kieran Hurley Director: Julia Taudevin Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ In 1994, amongst other things, the Criminal Justice Act was tweaked in order to effectively ban raves. It became illegal to hold public gatherings around amplified music that was characterised by “the emission of a succession of repetitive beats.” Exciting, electrifying and powerfully nostalgic, [...]

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Jun 7th, 2012

Something Very Far Away – Unicorn Theatre, London

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Writer and director: Mark Arends Reviewed: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ A touching and poignant tale of love and devotion is told through the use of puppets, multimedia and music. Lasting no longer than 40 minutes this intimate piece follows the life of a man who is fascinated by the night sky, after a personal tragedy he [...]

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Aug 25th, 2011

ED FRINGE 2011: Hotel Methuselah – Summerhall

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Directors: Pete Brooke & Andrew Quick Reviewer: Sara Jackson The Public Reviews Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Hotel Methuselah from Imitating the Dog tells the story of Harry, a night porter in a hotel who has no idea of how he got to the hotel or of anything that happened before being there. It describes itself as “a contemporary ghost story” which [...]

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