REVIEW: Hedda, Nora, Julie and Me, BackYard Theatre Ensemble, EdFringe 2022, ★★★★☆
This play had me in it with them from the very first beat. The tension of bringing together four incredibly diverse and intense women from...
REVIEW: Black is the Color of My Voice, Play The Spotlight & Seabright Productions, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★★
Apphia Campbell’s Black is the Color of My Voice goes far beyond a Nina Simone impersonation. There’s much to take from this piece, especially if...
REVIEW: DNA, Wycombe Abbey Players, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
What would you do if you accidentally caused somebody’s death? Delving into the moral choices between life and death, this re-telling of Dennis Kelly’s 2007...
REVIEW: Trainspotting Live, King’s Head, In Your Face & James Seabright, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★★
What would grandma find disturbing yet oddly charming…? Trainspotting Live. They’ve chosen all the good bits, made them palatable to watch without a post-show counselling...
REVIEW: i don’t feel anything, IDFA, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
At what point did we decide it was safer to feel nothing than something? Savannah Acquah’s i don’t feel anything challenges the epidemic of avoidant...
REVIEW: Angel, Henry Naylor & Torch Theatre Company, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★★
Trust none of what you hear, some of what you read, and half of what you see. The Middle East has been at war for...
REVIEW: Cake and Violence, Nat Griffen, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
With a name like Cake and Violence, I was expecting mess, a lot of it. And while the concept and messaging were strong, there wasn't...
REVIEW: Bundle of Joy?, Hive MCR, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Honestly, I'm not sure where to start with this show. It demonstrated professionalism and thoughtfulness that I was not expecting. Written by Imogen Chillington, Bundle...
EDITORIAL: ‘Weird Wood’ are Going Against the Grain – Meet the Radical, Community-Led Production Collective Bringing Unheard Voices to the Fringe.
Queer Cabaret Artist Aidan Sadler has announced that they intend to create an equal stakes collective that tackles the beasts of under-representation and accessibility at...
REVIEW: I Miss Amy Winehouse, Suchandrika Chakrabarti, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
Suchandrika Chakrabarti’s debut Fringe Comedy hour, I Miss Amy Winehouse, is an incedible piece of storytelling disguised as stand-up. It would be criminal to reduce...
REVIEW: GirlPlay, Sarah Richardson, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
GirlPlay is an especially potent, visceral Slam exploration of bodies, sex, love and pregnancy. As an experience, it is really something to behold, offering punchy...
REVIEW: Grecian Idolatry, SATYR, EdFringe 2022 ★☆☆☆☆
I really struggled to even know where to begin with this review. I’ll put my hands up and say, potentially I don’t know enough about...
REVIEW: The Girl and Her Balloon, Stick Balloon Theatre, EdFringe 2022 ★★☆☆☆
The Girl and Her Balloon is well-intentioned and genuinely heartfelt, but comes across a little too shallow to handle the meaty topic of homelessness in...
REVIEW: Life Before the Line, Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★★
Life Before the Line is a kaleidoscopic, all-encompassing, coming-of-age story tackling a terrorist alarm going off in a school in Manchester. It is a beautifully...
REVIEW: Alright?, Black Hound Productions, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
The weighty and heartfelt topic of mental health in young people can be a difficult thing to meaningfully transfer to the stage in a way...
REVIEW: Cheeky Girls, The Counterminers, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Cheeky Girls follows the story of Freddie, a young Edinburgh Uni student finding her feet in a world of hangovers, hook-ups, history and hedonism. And...
REVIEW: Sleepover, Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society, Edfringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
Sleepover is essential for so many reasons. It is full of potential, representation, and honesty. All the questions being raised by these young women, sex, body...
REVIEW: D, Queen Mary Theatre Company, EdFringe 2022 ★★☆☆☆
Content Warning: Eating Disorders It’s never fun to write reviews like these – especially when the topic is evidently so personal to the show’s creators...
REVIEW: Cicada’s Children, May Tree Productions, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
Warning: Spoilers Cicada’s Children is an unusual, unsuspecting piece focused on the methodology of cults for establishing themselves, recruiting new members and creating the process...
REVIEW: Final Baby Girl!, Baby Lame, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Be prepared – if you walk into Final Baby Girl! you will become a co-star in her madcap horror film. Baby Lame welcomes you (yes,...