REVIEW: Stop the World I Want to Get Off, Jacky Power, EdFringe 2022 ★★☆☆☆
The acceleration of world events have allowed the past few years to be, well, a dirge, a lament for the dead. We have seen struggle...
REVIEW: No Place Like Home, Alex Roberts & Co, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★★
No Place Like Home blends and blurs everything that it tackles, sitting on a boundary of genre, theme and morality. Connor is a young queer...
REVIEW: Made In India/Britain, Rinkoo Barpaga & Deaf Explorer, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Ripples of audio and shocks of bright light recur throughout Rinkoo Barpaga’s one hour retelling of his life story. Sometimes they are representations of his...
REVIEW: Hiya Dolly!, Andy Jordan Productions & Swine Palace Theatre, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
Hiya Dolly! Is very much one-of-a-kind, just like Dolly the Sheep herself (or not, as we actually find out in the show there were 4...
REVIEW: She! Immortal Horror Queen’s Guide to Life, Charmian Hughes, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Hammer Horror, Colossal Squids and solidly fantastic standup. Charmian Hughes has it all. She is joyfully silly and beautifully condemning, masking satirical quips with an...
REVIEW: Woyzeck/Marie, Bathway Theatre Company, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Woyzeck Marie is a punchy, queer, feminist, class-analysis adaptation of Georg Buchner’s unfinished 1836 play about a soldier caught in a military experiment where he...
REVIEW: Careless, Written Off Theatre, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Warning: Light Spoilers We all know that those who care in our society are underpaid and overworked – but do we know the realities of...
REVIEW: Block’d Off, Wooden Arrow Productions & El Gordo Theatre, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
Block’d Off is an incredibly diverse, sprawling piece of one-person theatre. Those things don’t feel like they should go together – but the piece covers...
REVIEW: The Gay Train, Yellow Mug Theatre, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
The Gay Train takes a thoroughly good go at diving headfirst into the way that Trans lives are presented in the media and the devastating...
REVIEW: Crossing the Void, koi collective & Sally MacAlister, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Content Warning: Suicide Crossing the Void is a fresh take on the teens-get-a-Ouija-board genre. A new script from Sally MacAlister blends social issues, queerness and...
REVIEW: Doll, Common People Theatre, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
You’d do anything for your partner, right? If Common People Theatre’s Doll is anything to go by, maybe call the red flag at selling Sex...
REVIEW: A Young Girl’s Guide to Madness, Charlotte Ellis & Bloomin’ Buds, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Imagine your teenage diary being read aloud on stage. Every little insecurity is brought to life, verbalised and validated. That's A Young Girl's Guide to...
REVIEW: Handbook of Civilian Defense, Juvenilia, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Handbook of Civilian Defense (What Every Loyal American Can Do To Help The United States Win The War) is a hidden, thrilling Fringe gem brimming...
REVIEW: The Single Lady, Tone Deaf Theatre Company, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
The Single Lady tells the tragic tale of a Tudor Love Triangle in platform trainers and tiaras. This, accompanied by a soundtrack of smooth RB...
REVIEW: Alphonse, Theaturtle, Richard Jordan Productions & The Pleasance, Edfringe ★★★★★
Alphonse. This play is everything I had hoped to see at the fringe this season. Flawlessly written, beautifully executed. Alphonse is a young boy who...
REVIEW: Brown Boys Swim, The North Wall, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
At the heart of Brown Boys Swim is a coming-of-age story set in a world of rich cultural difference – sometimes leading to euphoria and...
REVIEW: Care, Bilal Zafar, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★☆
Money, money, money. We all want it, we all need it, and some of us will take desperate measures to get it. Bilal Zafar’s Care...
REVIEW: Best In Class, Sian Davies & Best In Class, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
Best in Class brings together 8 working class comedians for a night of stand up, featuring a rotating 3 comedian act. The crowd-funded and profit-sharing...
REVIEW: The Worst Thing You Could Do, Dead Cat Theatre Co, EdFringe 2022 ★★★★★
(This is littered with spoilers. Read at your own risk. Just whatever you do, go see the show.) The Worst Thing You Could Do should...
REVIEW: The Bank Where Your Ex Works, No Plan Needed, EdFringe 2022 ★★★☆☆
It’s the story of a bank heist, in which the target is a double date with your ex-partner and their new lover. What can go...