It is one thing for big business to express concerns over the uncertainty the ongoing Brexit negotiations have created. It is quite another for someone like Cecilia Gragnani, who has spent a significant proportion of her adult life in the United Kingdom, to do so. Diary of an Expat suddenly gets … [Read more...]
Dan Attfield: Futureproof at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
Hurray! A comedy hour at the Edinburgh Fringe that has one overarching theme, clearly associated with its title, and sticks to the point without meandering off in all sorts of different directions. Marks for Dan Attfield for coherence, which shouldn’t be a differentiating factor, but as far as … [Read more...]
Vulvarine: A New Musical at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
It isn’t a new thing - a female superhero. I don’t really follow the superhero world, but a quick Google search (other search engines are available) reveals there is Batwoman, Squirrel Girl, Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman, amongst many others, including the rather plainly named Peggy Carter. But I … [Read more...]
Alison Spittle: Worrier Princess | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
Alison Spittle has such a good-spirited nature that it’s nothing short of infectious. As far as I recall, Worrier Princess wasn’t a title fully explained during the show, but that didn’t stop Spittle eliciting an ‘aww, bless’ sort of response - and not in a patronising way, either. A mother and her … [Read more...]
The Worst Little Warehouse in London | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
Had it not been for the press release, I wouldn’t have been any the wiser: the narrative in The Worst Little Warehouse in London is ‘based on a true story’. Based? It’s so convincing that it might as well have been a verbatim piece of theatre. On second thoughts, that might be more than a little … [Read more...]
Daniel Sloss: X at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
“I love kids,” begins Daniel Sloss, in X, his tenth solo show, a remarkable achievement for anyone, but all the more so for Sloss, reaching the milestone at the age of 27. There are certain phrases, he asserts, like “l love kids” that provoke an adverse response from some quarters, who jump to … [Read more...]
The Voice Behind the Stars at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018
A brief review of a brief show. This is an affirmation for those in the audience old enough to remember when motion pictures like The Sound of Music (1965) were first released, confirmation for those who had read up about Marni Nixon (1930-2016) (Eliza Jackson) or were otherwise already acquainted … [Read more...]