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4 August 2019
Witch Hunt
Witch Hunt was surreal throughout. Made up of an array of ludicrous skits that put a risqué spin on well known tales, both women play a variety of outrageous characters. I left the auditorium feeling like I’d just woken up from a bizarre dream.
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4 August 2019
Monsoon Season
Monsoon Season tells a twisted love story for the modern age.
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4 August 2019
This Accident Did Not Take Place
This Accident Did Not Take Place uses technology to create the surreal.
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4 August 2019
The Red
He's been sober now for 25 years. On the day of his father's funeral, Benedict receives an unsettling final bequest: a bottle of exceptionally fine red wine. Will he drink one final toast to his father?
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4 August 2019
BalletBoyz - Them/Us
"Award-winning all-male company makes an explosive Edinburgh debut. With contrasting scores by artist Keaton Henson and composer Charlotte Harding, this double-bill asks where we see ourselves in relation to the 'other'."
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4 August 2019
Chris Washington: Raconteur
A ‘Raconteur’ is someone 'who tells anecdotes in a skilful and amusing way’. This is totally true of Chris in this hour of musings, largely about his mooching (in this case meaning 'loitering around shops in a listless manner').
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4 August 2019
The War of the Worlds
Whether it’s Orson Welles or a random conspiracy theorist on the internet, people will believe anything, and the truth should not be taken for granted.
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4 August 2019
BOAR - Lewis Doherty
"Armed with just himself and a chair, Lewis Doherty (creator of Wolf) presents Boar. A one-man fantasy adventure tale."
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4 August 2019
Bible John
True crime podcasts are all the rage and this show is here to ask why?
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4 August 2019
Nigel Ng: Culture Shock
He almost had audience members rolling on the floor laughing, with several at least half out of their seats. This is observational humour at its best.
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3 August 2019
Kelly Convey: Telephone Voice
Kelly Convey 'Chatham girl done good' brings us her debut hour which travels back in time to her errant teenage years, through her high-flying twenties as an executive, right up to the life-changing decision to become a comedian in her thirties.
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3 August 2019
The Incident Room - New Diorama Theatre
"In 1974, the detection rate for murder was over 90%, the equal pay act came into force, and women were integrated into the police. But it took just one man to change it all."
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3 August 2019
Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Other People
Rhys Slade-Jones delivers a personal, frank and quintessentially Welsh show.
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3 August 2019
The Burning - Incognito Theatre
Incognito Theatre Company grew from the Pleasance Futures programme and bring an inventive, theatrical device heavy show exploring the persecution of ancestors and an embattled daughter dealing with the estate of her deceased mum.
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3 August 2019
A Grave Situation
A Grave Situation brings something new to an overwrought topic.
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3 August 2019
The Pleasance Opening Gala - Edfringe 2019
A spectacle of some of the finest talent Pleasance is offering this summer, with a well written and comedically delivered welcome from Anthony Alderson, Pleasance’s director.
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3 August 2019
Catching Comets - Ransack Theatre
"A disaster movie about falling in love. Or a rom-com about the end of the world."
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3 August 2019
Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical Kid’s Show
Improvisiation, musical medleys, dramatic singing, dancing and silliness, this show is the epitome of fun.