Voicebox: Edinburgh Fringe
Every year since 2014 we have been travelling up to the Scottish capital every August to review the largest arts festival in the world.
This is where all the content we've created over the years gets filed. This Voicebox contains reviews, interviews, opinion pieces and blogs. Enjoy!
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Feature
16 August 2019Voice's Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe 2019
View FeatureAfter another intensive reviewing period at the largest arts festival in the world, the Voice team weigh in on which shows are awarded their Pick of the Fringe.
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Interview
14 August 2019Interview with Alex Gwyther
View Interview"I don’t look through newspapers and decide to write something. If an idea hits me like a ten ton of bricks and I need to drop everything to tell this story then I know it’s something important."
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Interview
14 August 2019Interview with Jennifer Irons, writer and performer of Yukon Ho! (Tall Tales from the Great White North)
View Interview"Growing up in an isolated mining community there wasn’t much to see in terms of arts. Every Christmas the Nutcracker would be on CBC television and Mikail Baryshnikov was (still is) INCREDIBLE. Watch that man move. He’s unreal."
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Review
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Review
12 August 2019Extinction Rebellion exhibition
View ReviewAn exhibition highlighting the need for change in order to halt the impending climate and eco-emergency. Eye opening and peaceful protest to raise awareness of important issues.
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Review
12 August 201921: Memories of Growing Up
View ReviewEmotional and captivating whilst being an important and accessible oral history archive. It explores intensely individual and personal stories whilst also commenting on our diverse and wonderful 21st-century society.
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Review
12 August 2019The Nights by Henry Naylor
View ReviewThe show is moving, emotional, tear-inducing and gripping from start to finish. Go see it.
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12 August 2019Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody
View ReviewIt is a wizarding-world extravaganza, flourished with unforgivable curses, witty humour and muggle-worthy entertainment. A must see for Harry Potter fans.
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Review
12 August 2019Whose Line Is It Anyway?
View ReviewA long running show that is still exciting, inventive, fresh faced and hilarious as ever
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Review
12 August 2019Phil Cornwell: Alackadaddy
View ReviewIncoherant and confused, ultimately Alackadaddy failed to deliver and masked Cornwell's usual brilliance.
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Review
11 August 2019The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise
View ReviewFunny, ridiculous and ultimately observant, the double-act delight audiences with their parody of holiday paradise.
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Review
11 August 2019Detour: A Show About Changing Your Mind
View ReviewA show that shares that it’s ok to change your mind as many times as you want. Raw, emotional yet funny and comedic, Dinerman invites you into her life story and rollercoaster journey to where she is now, a natural stand-up comedian.
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Review
11 August 2019Searchers
View ReviewIt is energetic, electric, empathetic, explorative and fronted by an incredible vocalist, talented actor and rock performer.
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Interview
11 August 2019Interview with Theo Moore, Red Biscuit Theatre
View InterviewRed Biscuit Theatre have created a delightful reimagining of a classic childhood story, and are taking The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar up to Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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Review
10 August 2019Hardeep Singh Kohli: It's Hard to Be Deep
View ReviewA show with a message, but it gets lost in transmission
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Review
10 August 2019Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour
View ReviewNot for everyone, but if it’s for you then you’re going to love it
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Review
9 August 2019Shit - MILKE
View ReviewShit, a performance created by MILKE and Dee & Cornelius, tells the story of Billy, Bobby and Sam. This production examines misogyny in a heartbreaking and provocative way.
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Review
9 August 2019Rouge
View ReviewCircus for grown ups is an apt description. An incredibly fun show with talented performers that will make anyone’s evening.
