“To keep you safe” becomes a haunting mantra over the course of A Machine They’re Secretly Building – and with good cause.
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Scorch
‘Gender fraud’ has become a buzzword amongst UK tabloids in recent years. A high-profile example is Kyran Lee: a transgender man convincted in 2014 of one count of sexual assault by penetration on the basis of “gender fraud”. Scorch, by Prime Cut Productions, follows a story in a similar vein.
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The Vagina Dialogues
It is difficult to think of the new play The Vagina Dialogues without associating it with Eve Ensler’s famous The Vagina Monologues in 1996. But that is not to say that this production piggybacks off Eve Ensler – instead, it gives us a well-needed update on feminist dialogue.
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Boris and Sergey’s One Man Extravaganza
Boris and Sergey are one of the top comedy double acts of the festival. They’re a classic combination: Sergey the older, smarter, scheming brother; Boris the younger, hot-headed, and eager one.
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Edison
Philadelphia-born Static Assembly describe their show Edison as a genre-bent, divine journey into the world of scientific giants: Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.
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Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists
If there’s been a theme to this year’s festival fringe, it’s probably been ‘topical’ political satires. And, by and large, it’s of a low quality: cheap gimmicks to capture the attention of a largely left-wing audience. However, buried beneath the predictably awful Brexit: The Musical (and literally dozens of shows about Trump) lies the riotously…
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Peer Gynt, Gruffdog Theatre
Peer Gynt is Henrik Ibsen’s poetic classic: a tale that follows the eponymous Peer Gynt, who dreams of becoming emperor of the world. The story takes us deep into the mountains, from the frozen peaks of Norway to the dusty streets of Egypt. It is an intimate story of love, sin, and ambition. It is…
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Eggsistentialism
Eggsistentialism, as suggested by the title, follows the autobiographical story of Joanne Ryan, in her dilemma about having a child (or not).
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