The Fringe through feminist-tinted glasses
Show - Dangerous Giant Animals Venue - Underbelly Cowgate Star rating - ***** Reviewer - Amy King I'm not really sure how to start this review. It's not like me to be left lost for words, but that's exactly what happened at the end of Dangerous Giant Animals. Christina Murdock's Fringe debut is not to... Continue Reading →
Show: (Even) Hotter Venue: Bedlam Theatre Star rating: ***** Reviewer: Ruth Brown Mary Higgins and Ell Potter are back this year at Bedlam with their (even) hotter production that takes interviews with women and trans people of all colours, shapes, and ages and interprets them on stage in a Creature Comforts-like audiovisual cocktail. Although nothing... Continue Reading →
Show: Good Vibes Only Venue: theSpace on North Bridge, Argyll Theatre Star rating *** Reviewer: Victoria Clow Good Vibes Only a new piece of writing coming from Laughing Mirror Theatre Company, written by Charlotte McEvoy and co-directed with Izzy Cutler, is a play all about pleasure! The joys and struggles of attaining it are described... Continue Reading →
Show: Queens of Sheba Venue: Underbelly Cowgate Star Rating: ***** Reviewer: Sarah MacDonald Queens of Sheba is absolutely exceptional. Drawing on the events of the Dstrkt nightclub incident, where door staff excluded entry for a group of women for being “too black”, this piece of theatre brings to the forefront the intersectional persecution of being... Continue Reading →
Show: I’ll Have What She’s Having Venue: Assembly George Square Studios Star Rating: **** Reviewer: Ana Hine Victoria Bianchi and Jess Brodie’s show I’ll Have What She’s Having is an easy-to-sympathise-with look at life in your mid-to-late twenties. Based on their own experiences, the show is a character study of two women who are both wondering if... Continue Reading →
Show: What The…Feminist?! Venue: theSpace on the Mile Star Rating: *** Reviewer: Ana Hine You know when you discover other feminists for the first time – often at a university society meeting as a wide-eyed undergraduate – and you just want to tell everyone about this life-changing socio-political philosophy? Yeah? Well then What the... Feminist?! should have... Continue Reading →
Show: Frieda Loves Ya! Venue: Underbelly Star Rating: *** Reviewer: Suky Goodfellow Frieda Love presents a light-hearted cabaret-style romp, with touches of burlesque and whimsical musical numbers. You feel in safe hands watching Frieda, as she is a great performer who knows how to handle an audience. Her expressions often got the audience chuckling in... Continue Reading →
