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a man spins plates on sticks and another man runs by with plates spilling everywhere All the tricks in the book
Reviews

All the tricks in the book

19 January 2021

It’s high-energy family fun, even if it doesn’t quite come up to superlatives, Rosalind Appleby says of Best Show Ever.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival
Two men in tuxedos smile at a woman in white dress as they sit on stage steps Cheeky chemistry, great talent
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Cheeky chemistry, great talent

19 January 2021

Bourby Webster had goosebumps watching superb performers bringing the greats to life in Ella & Louis!.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
A ramble through Persian myth
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A ramble through Persian myth

18 January 2021

David Zampatti is overjoyed the Kohesia Ensemble is back with its award-winning and intoxicating Fringe show, Shahnameh.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
A group of women sit around a bowl, variously sucking, peeling and eating lemons. Sensual and zesty
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Sensual and zesty

18 January 2021

Citrus-scented dance work Lemon feels more like an installation than a conventional performance piece, writes Nina Levy.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Four performers appear to be doing aerobics. Three are dressed in nurse's uniforms, one is in a suit. Powerful potential not yet realised
Reviews

Powerful potential not yet realised

18 January 2021

It’s a commendable debut play, but Claire Trolio says Do I Look Like I Care? is too disjointed to get to grips with its solid ideas.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Lust, cask wine and Puccini-on-Swan
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Lust, cask wine and Puccini-on-Swan

17 January 2021

Brendan Hanson’s reworking of Puccini in The Cloak and Dagger could be a runaway Fringe hit, according to Rosalind Appleby.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
It’s whip-cracking fun
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It’s whip-cracking fun

17 January 2021

The skills and scary stunts on display in The Leaping Lillies have the young audience holding their breath, junior reviewer Bethany Stopher finds.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Head-banging synchrony
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Head-banging synchrony

17 January 2021

Nina Levy is blown away by the powerhouse rock and energy of contemporary dance show Cry Baby.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
How Alex got her luck back
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How Alex got her luck back

17 January 2021

There’s a lesson in all the clever acting and great fun of The Lucky Cat, as junior reviewer Asha Grandage discovers.

Reading time • 3 minutesFringe World Festival

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio