Bumper Blyton feels like an unnecessary addition to the already overcrowded improv field and might be better reworked as a devised production which makes a consorted effort to discover what are the key tropes, settings and archetypes across Blyton’s entire canon. read more
Category: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up! – EdFringe Review
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets return to this year’s Fringe with their latest offering; a show sure to warm your cockles and your feet. read more
There She Is – EdFringe Review
A whale washes up on the London Underground. That’s the premise for Brazilian Gabriela Flarys’ one-woman show There She Is. As absurd as such an event may seem, for me it acts as a metaphor for a number of concerning affairs taking place within Britain at present. read more
Fishbowl – EdFringe Review
This wordless play follows the interconnected lives of three flatmates in their rooftop bedsits, with walls so thin and rooms so small that overlap is inevitable. The three characters are suitably different enough to make these moments both hilarious and touching. read more
Got a Text: A Musical Parody – EdFringe Review
Boy does the patter flow in this brilliant Love Island parody, which serves as both satire and tribute to the omnipresent ITV programme which has gripped (and irked) the nation in recent years, delivering an unexpected renaissance for reality television in the process. read more
A War of Two Halves – Interview with Paul Beeson
Paul Beeson, co-writer and cast member of This is Our Story's site-specific production: A War of Two Halves, speaks to Luke Prowse Baldwin about working on this unique and heart-warming true story and performing it to an audience of Hearts fans. read more