Circus-theatre show Raven by Berlin-based Still Hungry was an enormous hit of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 and the London International Mime Festival 2020. Now the company are back with Show Pony, again created in collaboration with Bryony Kimmings. Ellie Higgins was there for Total Theatre Magazine A darkened, bare stage and three performers warming […]

Ellie Higgins sees three very different interactive shows at Summerhall for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024: You’re Needy (Sounds Frustrating) from Irish company tasteinyourmouth; Werewolf by Binge Culture from New Zealand; and Arcade, the latest shipping container show from UK company Darkfield I sit in the sun outside Tills bookshop, expectantly waiting for someone with […]

Fay Jurriaanse explores three different shows seen during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024, all centred around female voices telling mythical stories : Gruoch: Lady Macbeth at Hill Street Theatre; Do Not Look Away: The Story of Medusa at the Scottish Storytelling Centre; and Fit Ye Sayin’ Quine at Greenside When I think of Edinburgh, I […]

The acclaimed contemporary performance duo Bert and Nasi return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new show, L’Addition, directed by Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainment. John Dean was there for Total Theatre Magazine L’Addition is a masterclass in how to create rich, provocative meaning from a simple, playful premise. It begins with the two […]

She’s off her trolley. Nuttier than a fruitcake. A couple of kangaroos loose in the top paddock. She’s ‘crazy’.  For years women have been locked up, medicated, pathologized and silenced with the label ‘crazy’. Challenging these preconceptions, acclaimed Australian performer Leah Shelton makes her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with her solo show BATSHIT, directed by […]