Hello Edinburgh! Everyone alright? Having a good time? So hey – here we are seeing a few shows, and what do you know? People just won’t shut up about rape. It’s out there. We all know it’s out there in the big bad world. But I mean it’s really out there at the Edinburgh Festival […]
Features
Let’s Talk About Rape! Taboo or not taboo at Ed Fringe
August 26th, 2013 by Dorothy Max PriorEight Days a Week
August 13th, 2013 by Dorothy Max PriorDorothy Max Prior at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013 Eight days in, there’s exhaustion for sure – but also a gratitude for the opportunity to see so much theatre work in such an intensive time period. You get a broad sweep of the state of the art in the UK, and you get a chance to […]
Voices: Nir Paldi of Theatre Ad Infinitum
August 1st, 2013 by Dorothy Max PriorNir Paldi of Theatre Ad Infinitum, in his own words Ballad of the Burning Star (premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013) deals with my generation of Israelis who were born into the reality of the occupation. This project is something that has been brewing in my mind for years. When I finished my military service […]
The Fringe is Nigh
July 30th, 2013 by Dorothy Max PriorThe arrival of the Edinburgh Fringe brochure at the Total Theatre editorial office always arouses mixed feelings – a frisson of excitement, of course, at the thought of a month-long bonanza of theatre, but also a sense of dread at the prospect of wading through something the size of a telephone directory, trying to work […]
Circus – a Tale of Two Cities
July 4th, 2013 by Dorothy Max PriorThis May saw two major UK festivals – Brighton Festival and the Norfolk & Norwich Festival (NNF) – presenting a hefty amount of circus work from across the world. Unsurprisingly, Quebec and Australia were heavily represented… The Quebec crew first: it’s hard for outsiders (and even insiders) to understand how a circus company could come […]