The tiny space of the Underbelly’s Wee Coo seems appropriate for a musical duo who tour by accepting invitations to play in the living rooms, sheds and social spaces of people recommended by previous audience members. Thus begins a night of songs sung in close harmony, including some wonderfully funny song lyrics; a huge variety […]

Ex Machina’s 887 at the Edinburgh International Festival sparks fond memories and new resolutions for Michael Begg My good friend Dimitri sent me a line from Moscow two nights ago. It was in response to a letter I had sent to him indicating that I had some difficult decisions to make. Decisions involving employment, and […]

This one-woman show written and performed by Lowri Jenkins is very simply staged using translucent vertical blue drapes and quite a lot of lemons. Chronicling a young woman’s transition from rural to big city life – through a series of phone calls to her mum, visits to the shop, and attempts to find work (and […]

Writer and performer Sonya Kelly had a Dublin Fringe hit with The Wheelchair on my Face a few years ago, an autobiographical storytelling piece about her eyesight. A mix of stand-up and memoir, the show confirmed Kelly as a writer of wit, well able to connect to audiences’ hearts. How to Keep an Alien is […]

This show is rough but glorious puppetry and superb musicianship in a version of the classic Faust that is wonderfully easy to follow. Three men greet us and display proudly the playboard for the puppetry that is also a magnificently roughly hand-made musical instrument. The men are all excellent musicians and singers, which they make […]