Badac have taken over a basement corridor in Summerhall which is painted entirely in white for their dramatisation of the story of campaigning Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. We are transported underground in a rickety lift and ushered to stand against the wall by Marnie Baxter, who plays our eponymous heroine. What ensues is sixty-five minutes […]

Jamie Wood is in the lotus position wrapped in green towels, with a cuddly toy tiger on his head. He throws tennis balls into the audience as he belts out calming Buddhist-like chants, calming his nerves. ‘All will be fine’ he tells us as he asks us to breathe with him and eventually sing with […]

A game of blind-man’s-buff, the sound of a distorted music box, rubber glove feet, and a great big cry of cock-a-doodle doo. Welcome into the world three batty birds, emerging blinking into the light, ready for the call of nature – no, not that call, the call to freeze, fight or flight. It’s a perfect […]

The clue is in the name: Wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities) is a vaudevillian affair, a sophisticated cabaret/variety show that presents a series of acts, with no aspirations towards a narrative. Circus not circus-theatre – which is more than good enough for me. All the components of a good variety show are here: lots of breathtakingly […]

Guess who’s coming to dinner? Your deepest fear, your id, your shadow self, the little devil inside you. Call it what you will, it’s here to stay – so at home that it’s in its pyjamas (although sporting a balaclava to remind you that that it may take you hostage at any moment). Cue couple […]