Circus Hub at Edinburgh Fringe 2015 is offering an eclectic selection of contemporary circus shows of all sorts, from bright and breezy crowd-pleasing family shows to grown-up late night spectacles, via a healthy amount of experimental and boundary-challenging work from across the globe. The two tents, The Lafayette and The Beauty, sit in the Meadows […]
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My Darling Patricia: The Piper
August 15th, 2015 by Adam BennettThis performance by interdisciplinary Australian company, My Darling Patricia, relies upon the help of a hand-chosen group of audience members to wear headphones and follow instructions and to play parts of the stage action. This is a great concept which allows the children in this version of the classic Pied Piper story to actually be […]
Trick of the Light: The Bookbinder
August 15th, 2015 by Adam BennettA man lies asleep on a table surrounded by books, lit by an anglepoise lamp and some other old fashioned domestic lamps. A vintage record player is scratching out a tune. When the record runs out, the man startles awake complaining about the player being ‘newfangled technology’, and the show begins. What ensues is a […]
Superbolt: Jurassic Park
August 15th, 2015 by Tara BolandI hear an audience member whisper ‘I can’t wait to see this’. Waves of nostalgia for the 90s waft around the buzzing auditorium. Not unlike Bootworks’ take on Terminator 2, it’s a real fondness for this film and a yearning to explore its connotations to growing up in that era that underpin international ensemble Superbolt’s […]
Nina Conti: In Your Face
August 15th, 2015 by Tara BolandNina enters without her familiar alter ego the vent puppet, Monkey. His voice is present though, and assures us that she is shit without him. This is not true but all the same we begin with the kind of belly laughs that begin to hurt by the end of the hour of mesmerising skill, wit, […]