The Bolshy, the Glam and the Outrageous More and more every year, the medium of cabaret is making its bolshy, glam, outrageous presence known at the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s often hard to tell the rough from the smooth, the tart from the tasteful, and audiences are faced with a countless bevy of burlesquers, saucy ironic […]

‘It has taken 48 years for the Edinburgh International to bring us here,’ says Ariane Mnouchkine (founder-director of Theatre du Soleil, legend in her own lifetime) before the show, on this their last performance of a sold-out five-day run. And we can see why: it’s a tall order, bringing this lot over the water. A […]

‘It has taken 48 years for the Edinburgh International to bring us here,’ says Ariane Mnouchkine (founder-director of Theatre du Soleil, legend in her own lifetime) before the show, on this their last performance of a sold-out five-day run. And we can see why: it’s a tall order, bringing this lot over the water. A […]

There is much to appreciate in this quirky show that tells tales from the history of an American town beneath which an underground fire has been burning for decades. The three performers present themselves as the town’s last inhabitants, excited to be here in Edinburgh to share their stories. The cast’s Lecoq School training is […]

This show might easily have been a final assessment piece on an MA in Contemporary European Theatre. You can tick off the influences of Beckett, Pirandello, Artaud and Brook in a fairly predictable avant-gardist collage of existential quips, grotesque physicality and random dangling objects (unused). There is evidence of strong performing ability, particularly the female […]