Writings

Tom Wainwright: The Room in the Elephant ¦ Photo: Leslie Black

The Room in the Elephant

September 10th, 2012 by

A story can be as individual as a person’s home and The Room in the Elephantis an individual’s story about his home and the stories it’s inspired. The first co-production between Òran Mór’s A Play, a Pie and a Pint and Tobacco Factory Theatre, Tom Wainwright’s new play is inspired by graffiti artist Banksy painting THIS […]

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Gary Kitching and The Empty Space: Me and Mr C

Gary Kitching and The Empty Space: Me and Mr C

September 6th, 2012 by

Gary Kitching is a direct, warm and welcoming chap. He establishes an easy audience rapport as he sets up the guiding premise of his show, Me and Mr C. We are to lower any expectations we might have for it, he tells us; he’s made it in order to have a one-man show as an actor […]

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Stumble danceCircus: Box of Frogs

Stumble danceCircus: Box of Frogs

September 3rd, 2012 by

  Presented as part of the Unlimited season at the Southbank Centre, Stumble danceCircus’ 70 minute piece is unusual in that the issue it explores – bipolar disorder – is one of the most ‘invisible’ disabilities in society today. How do you tackle manic depression on a stage? With a non-stop sensory assault of hyperactive […]

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David Roche: Catholic Erotica

David Roche: Catholic Erotica

September 1st, 2012 by

Before coming to see David Roche perform, I’d spent a lazy Saturday afternoon watching the Paralympics on television. Nothing too remarkable in that of course, just as in the minutes before the show began there was nothing too unusual in noticing a sign language translator and audio describer (Catholic Erotica is a part of the disability […]

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Piff The Magic Dragon, Jurassic Bark

Edinburgh Cabaret Round-up

August 29th, 2012 by

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 […]

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