The name of The Mechanical Animal Corporation suggests the company are fundamentally interested in considering the human being from an evolutionary perspective, and in this particular ‘bio-theatre experiment’ they explore connections between art, genetics and human violence. As it is, the piece holds the potential to provoke much post-show reflection on the implications of the […]

Theatre Témoin and Cie. Traversière’s The Fantasist depicts the extremes of bipolar disorder as experienced by an institutionalised young woman rendered with conviction and physical virtuosity by the central performer. Well-structured as an engaging and coherent story, the piece still leaves plenty of space for interpretation, and contains enough elements of humour and inventive staging to keep […]

I’m in a dingy makeshift theatre space below ground, I’ve hardly slept, and I’m watching a man in a nappy full of glitter pretend to masturbate in front of an image of the Brooklyn Bridge whilst a stuffed monkey looks on. I am definitely at the Fringe. Tenderpits absolutely reeks of fringe theatre. It’s a live […]

People Show formed in 1966 and The Detective Show is their 121st production. This was my first encounter with People Show, and it won’t be my last – the show was absolutely hilarious. To begin with, Gareth Brierley takes us through the copy on our flyers to explain that this was written six months before the show […]

‘A Spaceman, a Cowboy and a Disco-Dancer are going on a journey. A journey undertaken in the spirit of discovery. There’s a gig that they’ve got to get to and they’re the performers. The gig’s 468 miles away and they’ve only their feet to get them there. This will be 30 Days to Edinburgh.’ And they […]