The gentle strains of light piano music welcome the audience into the space, after a formal welcome from our hosts. As we settle we notice the musician – an elderly man in a flat cap who is singing wordlessly along to the music he is playing on the keyboard. Our hosts encourage us to sit […]
Tag Archives: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over
August 12th, 2015 by Matt RudkinI was somewhat weary and wondered as I waited whether taking a punt on this late night American puppet cabaret was a decision I would quickly regret. One hour later I was invigorated and giddy with delight, having stumbled across a performance so far up my alley it actually made me wince. Fairy Tale Theatre: […]
Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
August 12th, 2015 by Matt RudkinFollowing the award-winning Kraken, this show delivers another helping of the same delicious dish. This is not a reference to Wakenshaw’s boyish good looks, but his singular expertise in the art of divergent thinking. Over a number of routines he elaborates simple visual starting points into highly imaginative stories using his virtuoso skills as a […]
Die Roten Punkte: Haus Party
August 12th, 2015 by Matt RudkinThis cabaret showcase is overseen by the über-amusing ‘German’ rock duo, Otto and Astrid (actually, two Australian musician-clowns) who expertly teeter on the lips of the shambolic during improvised interactions with their special guests. There are great participatory games with the audience, such as ’22 second disco’, and of course they play a selection of their […]
Random Acts Theatre Company with Edinburgh Playback: This Time Tomorrow
August 11th, 2015 by Sarah DaviesReturning for its second year at the Fringe (with a new set of stories) This Time Tomorrow offers an intriguing premise – the most intimate of site specific theatre that frames the audience as willing voyeur. We are led from the venue to a car park, to watch (participate in, almost) three separate pieces taking […]