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subsist
By sweetvenuescom at August 12, 2011 | 2:26 pm | 0 Comment
Edinburgh Spotlight Review What is life? What is being human? What is surviving? Where does connection come in? What are the rules? Is it hope that is needed to keep on going? Is it acceptance? What is being real? Can anyone become a completely new person? What continues on? Can mistakes be left behind or will they forever repeat or ricochet no matter what is
The Carroll Myth
By sweetvenuescom at August 12, 2011 | 2:57 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review A logician one moment and lacking any logic the next, Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, is forced to sit back and watch his imagination literally run wild, desperately endeavouring to revive the adventures of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Faced with critique for his “nonsensical” writing, and deprived of his 11 year old muse, it proves
Lost Orders
By sweetvenuescom at August 12, 2011 | 3:42 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review “Hopes, dreams, guilt and torture” – this quotation pretty much summarises the themes of these two monologues which focus on very different central characters that are experiencing remarkably similar emotions whilst drowning their sorrows with drink.
Mary Blandy’s Gallows Tree
By sweetvenuescom at August 12, 2011 | 4:00 pm | 0 Comment
What's On Stage Mary Blandy’s Gallows Tree is a gripping and dark early morning tale of a woman who was convicted of poisoning her father with arsenic. This one-woman show features real-life murderess Mary Blandy (played by Lita Doolan) recounting in her final hours the events that led her to the gallows. If you are not familiar with the tale, Mary Blandy
Wrens
By sweetvenuescom at August 12, 2011 | 4:42 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review Women of the Royal Navy have come to enjoy the freedom of independence with serving in the war has offered them. What will they do when the war is over, when they have to return to their controlled and conventional lives? Seven women share a cabin on a Navy base on Scapa; seven characters share their lives. The actors delicately and carefully
Sweet Venues
By sweetvenuescom at August 13, 2011 | 1:48 pm | 0 Comment
Sweet Venues are Expanding the View Whats On Stage This year, Sweet have changed their vision. They are housed in one rather than many buildings, with a programme spanning two spaces in Apex Hotel on Grassmarket. And they have changed their branding, their slogan – they’re now “expanding the view” – and want to encompass more than just Fringe events in
I Didn’t Mean to be a Virgin in the 80s
By sweetvenuescom at August 15, 2011 | 3:04 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review Laura hayden spent her teenage years in California surrounded by bright colours and synth-pop, much like the setting for this year's show. In the 80s, laura had her heart broken, and here she tells the story in all its painful glory. Those were the days when relationships were innocent, cars were passed down through an entire family, and your
Mind-reading for Breakfast
By sweetvenuescom at August 15, 2011 | 4:14 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review A bout of 'psychic' interaction over a coffee and croissants is a pleasant way to spend a languid morning mid-Fringe. Bailey's polished performance... is engaging and humourous, with the man himself being very likeable. His scepticism for claimed telepathic ability within the arts makes his mimicry and gentle teasing funny... Rating 3/5
The Trains
By sweetvenuescom at August 16, 2011 | 3:50 pm | 0 Comment
The List Preview Music and video with score by Steve Reich, Weill, Mahler, Puccini and Górecki Songs from the Holocaust might seem too dark a subject to tackle. But Greek-born singer Marika Klambatsea is convinced that even music from this bleakest of periods can be life-affirming. ‘Music can help people overcome tragedy. From these songs, you can see that people
Comedium
By sweetvenuescom at August 16, 2011 | 4:44 pm | 0 Comment
What's On Stage Review If you didn’t know that, according to all the laws of physics, telepathy is impossible, you would leave Peter Antoniou’s mind-reading show convinced you had just witnessed the supernatural. As it is, you may have to remind yourself that he simply cannot ‘hear’ a song someone else is thinking – because he sure as heck gets it right every
The Realm of Love or Folding Laundry
By sweetvenuescom at August 18, 2011 | 1:47 pm | 0 Comment
Theatre Guide London Review Karyn Traut's intriguing piece of theatre is probably better characterized as a staged dialectic rather than a play. The two actors, a "He" and a "She," fold laundry and discuss different approaches to living in poetic prose that floats beyond the ear quite unlike any realist dialogue that a modern theatre-goer would be accustomed to. The
Alive and Breathing… Almost
By sweetvenuescom at August 18, 2011 | 2:04 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review It's not every 78 year old woman that could stand up for an hour, never mind do stand up. However, seeing the self- professed “78 year old cougar” Lynn Ruth Miller performing her show is an experience I'm recommending to all Fringe-goers looking for something a little different.
CineFringe
By sweetvenuescom at August 19, 2011 | 1:07 pm | 0 Comment
Edinburgh Evening News Who needs the EIFF when there's CineFringe? THIS year's Edinburgh Fringe is packed with film-related shows and events, meaning you can have a fix of the movies and support new talent all at the same time. It reminded me of earlier this year, when it was suggested by the organisers of the ill-fated Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF)
Patsy Blades’ Mid-Life Crisis
By sweetvenuescom at August 22, 2011 | 3:57 pm | 0 Comment
The Public Reviews City 1 at Sweet Grassmarket is not the largest of venues, and its intimacy makes for the perfect venue for this engaging, funny, warm-hearted show. Patsy Blades, a ‘woman of a certain age’, is our hostess for the hour; a storyteller, comedienne, and guide to the peri-menopause. Referring to herself in the third person, with two pairs of glasses
PianoDivalicious!
By sweetvenuescom at August 24, 2011 | 10:27 am | 0 Comment
Edinburgh Spotlight Review ...The performance commenced with much flourishing of feathers – of the boa and fan variety, and distribution of little bits of feathered props to the audience who were encouraged to join in by waving them about enthusiastically. Ms Abler declares that she’s a gal who just loves to play piano, and has a history of having been a classical
M House
By sweetvenuescom at August 27, 2011 | 9:39 am | 0 Comment
EdFringe Review It was clear from the play’s very serious description that “Coliseum Arts Centre” were not about to perform a comedy. And indeed, despite moments of very black humour, the audience were not shielded in the slightest from the disturbing, upsetting and thought-provoking themes of sexual abuse and domestic violence, which pervaded their performance
Faust/us
By sweetvenuescom at August 27, 2011 | 11:16 am | 0 Comment
The Skinny Review Faustus has received countless adaptations but attempting re-tell this classic tale in a one–man show is particularly ambitious in Faust/us. This is obviously, a simplified version of the play and large number of interesting elements of the classic text are necessarily omitted in order to facilitate the style of the performance.
Spelling the Myth
By sweetvenuescom at August 27, 2011 | 11:24 am | 0 Comment
The Skinny Review The Agent Ria explores the notion of mythology through four startlingly different short films. The notion of mythology is treated as a broad concept and one worthy of contemplation.
