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Suzette
★★★★ Megan Margaret Moore inhabits Suzette, the epitome of the Hollywood starlet. Beginning with her ‘interview’ with Wade Madsen’s unseen director booming commands, we are transported into a dreamlike world.…
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Hannah Platt: Defence Mechanism
★★★★★ There’s always a slight tension when I walk into a stand-up show. I always thought I didn’t like stand-up; I realise I don’t really like middle-class male stand-up! …
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Ayo Adenekan and Alvin Bang: Abandon God
★★★★ The Beehive Inn on The Grassmarket has a distinct vibe, from the sounds of an ‘enthusiastic’ busker wafting through the windows, to the ornate fireplaces and stale-beer infused carpets.…
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Queer Tales for Autistic Folk WIP
★★★★ Cerys Bradley’s work-in-progress show is a ‘pick your path’ interactive performance, where an audience member becomes the central character of a highly-detailed fantasy story. Bradley could’ve easily presented this…
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Darren McGarvey: Trauma Industrial Complex – Trauma and Oversharing in the Age of Lived Experience
★★★★ On the same day the Edinburgh Fringe had to endure Liz Truss being interviewed with the insight and rigour of a toddler pushing blocks into a shape sorter, across…
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Jake Donaldson: Spectacle
★★★ Donaldson gives us the visually impaired Geordie experience, complete with sarky pre-recorded audio description from an ‘actor who should’ve been paid more’. Yet for its integrated accessibility, it’s knowingly…
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Ashley Gutermuth is Hard to Pronounce
★★★★★ Even though Edinburgh includes the West-End, the idea of venturing toward the New Town, puts off many a punter. Cut to, me running down back alleys trying to find…
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Catherine McCafferty: (Not) That Bad
★★★ As soon as you walk into ‘Just the Bottle Room’, you’re greeted with a washing line with pegged on signs. Intriguing hand-written titles such as ‘Queer as Tuna’ and…
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1 Cent Comedy presents: Moni Zhang: Asian Daddy, Dead
★★★ ‘That’s the ADHD’, Moni intones as she trips over her tripod with camera-phone in the first seconds of this show. I immediately relax, as I’m a huge advocate for…
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Am I Beautiful?
★★★ Being a ‘sightie’, as Richard calls those of us who aren’t visually impaired, I had never considered how one would do crowd work when you can’t see your audience.…