Freaks and Fools
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Freaks and Fools

★★★★ True to its name, Freaks and Fools is a festival of fun and self-deprecation. Host Nicky Vere-Compton wastes no time in introducing themselves as a ‘short, fat, autistic queer’…
Pillock
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Pillock

★★★★★ It was in 1902 that Sir George Frederic Still first described what now would be diagnosed as ADHD. It’s a neurotype much discussed, rarely understood and even rarer still,…
Lynn Faces
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Lynn Faces

★★★★ Laura Horton’s follow up to Breathless, is at first glance a bizarre punk tribute to Alan Partridge's long suffering P.A Lynn Benfield. Of course, with Horton’s work, you’d be…
Stephanie Laing: Rudder
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Stephanie Laing: Rudder

★★★★★ When Stephanie Laing dances, her face transforms and, through her, we the audience are transformed as well. I can't dance. I feel uncomfortable in my body and overly self…
Hannah Platt: Defence Mechanism
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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!         …
Queer Tales for Autistic Folk WIP
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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…