Edinburgh Review: Wuthering Heights, Summerhall
Sometimes we read to escape ourselves. But, more often, we read ourselves into the novel and the novel into ourselves. We place its narrative alongside our own,...
James Fennemore
Edinburgh Review: The Penelopiad, C
The Penelopiad is the tails-side of a coin with Odysseus’s face on it. It’s the domestic story behind the Homeric epic, following the life of Penelope, left on ...
Edinburgh Review: Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story, C
It’s been done several times on stage and on film before, but the story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb has been given the musical treatment here, with book,...
Edinburgh Review: Verbatopolis, C
Verbatopolis is the germ of something excellent. For a school Fringe production, this is an inventive and engaging piece. The vast cast of 17 lead the audien...
Edinburgh Review: The Improv Musical, C
Calling this show ‘The’ Improv Musical is stretching it a bit. In a Fringe where there are other improvised musicals, this production from Music Theatre Warwick...
Edinburgh Review: Lavender Junction, C nova
Haven’t we heard this story enough times now? Lisa White’s one-woman show, in which she performs material from an interview with an elderly relative, tells of a...
James Fennemore
James recently graduated with a degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford University. He writes reviews and features independently and for A Younger Theatre, Broadway Baby, and Cherwell, Oxford’s student newspaper. He also directs and produces theatre, including production credits at Oxford Playhouse, Arcola Theatre, and C Venues Edinburgh.