Edinburgh Fringe Review: Ballad of the Burning Star
(4/5 stars) The closing moments of Ballad of the Burning Star may be among the most moving and powerful that I have ever seen. The ending is a gut-punch, a ...
Lauren Mooney
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Superhero Snail Boy
(4/5 stars) Inari is a superhero in training and if only he could get some of his powers to work, he'd be absolutely sorted. Miserable and friendless at se...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Secret Agent
(2/5 Stars)
The opening sequence of The Secret Agent owes a little something to music hall, as Verloc, the secret agent of the title, addresses the audience...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tell Me the Truth About Love
(3/5 Stars) 2013 marks the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth. To commemorate his life and works, Aldeburgh Music has commissioned current musicians to c...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Book of Blakewell
(2/5 stars) Harry Blake and Alice Keedwell have combined both their surnames and their musical talents to create Book of Blakewell, a show comprising a se...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Threeway
(4/5 stars) There can't be many shows at this year's Fringe with a madder premise than Threeway. What opens as a naturalistic comedy of manners and sexual adve...
Lauren Mooney
Lauren graduated with an English degree from the University of Liverpool before moving to London. Aside from reviewing for AYT and her day job at Free Word, she also writes for Exeunt and TheatreGuide London, and helps make the London Horror Festival happen.