Edinburgh Review: Sh*t-Faced Shakespeare, Underbelly Bristo Square
"So it’s Shakespeare, right, but one of the actors is completely shit-faced and, like, can literally do anything!" They said to the E4 commissioner. "No, I’m af...
Tim Bano
Edinburgh Review: Milk Presents: Self Service, Northern Stage at King’s Hall
A "homemade, DIY, flat-pack, punk cabaret on the theme of queer"? By Total Theatre Award-nominated company Milk Presents? Close to midnight in an old church? Su...
Edinburgh Review: A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts, Northern Stage at King’s Hall
Forgive me St Genesius, patron saint of theatre, for I have sinned. I have never seen a Secret Theatre show. At least, not until now. The cult theatrical eli...
Edinburgh Review: Blind Hamlet, Assembly Roxy
Nassim Soleimanpour, or at least the voice coming from the dictaphone claiming to be him, is going blind. He seems calm about it. His play is an attempt to make...
Edinburgh Review: La Niña Barro, Laughing Horse at the Newsroom
It is easy to speak of life and the wonders of human nature with trite, meaningless and fluffy words. It is harder but far more effective to show these things, ...
Edinburgh Review: True Brits, Assembly Hall
CONTAINS SPOILERS In summer 2012, the nation renegotiated its relationship with cynicism. Galvanised by Mitt Romney’s ill-judged insult at the country’s read...
Tim Bano
After studying Classics at university, which gave Tim a brilliant insight into the origins of drama as we know it, he has been spending his time writing about arts and culture. He particularly loves writing about theatre, and seeing the wide range of productions and talent that the country has to offer.