Edinburgh Review: The Fair Intellectual Club, Assembly Rooms
In The Fair Intellectual Club, comedian Lucy Porter centers her first play upon a true story of Scottish Bluestockings, looking to a secret society of women fou...
Tom Kwei
Edinburgh Review: Baba Brinkman – The Rap Guide to Religion, Gilded Balloon
Rap is today’s epic poetry according to Baba Brinkman, a modern form of scripture that, through its lyrical storytelling quality, is the perfect vehicle for spr...
Edinburgh Review: Rubberbandits: Continental Fistfight, Gilded Balloon
Self-proclaimed "devil's answer to dandruff" Rubberbandits are truly unlike any other act at the Fringe – or anywhere else for that matter. The Irish-based come...
Edinburgh Review: Siddhartha The Musical, The Assembly Rooms
It seems an obvious point to make, but musicals need good songs. They need melodies and compositions that elevate and elucidate the narrative, captivating their...
Edinburgh Review: Thief, Hill Street Solo Theatre
Mining tragedy for dramatic worth can be a precarious excavation. On the one hand, despair can reach transcendence on stage, connecting the audience with a poig...
Edinburgh Review: The Quant, Hill Street Solo Theatre
In banking, risk is everything. Indeed, nothing is made or grown in these gargantuan organisations but risk, something The Quant is at constant pains to convey ...
Tom Kwei
Tom is a performance poet/critic from Birmingham. Coming to the art of performance poetry from an interest in hip-hop, his pieces are dense and lyrical, revelling in witty rhythms and wordplay. Tom performs regularly around the country, competing in the 2013 Roundhouse Poetry Slam as well as supporting Jon Gomm at a sold out show in Liverpool. In 2014 he wrote and directed a spoken word web series pilot entitled, What They Said, the first of its kind within the literary scene. He also maintains a small art blog in which he records his first thoughts of paintings he’s just seen.