Edinburgh Fringe Review: Am I Dead Yet?, Traverse Theatre
“Death is no longer a moment. It’s a process. A process that can be reversed.” So reads the description for Unlimited Theatre’s Am I Dead Yet, a two-hander by w...
Chris Thorpe
Edinburgh Review: Confirmation, Northern Stage at King’s Hall
Confirmation could just as well be called confrontation. Because that's what it is and how it feels. Devised by Chris Thorpe in collaboration with Rachel Cha...
Edinburgh feature: Ellie Stamp – “there’s nothing wrong with you – it’s because you’re human”
“You’re a very good leader and you’re very good at listening to others”. Ellie Stamp has just met me, but she tells me this ‘fact’ based purely on the numbers o...
Feature: Edinburgh preview – Barrel Organ’s Nothing
Barrel Organ, a new company of graduates from the University of Warwick, has announced itself fairly well thus far. With its debut production, Nothing by up-and...
Review: I Wish I Was Lonely, Battersea Arts Centre
I Wish I Was Lonely is a layered and playfully experimental look at whether technology is drawing us closer, or pushing us further from the world around us....
Feature: Sit up and listen – an overview of political theatre in 2013
This year, political theatre-goers were treated to high class drama up and down the country. Looking at topics including the Israel/Palestine conflict, homo...