Review: How to Win Against History, The Young Vic
The soft-spoken, sequinned, “frilly, frouffy” star of our show, Henry Cyril Paget, is a man done a disservice by history in that he was written out of it. The f...
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Review: How To Win Against Humanity, Assembly George Square
How to Win Against History is one of those plays at the Fringe that has the double-edged curse of “hype”. Last year, it played in the tiny Box at Assembly Georg...
Review: How to Win Against History, Ovalhouse Theatre
It was a packed auditorium, and a very warm evening: the perfect excuse for spectators to grumble about shared body heat and the scent of one or two undeodouris...
Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Islands, Summerhall
Imagine the lush trees and glistening waterways of the Garden of Eden replaced by a pathetic plot where the hearty Eve (Hannah Ringham), eagerly hobbling in one...
PULSE Festival Review: Mess
Can eating disorders ever be funny? Surely we’ve all been in situations so awful that the only response we can make is to laugh. This is the method Caroline...
Review: Mess
Josephine, Boris and Sistahl are putting on a play with some songs in it. As they pile onto the stage, tripping over each other like children doing a show for...