by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 19, 2018 | Comedy, Fringe
Lou Sanders is breathless, verging on hysteria, but free from shame. With help from her Shame Brain, she talks through her worst moments to explain why there’s no point in dwelling on embarrassing times gone by. While the show is a whirlwind ride through Sanders’...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 19, 2018 | Comedy, Fringe
‘We have to make the most of the things we see and catch them in our thought nets.’ Rob Auton‘s show is centred on talking – about the importance of talking, its sheer mundanity, and the beauty that can come from words. Auton has mastered the...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 17, 2018 | Comedy, Fringe
Laura Lexx’s Trying is a show packed with nostalgia – memories of growing up in the 80s, and holidays in the 90s: making friends in French campsites, Pez dispensers, snap-on bracelets. There’s real admiration and love for her family, particularly her sisters...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 17, 2018 | Comedy, Fringe
Duke Pop – aka Sophie Duker and Lulu Popplewell – are taking turns in the spotlight. Tonight, Duker goes first, immediately charismatic as she chats about making resolutions to stay mentally sane and physically well. She discusses not being a white man,...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 16, 2018 | Fringe, Theatre
Funeral Flowers blooms and flourishes through the rooms of a flat. From cluttered kitchen to sparse bedroom, the scent of lilies and sunflowers cling to Angelique’s words. They’re easy to embrace: jagged, tuneful, they scrawl crude pictures of the people and places...
by Kirstyn Smith | Aug 16, 2018 | Books, Fringe
Edinburgh Book Fringe is a collaboration between two of Edinburgh’s leading lights in indie bookshops, Lighthouse and Golden Hare Books. Here are our top picks from their wonderful and diverse programme. Capital, Sacrifice and Two Centuries of Marx Terry Eagleton...
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