Edinburgh festival 2023: polar bears, sex robots and ghosts – in pictures
Photographer Murdo MacLeod captures an eye-catching array of comedy, dance and theatre shows as the arts spectacular continues Continue reading…
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Oscar at the Crown review – going Wilde in the nightclub
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghOscar Wilde hides in a bunker on a dystopian dance floor, but while there is much high-energy music there is little dramaWhat would Oscar Wilde be doing if he were alive today? The flamboyant, self-proclaimed he…
Continue ReadingLet’s start the show: Edinburgh festival 2023 kicks off – in pictures
Photographer Murdo MacLeod presents his view of the opening week’s Edinburgh festival and fringe shows – from a show for one to a giant dinner party• See all our Edinburgh festival 2023 coverage here Continue reading…
Continue ReadingCatherine Cohen: Come for Me review – a hilarious social-mediated psyche set loose
Komedia, BrightonOutrageous comedy, self-glamorising songs and self-ironic ridiculousness in abundance from a comic with a sharp sense of her own daftnessYou mellow with age, they say. So whither, now she’s 31, the comedy of Catherine Cohen? When Cohen…
Continue ReadingNaked truths slathered in hummus: Lucy McCormick’s intimate and alarming cabaret
The disruptive artist’s new show is a boisterous evening, with her brazen persona an exhilarating challenge for audiencesLucy McCormick’s half-naked body is covered in tomato puree. The floor is littered with confetti and broken glass. Everything is sl…
Continue ReadingTentacular Spectacular review – wade through Oozing Gloop’s psychosexual swamp
Fierce festival, BirminghamThis immersive cabaret invites you into a world of ‘goblin core’, drag ogres and live art happeningsBirmingham’s Fierce festival opened this week with a compelling call by director Aaron Wright for the UK to diversify its the…
Continue ReadingYummy: Iconic review – drag burlesque gets a bit too cheeky
Underbelly festival, LondonThe acrobatic feats of Jarred Dewey go some way to redeem a show that’s way too high on cliches and exposed buttocksEnough buttock already! It’s not a sentiment one is often moved to express, but there you go: well before Aus…
Continue ReadingAlyssa: Memoirs of a Queen review – ego fest with a helping of humility
Vaudeville theatre, LondonRuPaul’s Drag Race star Alyssa Edwards rampages into the West End and has an easy way with the crowd“My favourite subject is talking about me,” Alyssa Edwards tells us – so she must really be enjoying her West End show, in whi…
Continue ReadingAlyssa: Memoirs of a Queen review – ego fest with a helping of humility
Vaudeville theatre, LondonRuPaul’s Drag Race star Alyssa Edwards rampages into the West End and has an easy way with the crowd“My favourite subject is talking about me,” Alyssa Edwards tells us – so she must really be enjoying her West End show, in whi…
Continue ReadingThey move in mysterious ways: the delirious thrill of Figs in Wigs
The identically dressed quintet combines dance, comedy and DIY electro-punk in a world they have created for themselvesHow to describe the joy of watching people dancing in unison? Anthropologists talk about synchronous activities leading to a sense of…
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