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Edinburgh’s couple acts: the fringe duos starring together – and even getting married on stage

silverguide.site – Love is in the air on the fringe as romantic partners put their private lives in the spotlight through daft sketches, acrobatics, folk songs – and a real wedding…
Edinburgh’s couple acts: the fringe duos starring together – and even getting married on stage
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Thanks for Being Here review – Ontroerend Goed’s joyful show puts the audience in the spotlight

silverguide.site – Everything depends on the audience, so no performance is ever the same in a celebration of shared experience that’s perfect for the fringe…
Thanks for Being Here review – Ontroerend Goed’s joyful show puts the audience in the spotlight
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Swiping Right review – punchy questions about dating across the political divide

silverguide.site – Sophie Anna Veelenturf takes a nuanced personal look at how apps can prevent us falling for those whose politics we deplore…
Swiping Right review – punchy questions about dating across the political divide
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Hedda review – Lily Allen leads a helter-skelter take on Ibsen’s tragedy

silverguide.site – Allen is convincing as the bored newlywed but Matthew Dunster’s version gets lost between our time and Ibsen’s…
Hedda review – Lily Allen leads a helter-skelter take on Ibsen’s tragedy
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Blaze FM review – high-energy history of pirate radio station

silverguide.site – The cast are formidable in this defiant if sometimes clunky show about the ups and downs of running a community treasure…
Blaze FM review – high-energy history of pirate radio station
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Pigs Fly Easy Ryan review – a frisky, filthy cabaret of chaos

silverguide.site – This mix of acrobatics, feverish monologues, high-altitude accidents and apocalyptic physical comedy doesn’t need to have a rationale – does it?…
Pigs Fly Easy Ryan review – a frisky, filthy cabaret of chaos
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Frank Grimes obituary

silverguide.site – Actor who had a long career on the London stage, mentored by Lindsay Anderson, and appeared in films and popular TV series…
Frank Grimes obituary
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Knight, Knight review – spangly chivalry with psychosexual horseplay

silverguide.site – Madeleine Rowe’s physical comedy, deft vocal work and twinkle-eyed charisma takes the relationship between man and steed to extremes…
Knight, Knight review – spangly chivalry with psychosexual horseplay
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David Elms Describes a Room review – a captivating exercise in collective imagining

silverguide.site – The sometime Mr Swallow sidekick’s hour of interiors improv is a skilful, unshowy treat…
David Elms Describes a Room review – a captivating exercise in collective imagining
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Skye: A Thriller review – gothic family drama simmers with otherworldly tension

silverguide.site – A woman pieces together her memories of a family tragedy in Ellie Keel’s atmospheric two-hander set on Skye…
Skye: A Thriller review – gothic family drama simmers with otherworldly tension
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‘I have to believe I deserve to be here’: ‘Tesco TikToker’ Hannah Lowther on her path to West End stardom

silverguide.site – The up-and-coming musical theatre star’s online audience of 1.2 million has been crucial in scoring her major roles. Her career is part of a shift in the industry towards performers with social media clout – but not everyone is happy…
‘I have to believe I deserve to be here’: ‘Tesco TikToker’ Hannah Lowther on her path to West End stardom
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Julio Torres: Color Theories review – prismatic brilliance from comedy’s most vibrant absurdist

silverguide.site – The nonconformist TV writer, film-maker, children’s author and standup is hired to find a new colour in this charismatically surreal hour…
Julio Torres: Color Theories review – prismatic brilliance from comedy’s most vibrant absurdist
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona review – less smut, more mutt in RSC’s delightful dog day afternoon

silverguide.site – Lossi the lurcher is the only cast member not playing an instrument in this summer production aimed at younger audiences…
The Two Gentlemen of Verona review – less smut, more mutt in RSC’s delightful dog day afternoon
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Ways of Knowing review – foggy forecast from weather pioneers, mystics and scientists

silverguide.site – The performers of Emergency Chorus play comic scenes, do a long syncopated dance and throw shapes in an odd two-hander…
Ways of Knowing review – foggy forecast from weather pioneers, mystics and scientists
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John Tothill: This Must Be Heaven review – joyful look at earthly pleasures brings us closer to standup paradise

silverguide.site – Maintaining a remarkable mood of spontaneity and joy, Tothill sweeps his audience through unexpected history and cruise-ship hell…
John Tothill: This Must Be Heaven review – joyful look at earthly pleasures brings us closer to standup paradise
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‘She was a badass!’ – Mary, Queen of Scots becomes a feisty rock star and daring dancer

silverguide.site – Several portrayals of the royal’s tumultuous life take place in Edinburgh this month, each examining her relationship with Elizabeth I and challenging the narrative of two women at war…
‘She was a badass!’ – Mary, Queen of Scots becomes a feisty rock star and daring dancer
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Monstering the Rocketman review – Elton aims for the Sun in skewering of 80s tabloids

silverguide.site – Headlines punctuate Henry Naylor’s play about the newspaper’s campaign against Elton John and the multiple lawsuits launched by the singer…
Monstering the Rocketman review – Elton aims for the Sun in skewering of 80s tabloids
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Michelle Wolf review – pregnant comic delivers a smart, provocative set

silverguide.site – With a mischievous perma-smile, the comic who shot to fame for roasting Donald Trump mixes the personal and political…
Michelle Wolf review – pregnant comic delivers a smart, provocative set
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Lucky Tonight! review – Romeo and Juliet story told in the form of a pub quiz

silverguide.site – Afreena Islam-Wright invites the audience into her life by interspersing her version of The Chase with tales from her British-Bangladeshi upbringing…
Lucky Tonight! review – Romeo and Juliet story told in the form of a pub quiz
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The Lost Boys get loose: Jack Holden on rebooting Peter Pan and The Line of Beauty

silverguide.site – The actor and writer has turned JM Barrie’s story into the hedonistic nightclub musical Nvrlnd – but his talents are also showcased in a one-man thriller and a queer classic…
The Lost Boys get loose: Jack Holden on rebooting Peter Pan and The Line of Beauty
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