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Philosophy of the World review – an anarchic ode to ‘the world’s worst band’

silverguide.site – Experimental theatre group In Bed With My Brother’s story of cult band the Shaggs is a furious and funny rallying cry against patriarchy and perfection …
Philosophy of the World review – an anarchic ode to ‘the world’s worst band’

Creepy Boys: Slugs review – howling existential rave through modern life’s mayhem

silverguide.site – In its aim to avoid big topics – politics, gender, climate – the Canadian pair’s superb show attempts an escape from contemporary chaos…
Creepy Boys: Slugs review – howling existential rave through modern life’s mayhem

Consumed review – mothers and daughters clash in Women’s prize for playwriting winner

silverguide.site – Buried trauma surfaces at a family reunion in Karis Kelly’s darkly funny Northern Irish drama that attempts to capture a broader history of violence…
Consumed review – mothers and daughters clash in Women’s prize for playwriting winner

Rosie O’Donnell: Common Knowledge review – sentimental sermon with a self-mocking edge

silverguide.site – The US star’s engaging set is largely an earnest love letter to her non-binary child and newly adopted home of Ireland…
Rosie O’Donnell: Common Knowledge review – sentimental sermon with a self-mocking edge

‘I’ve seen tough, rugby-playing men cowering’: how we made theatre horror The Woman in Black

silverguide.site – ‘It’s rare to really frighten a theatre audience. So it surprised us when people said, “I didn’t sleep for three nights after seeing your show”’…
‘I’ve seen tough, rugby-playing men cowering’: how we made theatre horror The Woman in Black

Jesus Christ Superstar review – Cynthia Erivo leads rousing LA revival

silverguide.site – There are spotty moments in the much-discussed Andrew Lloyd Webber revival but by the time the final song kicks in, you’ll be a believer…
Jesus Christ Superstar review – Cynthia Erivo leads rousing LA revival

Motorhome Marilyn review – Michelle Collins’ Monroe lookalike adrift on river of no return

silverguide.site – Making her fringe debut, the EastEnders star plays a tribute act to the Hollywood legend in this dreary drama…
Motorhome Marilyn review – Michelle Collins’ Monroe lookalike adrift on river of no return

The Horse of Jenin review – a funny, haunting coming-of-age tale of boyhood in occupied Palestine

silverguide.site – In one of several Palestinian stories at this year’s fringe, writer and comedian Alaa Shehada finds humour amid the horror of Israel’s occupation…
The Horse of Jenin review – a funny, haunting coming-of-age tale of boyhood in occupied Palestine

Eat the Rich (But Maybe Not Me Mates X) review – scorching comedy about class privilege

silverguide.site – This tremendous solo show by Jade Franks uses deep rage and deadpan wit to skewer the ruling class…
Eat the Rich (But Maybe Not Me Mates X) review – scorching comedy about class privilege

‘We can hear their saliva’: why are so many actors suddenly using microphones?

silverguide.site – From Greek tragedy to Chekhov to Rosamund Pike in Inter Alia, handheld mics are everywhere on stage right now. Is this a thrilling innovation – or a pointless fad?…
‘We can hear their saliva’: why are so many actors suddenly using microphones?

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath review – uproarious tales of a midlife cataclysm

silverguide.site – The charismatic standup rails against middle age with inventive and sometimes lurid material about the perimenopause…
Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath review – uproarious tales of a midlife cataclysm

Alan Davies: Think Ahead review – comedian addresses his childhood abuse in return to stage

silverguide.site – Performing standup after a decade away, Davies rawly discusses his abuse by his father and delivers big laughs with other material…
Alan Davies: Think Ahead review – comedian addresses his childhood abuse in return to stage

Aether review – dazzling lecture about a medium, a magician and a mathematician

silverguide.site – Emma Howlett’s play spins several stories – including those of astronomer Vera Rubin and a PhD student – with a light touch…
Aether review – dazzling lecture about a medium, a magician and a mathematician

Undersigned review – put on a blindfold and reveal your desires in intimate one-to-one

silverguide.site – Yannick Trapman-O’Brien’s disarming show is akin to having someone drawing your portrait as he steers a probing conversation…
Undersigned review – put on a blindfold and reveal your desires in intimate one-to-one

Paldem review – Industry’s David Jonsson brings the sexual tension in OnlyFans drama

silverguide.site – The actor makes his much anticipated writing debut at the fringe with an adventurous show about homemade porn…
Paldem review – Industry’s David Jonsson brings the sexual tension in OnlyFans drama

#Charlottesville review – urgent voices against the alt-right’s extremist ideology

silverguide.site – In a confident verbatim show, Priyanka Shetty snaps from voice to voice to create a rich vision of the social fabric torn by the 2017 Unite the Right rally attack in Virginia…
#Charlottesville review – urgent voices against the alt-right’s extremist ideology

Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England review – when macho match-day exuberance goes viral

silverguide.site – Alex Hill’s boisterous one-man show teases a trade-off between the belonging and camaraderie of football fandom and personal stability…
Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England review – when macho match-day exuberance goes viral

Make It Happen review – Brian Cox haunts RBS’s Fred Goodwin in sparky financial crisis musical

silverguide.site – Cox’s entertaining spectre of Adam Smith visits Royal Bank of Scotland’s fascinatingly bland tyrant CEO in James Graham’s ambitious play about his meteoric rise and remorseless fall…
Make It Happen review – Brian Cox haunts RBS’s Fred Goodwin in sparky financial crisis musical

Kanpur: 1857 review – a British imperial atrocity retold down the barrel of a cannon

silverguide.site – Niall Moorjani plays a storyteller facing public execution for joining an uprising against India’s colonial rulers…
Kanpur: 1857 review – a British imperial atrocity retold down the barrel of a cannon

The City for Incurable Women review – riveting history wrings poetry from medical horrors

silverguide.site – Half lecture, half nightmare, this high-precision performance blurs the line between medic and patient in a Victorian asylum for mentally ill women…
The City for Incurable Women review – riveting history wrings poetry from medical horrors
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