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Revolver review – Beatlemania gets a captivating feminist rethink

silverguide.site – Emily Woof draws a connection between the female adulation around the Fab Four and radical artist Valerie Solanas’s 1968 shooting of Andy Warhol…
Revolver review – Beatlemania gets a captivating feminist rethink

Some of us dread ageing. For these stage actors, it makes them freer than ever

silverguide.site – Ageing is sometimes framed as a series of losses – but three acting veterans navigating stunts and long monologues reveal a more complex and moving approach…
Some of us dread ageing. For these stage actors, it makes them freer than ever

Babyfleareindeerbag review – build your own Edinburgh fringe smash hit

silverguide.site – Hannah Maxwell’s delightfully meta hour, namechecking Richard Gadd and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s breakthroughs, is a blueprint for three potential shows – with the audience as focus group…
Babyfleareindeerbag review – build your own Edinburgh fringe smash hit

Dan Rath: Tropical Depression review – misfit’s magical one-liners flip the world upside down

silverguide.site – Zero per cent alcohol? Ghosting? ADHD? Our self-flagellating host has a skewed take on them all…
Dan Rath: Tropical Depression review – misfit’s magical one-liners flip the world upside down

‘I got a nosebleed in minutes!’ How the Wedding Present’s indie banger classics inspired a musical

silverguide.site – They lit up the 80s and 90s with abrasive tracks that were like kitchen-sink dramas. But can the Wedding Present’s acerbic songs work on stage? We meet the team making it happen – and the ‘rock god’ who penned the hits…
‘I got a nosebleed in minutes!’ How the Wedding Present’s indie banger classics inspired a musical

Scott Turnbull Presents … Surreally Good review – that’s edutainment!

silverguide.site – The theatre-maker’s childlike passion for stories and illustrations makes facts a hoot in this faux seminar…
Scott Turnbull Presents … Surreally Good review – that’s edutainment!

In the Bushes review – a fun and fearful walk on the wild side

silverguide.site – We’re just sensory-seeking animals, says choreographer Léa Tirabasso, with a high-energy hour performed by six impressive dancers…
In the Bushes review – a fun and fearful walk on the wild side

Simple Town review – these Pythonesque jokers could be your new best friends

silverguide.site – The New York foursome’s freewheeling logic will have you laughing without knowing why in a fringe debut that’s smart enough to revitalise sketch comedy…
Simple Town review – these Pythonesque jokers could be your new best friends

Bury the Hatchet review – choppy musical account of Lizzie Borden’s shocking story

silverguide.site – Combining folk song, true crime, macabre comedy and more makes it hard to keep up with the already complicated 1892 case…
Bury the Hatchet review – choppy musical account of Lizzie Borden’s shocking story

Brainsluts review – clinical drug trial comedy could cause severe laughter

silverguide.site – An anti-work activist and a nepo volunteer join the group for a research study in Dan Bishop’s polished play…
Brainsluts review – clinical drug trial comedy could cause severe laughter

Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker review – political zingers and all-too-raw grief

silverguide.site – The standup follows a first half of in-your-face jokes about American democracy with a palpably painful account of the loss of her mother…
Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker review – political zingers and all-too-raw grief

Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts review – commanding comic’s thrilling debut

silverguide.site – Drawing on her experiences moving from Nigeria to the UK, this livewire standup delivers a multifaceted first fringe show…
Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts review – commanding comic’s thrilling debut

Mary, Queen of Scots review – bold ballet brings the royal courts bang up to date

silverguide.site – Mary births a balloon and Elizabeth I towers on stilts in Sophie Laplane and James Bonas’s production about the queens’ distant relationship…
Mary, Queen of Scots review – bold ballet brings the royal courts bang up to date

Mr Chonkers review – you never know what’s going to happen next

silverguide.site – From existential angst to dotty monk routines, US clown John Norris marches to the beat of his own drum…
Mr Chonkers review – you never know what’s going to happen next

Ten Thousand Hours review – this superhuman squad have put in the time to stun you

silverguide.site – Australian circus act Gravity and Other Myths allow the audience an up-close insight into how they mastered their extraordinary craft…
Ten Thousand Hours review – this superhuman squad have put in the time to stun you

The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager review – tales of the unexpected at the office

silverguide.site – A man picks up a dead stranger’s lanyard and gets sucked into a sinister corporate world in Bunkum Ensemble’s unsettling play…
The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager review – tales of the unexpected at the office

How scary can theatre really be? My horror marathon in search of stage frights

silverguide.site – This year’s Edinburgh festival is full of creepy shows, from a jaw-clenching haunting to sci-fi terror. Our writer braves the darkness in Auld Reekie’s fringe venues for a day of fear…
How scary can theatre really be? My horror marathon in search of stage frights

Float review – pregnancy is an intergalactic voyage in this poetic solo

silverguide.site – Indra Wilson’s imaginative monologue is a touching exploration of grief and hope through space travel…
Float review – pregnancy is an intergalactic voyage in this poetic solo

Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer review – an ebullient hour with a sky-high joke count

silverguide.site – Delivered with self-deprecating joyfulness, this is a big-hitting set exploring life as a trans woman…
Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer review – an ebullient hour with a sky-high joke count

Furniture Boys review – grab a seat for clever comedy that turns exes into beds and chairs

silverguide.site – A locked drawer that never opens, a rug that everyone walks all over … Emily Weitzman’s metaphors for boyfriends are ridiculous and revelatory…
Furniture Boys review – grab a seat for clever comedy that turns exes into beds and chairs
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