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Underbelly Cowgate

DeepFake

Thrilling immersive theatre makes your head and your heart race


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‘Sometimes the funniest moments emerge from something I didn’t even know was funny’. Noah Seltzer tells us about his clown show, ‘Here Comes Almost’

Interview

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‘If there were a clear way to handle something like grief, we’d all know how to do it.’ Shane Torres tells us about his Fringe show, ‘Skinned Knees’

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theSpace @ Venue 45

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Ambitious cross-millennial rework loses the plot

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Ad man gets the brief to sell the Apocalypse in sharp satire

Summerhall

Horrorshow

Energetic gig theatre let down by cliched elements and a compromised sound mix


Greenside @ Riddle's Court

One-Man Poe

Less means more in a characterful interpretation of much-loved gothic tales



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I Am A Snail

Whimsical, high-concept clowning with an ephasis on crowd work feels like a show still being fleshed out

Underbelly Bristo Square

Depths of Wikipedia

Authoritative , fresh, and funny journey through the workings of Wikipedia



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M.I.S. All Night Long

Bold and inventive dance sketches that perhaps overstay their welcome but certainly make an impression

Summerhall

Tell Me

Circus with a heart, a story and a social conscience


theSpace @ Surgeon's Hall

ADEY

Touching poetic thank-you note to a mother and a community


First Zone

Environmental drama suffers a little from a lack of narrative context

Out There

The Truth is in here. A quintessentially Welsh film that’s conceptually all over the place

Skintown

Masterful adaption from page to screen fuels this wonderful blast of ’90s nostalgia


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theSpace @ Surgeon's Hall

ADEY

Touching poetic thank-you note to a mother and a community