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DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION: Read Fourthwall on digital devices
Fourthwall Magazine (incorporating The Drama Student are pleased to announce the launch of subscriptions for electronic tablet devices.
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Fourthwall’s Favourites: Edinburgh
Theatre Editor Emily Hardy offers her top tips for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
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Surviving Actors Manchester 2013: Chasing Rainbows
TG Bamford attended the second ‘Surviving Actors Manchester’ and was inspired.
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Fringe on the Fringe
New fringe venue opens in Parsons Green
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Blog: Confessions of an actor
On the journey to success, this anonymous jobbing performer will see his fair share of ups and downs.
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Blog: Being Brave
Katie Brennan, with humour and wit, writes about being brave and following your dreams - even when they seem like nightmares.
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Blog: Postcard from the One Man, Two Guvnors tour
We catch up with former First Word writer Rosie Wyatt, somewhere between New Zealand and Australia.
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Blog: Interactive theatre/cinema
Peter Hinton, a regular performer with Future/Secret Cinema shares his experience of a truly audience interactive experience.
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Edinburgh Reviews: Killers (Assembly Rooms)
A chilling verbatim script that is brought chillingly to life by three strong performances.
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Edinburgh Reviews: Making News (Pleasance), Stuart: A Life Backwards (Underbelly)
A curiously dated comedy and then a stylish production with a dazzling script.
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Edinburgh Reviews: Between (The Space), Everyman (Underbelly)
Clichéd meanderings depicting a gay relationship and then an intelligent riot of a morality play.
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Edinburgh Reviews: Dark Vanilla Jungle (Pleasance Courtyard)
Philip Ridley’s new work is given full marks.
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Edinburgh Reviews: The Greatest Liar in All The World (Underbelly Cowgate)
A charming and aesthetically pleasing version of Pinocchio.
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The Greatest Liar in All The World, Underbelly Cowgate, ✭✭✭
La Familia de la Noche bring their commedia dell’arte inspired dark version of a classic fairy-tale to the Underbelly for the 2013 Fringe. With impeccably executed puppetry, clown, magic and an utterly delightful shadow puppet sequence, this is a charming and aesthetically pleasing version of Pinocchio. The small cast make imaginative and evocative use of their few props and scenery and create some spell-binding visual images. The narrative structure is less a re-imagining of this classic tale, and more of a retelling - a vagabond troupe of travelling players reveal the true story behind their leader’s once legendary storytelling talents. While the production more than enchants in visual narrative, the spoken sections are less acutely realised. However, there is enough magic here to entrance adults, children and the young at heart.
*** (3 stars)
Runs until 25th August
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