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It's on till 26 May and here's at least 20 Things you might want to know about Brighton Fringe
Who was there at Fringe Report's First Monday 5 May - photographs & article
BRIGHTON FRINGE 3-26 May 08
Some things you might want to know about Brighton Fringe 2008 LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (LFF) 17 Oct - 1 Nov 07
Black White + Gray (2007) READING COMEDY FESTIVAL 5-20 Oct 07
Jo Caulfield & Friends CAMDEN FRINGE 30 July - 26 Aug 07
James Branch Michelle Flower - Two Girls and a Slingshot Michelle Flower - Camden Fringe 2007 MANCHESTER FESTIVAL 28 June - 15 July 07
Manchester - June/July 07 Verdict - Outstanding BATH FRINGE 25 May - 10 June 07
Steve Henwood - Guide to Bath Fringe 07 BRIGHTON FRINGE 5-28 May 07
Lisa Marsh Art Exhibition Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Lost, distressed Fierce - A Grotesque Burlesque Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Entertaining Five Years Of Happiness Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Theatre in public space Funeral Games (Brighton Fringe title: Idyll - A Comic Lament) Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Intense Hamlet Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Shakespeare drama Heroines And Harpies Eve Poland Art Exhibition Brighton - May 07 Verdict - A sense of detachment Menno in Butch Brighton - May 07 Verdict - High camp frivolity Queen Of The Slaughter Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Not afraid to take risks Valentina Gomez Art Exhibition Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Form and emotion Victoria Wainwright Art Exhibition Brighton - May 07 Verdict - Eroticism in the breakfast room UdderBelly Launch Party Brighton Fringe Site The Boss Of It All London Film Festival 06 Verdict - Crisp office and theatre satire Ghosts London Film Festival 06 - Odeon West End/Ritzy Verdict - Drowning of lives - and dreams The Last King Of Scotland London Film Festival 06 Verdict - That hideous strength One To One London Film Festival 06 - NFT2 Verdict - Idealism and reality Vierka, or The Mystery of Family B’s Disappearance London Film Festival 06 - NFT3 Verdict - Culture clash fades prodigy Winky's Horse London Film Festival 06 - NFT2 Verdict - Enchanting tear-jerker BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE 06 Anita Klein Art Exhibition Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Sensual fragments of closeness ASAP Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Surviving death, surviving love Changez D'Art / Breath Of Fresh Art Art Exhibition Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Rouen Artists exhibit in Brighton Hammer and Tongue Poetry Slam Poetry Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Explosive spoken word Humble Boy Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Death, life, continuance Double Bill: Merry Go Round + The Elevator Man Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Women's vanity game The Persian Cinderella Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Magical story land Present Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Birth, death, monologues The Therapists Brighton – May 06 Verdict – Psychiatric comedy |
LONDON COLUMN 2008
CONTENTS: 2008 London Reviews 2007 London Reviews 2006 London Reviews 2005 London Reviews 2004 London Reviews 2003 London Reviews 2002 London Reviews 2008 LONDON & REGIONAL REVIEWS (Includes: London, Regional, International, 2008. Latest month first, a-z within month) The Shawl London - April/May 08 What theatre should be like A Battered Scone and a Fried Cup of Tea London - April 08 Neither up nor down Howard And Mimi London - April 08 Magical theatrical delight The Fall And Rise of Lenny Smallman London - April/May 08 review being prepared The Rings of Saturn Die Ringe des Saturn: Eine englische Wallfahrt Book Review Author - WG Sebald Published - 1995 (German) Published - 1998 (English) Romeo And Juliet London - April/May 08 Lively night, families at war House of Agnes London - March 08 Mother of all battles Lunch With Marlene London - March/April 08 Best left at lunch Othello London - March 08 Close and personal The Revenger's Tragedy London - March 08 Livening up the Gothic Talent London - March/April 08 Thin comedy play The Comedy of Errors London - Feb/March 08 Predictable but funny twin farce The Crying of Lot 49 Book Review Author - Thomas Pynchon Published - 1966 A Dance To The Music Of Time Book Review Author - Anthony Powell Published - 1951-1975 Ender's Game Book Review Author - Orson Scott Card Published - 1985 Involution London - Feb/March 08 Punchy new writing The Oxford Imps Musical Oxford - Feb 08 Smell! The Musical Under Pressure London - Feb 08 review being prepared The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer London - Jan/Feb 08 Fascinating and harrowing Dionysus Unbound London - Jan/Feb 08 Original and imaginative 2007 LONDON & REGIONAL REVIEWS (Includes: London, Regional, International, 2007. Latest month first, a-z within month) The Beaux' Stratagem London - Nov/Dec 07 Sumptuous and accurate classic The Sitcom Trials Finals London - Dec 07 (report and comment) The Rest of the World London - Nov 07 Verdict - Observational drama The Viaduct Book Review Author - David Wheldon Published - 1982 Was He Anyone? London - Nov 07 Verdict - Satire of celebrity, bureaucracy, caring The Institute London - October+ 07 Verdict - Funny intelligent improv Johnny Deep London - Oct/Nov 07 Verdict - Layered, provocative, intense The Just London - October 07 Verdict - Assassination, murder, morality Moonlight And Magnolias London - Sep/Nov 07 Verdict - Exceptional Typhoon Live! Getting Married Dogs London - October 07 Verdict - Two short dramas Blind Memories London - Sep-Dec 07 Verdict - Commemorating abolition A Disappearing Number London - Sep-Oct 07 Verdict - Looking into infinity Jane Eyre London - August 07 Verdict - Intellect, emotion, love Deadlock Touring UK - May-August 07 Verdict - Lively domestic thriller Ours London July-August 07 Verdict - Unusual and endearing play Future Me London - June 07 Verdict - Raw and prevalent Men Without Shadows London - June/July 07 Verdict - Powerful, affecting, relevant wartime drama Tender Dearly Leeds/Oxford - June/July 07 Verdict - Destructive alcoholism Lurking For Transcendental Moments Benny Dröscher Art Exhibition London - May/June 07 Verdict - Hidden visual code Mistaken - Annie Besant In India London - May 07 Verdict - Historical interest Mirrorgame London - Apr/May 07 Verdict - Identity and reality To A Sunless Sea London - Apr 07 Verdict - Promising potential unfulfilled Kicking A Dead Horse Dublin - Mar/Apr 07 Verdict - Lost American youth Talking To Terrorists Dublin - Mar 07 Verdict - Testimonies from terrorists and onlookers The Playactor London – Feb/Mar 07 Verdict - Masturbation and Philadelphia cheese Triple Threat London – Feb 07 Verdict - Variable comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona London – Feb 07 Verdict - Shakespeare comedy An Audience With Adrienne London – Jan 07 Verdict - Heart-warmingly unconventional 2006 LONDON REVIEWS (Includes: London, Regional, International, 2006. Latest month first, a-z within month) The Fabulist London – Nov/Dec 06 Verdict - Delightful and funny fable Bouncers Hornchurch – Sept/Oct 06 Verdict - Glitter-balls, cocktails, 1980s music Hamzat & Me London - Oct 06 Verdict - Post-apocalyptic tragic-comedy Major Barbara London - Oct/Dec 06 Verdict - Weapons, salvation, poverty, ideals The Night Shift UK Tour - Oct/Nov 06 Newcastle upon Tyne - Oct 06 Verdict - Disturbing dreams, ugly realities Seduced London - Oct 06 Verdict - Mercenary swingers Stormforce London - Oct/Nov 06 Verdict - Crass and ridiculous dance disaster Waiting For Godot Newcastle upon Tyne - Oct 06 Verdict - Proving we exist (or not) The Gaydar Diaries London – Sept/Oct 06 Verdict - You’ve got male Plasmas London - Sep 06 Verdict - Contemporary Manipuri dance The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets Theatre London - Sep 06 Verdict - Finger-compered comedy night Twisted/Cognitive/Sublime Art Exhibition London - Sep/Oct 06 Verdict - Dog, shit, bile, wallpaper Waiting For Godot London - Sept 06 Verdict - Striving for clarity It's a Fine Life Hornchurch - Aug/Sept 06 Verdict - Lionel Bart's fact and fiction Alia Alzougbi - Spoken Word London – July 06 Verdict: Entrancing Magic Steve’s Disappearing Act London – July 06 Verdict – Abra Kebabra The Tempest London – July 06 Verdict: Wizard, storm, camera Beyond Omarska London – June/July 06 Verdict – Good story, poor script Dido - Queen of Carthage London – May/June 06 Verdict – Flat evening with the Gods Mrs Darling's Bed 'n' Board London – May/June 06 Verdict – Homoerotic wartime drama Plasticine London – June 06 Verdict – Russian nightmarescape Scratch London – May/June 06 Verdict – Lock, Stock & Eldorado The Bi-Annual Barbecue And Other Stories London – May 06 Verdict – Comedy play Crooked London – May/June 06 Verdict – Girl on insanity's lip I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change London – April/May 06 Verdict – Love’s whirlwind ride Laundry And Bourbon London – May 06 Verdict - 3 women, 3 marriages Loyalties London – April/May 06 Verdict – Closing ranks Qian Wu Piano Recital London – May 06 Verdict – The performer as an instrument The Racket London – May 06 Verdict – War on Iraq The Rap Canterbury Tales London – May 06 Verdict – Lit-Hop Pardoner's Tale Preacherosity London – April/May 06 Verdict - The sins of Bubbling Springs The Ash Boy London – Mar/April 06 Verdict - Courage, dysfunction, darkness Blackwater Angel London – Feb/Mar 06 Verdict - Multi-layered redemption drama By Parties Unknown London – Mar/Apr 06 Verdict - Echoes of the crypt The Living And The Dead London – Mar 06 Verdict - Jaded journalists drama Two-Way Mirror London – Feb/Apr 06 Verdict - Fragments of intimacy Achilles in Heels London – Feb/Mar 06 Verdict - Better than School House Rock Bedroom Farce London – Feb/Mar 06 Verdict - Comedy of couples Homelands Dublin - Jan/Feb 06 Verdict - Odyssey through modern Ireland Macbeth London - Feb/Mar 06 Verdict - Compact, imaginative, lively, moving Shakespeare Of Mice And Men London - Feb 06 Verdict - Dreams in The Depression La Nuit Intime UK Tour - Jan/Feb 06 Verdict - Passionate action, gentle joy The Clearing Photographic Exhibition Ori Gersht London - Dec 05 - Jan 06 Verdict - Unrelenting tragedy Low Life London - Jan/Feb 06 Verdict - Reality and dream-like possibility 2005 LONDON REVIEWS (Includes: London, Regional, 2005. Latest month first, a-z within month) Celebrity Love Panto Island London – Dec 05 - Jan 06 Verdict - Panto celebs, no cameras Christmas Lunch London – Dec 05 Verdict - Depressing Look To The Mountains Coast String Fiddlers CD - Dec 05 Verdict - Compelling The Lying Kind London - Nov/Dec 05 Verdict - Farce and social comment Graft Art Exhibition ES40 Collective London - Nov 05 Verdict - Lively NewsRevue London - Oct/Nov 05 Verdict - Feeling its age The Night Falls Here Durham - Nov/Dec 05 Verdict - Captivating, entrancing horror The Secret Gardeners London - Nov 05 Verdict - Post-feminist female gender identity cabaret Stoned Film - Nov 05 Verdict - Scandalised, shaken and stoned Oi Over Here London - Nov 05 Verdict - Comedy in school ARTicle 14 Art Exhibition Romuald Hazoumé London – Sep/Oct/Nov 05 Verdict – Ironic Benin market Great Expectations Newcastle – October 05 Verdict – Atmospheric Dickens House of Dreams Art Exhibition Ilya & Emilia Kabakov London – Oct 05 / Jan 06 Verdict – Dreaming elevated to the divine Jekyll And Hyde London – Oct/Nov 05 Verdict – Compelling musical Misdemeanours Art Exhibition Craig Fisher London – Oct/Nov 05 Verdict - Acceptable violence NewsRevue London - Sep/Oct/Nov 05 Verdict - Ground-breaking run ROS-a-LIA London - Sep/Oct 05 Verdict - Quirky psycho-drama What's What Book London - Oct 05 Verdict - A cat called Lucy NewsRevue 24/7 Edinburgh show and cast London - Sept 05 Verdict - Rollicking parodies Festival Film – Aug 05 Verdict - Inside Edinburgh Fringe Romeo And Juliet Cambridge – Aug 05 Verdict - Inconsistent styles Brer Rabbit London – July/Aug 05 Verdict - Children’s show casts a spell Carver London – Jul/Aug 05 Verdict – Humdrum lives Children of Hercules London - July 05 Verdict - Kinship and honour Denim London - July 05 Verdict - Comedy characters Henry IV Part One London - July 05 Verdict - Struggle for national control |
