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Tim Key interview: the poet discusses Edinburgh, Alan Partridge and 'sexy baths'
21 Sep 2011
Comedy Award winner brings his Masterslut show to the 2011 Fringe
The List has just presented Tim Key with two pages of facts about himself. ‘This is a very good piece of research,’ he says, commending the 16-year-old work experience person who compiled them. ‘I didn’t get to do anything like this on work experience.
Review - T in the Park 2011
8 Aug 2011
All the rain, mud and rock action from Scotland's biggest music festival
Saturday Ke$ha proves trashy entertainment with a set that refuses to take itself seriously. A party up glam stomp though a series of electro pop hits that while low on art is high on glitter and cheap thrills (and inexplicably includes a six-foot…
The Edinburgh Festival comedy shows incorporating High Art
29 Jul 2011
Hannah Gadsby, The Horne Section, New Art Club and Vikki Stone
Sean Lock once likened media coverage of comedians to that of strippers, none too respectful of something that involved divesting so much. Despite comedy’s current boom, scrutiny still tends to focus on comics’ television careers or transgressions…
Interview - Heath McIvor and Randy
29 Jul 2011
The purple-faced puppet is clean, sober and ready to entertain
What were the circumstances behind your first alcoholic drink? After 32 hours in labour I was exhausted and absolutely furious about being wrenched from my sac of amniotic fluid. Only a scotch would do. Name a famous puppet that could drink you…
Steven Berkoff interview - Oedipus set for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011
29 Jul 2011
Anita Dobson stars as Jocasta in Steven Berkoff's Sophocles adaptation
Actor. Playwright. Director. Fringe darling. Big-screen bad guy. Steven Berkoff is all these things and more, a singular talent who has ploughed his own furrow. But for all his unique qualities, the 73-year-old says he is every bit the company man. This…
Fringe 2011: Comedy sketches with an edge
29 Jul 2011
Late Night Gimp Fight, Christmas for Two, McNeil and Pamphilon and The Three Englishmen
With the near-veteran likes of the Penny Dreadfuls and Pappy’s opting not to appear in their collective forms this Fringe, it’s a golden opportunity for some of the newer sketch acts to make a mark. But with ever-increasing competition at their level…
Film Socialisme
29 Jul 2011
Jean-Luc Godard tells story of Europe in decline
(PG) 101min Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialisme is about as difficult a film as you’ll see this or any other year, but if some will conclude the film is unwatchable, it might be useful to say why that is so, why it may even be partly intentional on…
Fringe 2011: Five dance shows based on true-stories
29 Jul 2011
Real life events provide inspirational for several Fringe shows this year
Falling Man. Who can forget the horrific image of a man falling to his death from the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks? This haunting solo by Dundee-based dance company Smallpetitklein was inspired by the ubiquitous photos capturing the…
Circolombia bring Urban show to Edinburgh Festival
29 Jul 2011
South American acrobats and anecdotes
Their lives may have started in adversity, but when the performers of Circolombia step on stage at this year’s Fringe, it’s as fully fledged professionals. All the members of the troupe grew up on the streets of Cali in Colombia, facing a daily round of…
Snow Play bring snowball fight to 2011 Edinburgh Festival
29 Jul 2011
Children's show features interactive battle of the seasons
When Snow Play enjoyed a sell-out run at the Lyric theatre in London last December, the timing was perfect. Outside, children played with snow on the ground – then stepped inside the venue to find the same weather conditions represented on stage. The…
Federer Vs Murray
29 Jul 2011
Gerda Stevenson’s play about conflict gets timely revival at 2011 Edinburgh Fringe
‘You don’t often get a chance to do something over again in theatre,’ says Gerda Stevenson, ‘to go back, once you know the text and feel comfortable with it. It’s a great opportunity.’ Stevenson’s play Federer versus Murray originally ran for a week…
Mr Benn brings 1970s TV classic to Edinburgh Festival stage
29 Jul 2011
Kids show from makers of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom
Anyone who has seen The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom or any of the other wonderful shows Tall Stories has staged over the years, will know that the company is no stranger to adaptation. This time, however, they’ve moved away from children’s picture books…
Super 8
29 Jul 2011
JJ Abrams sci-fi a loving homage to the way blockbusters used to be
(12A) 112min Lost creator JJ Abrams’ Super 8 may be heavily inspired by the early films of Steven Spielberg but if you’re going to borrow from someone, why not make it a master? It’s a science fiction adventure that harks back to the…
Lloyd Langford - True of false?
29 Jul 2011
Some made-up facts about Edinburgh - and one real one
Hello there. My show this year is called The Cold Hard Facts of Life. It’s all about trivia. To that end, I’ve compiled the below list. Every entry, except one, is a complete lie. The question is, can you separate out the lone fact from this manifest of…
Fringe 2011 comedy: 5 shows about parents
29 Jul 2011
Scott Capurro, Tom Rosenthal, Catie Wilkins and Des Bishop
Scott Capurro. In 2009, the San Francisco comic wrote movingly and warmly about the death of his mother, Donna. Now he’s turned his pain into Who are the Jocks? a show about his ‘best friend and coke dealer’. Pleasance Dome, 556 6550, 6–29 Aug (not…
Sarah’s Key (Elle s’appelait Sarah)
29 Jul 2011
Wartime drama based on deportation of 13,000 Parisian Jews
(15) 111min Like the recently released The Round-Up, this respectful adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel revisits one of the most shameful episodes of 20th-century French history, namely the Vel d’Hiv raid on July 16 1942. Some…
Bubblewrap and Boxes turns cardboard boxes into children's show
29 Jul 2011
Playing around with the post at 2011 Edinburgh Festival
As any young child will tell you, there’s no end of things you can do with a cardboard box. Melbourne-based theatre company Asking For Trouble discovered it too, when they turned a pile of unwanted boxes into packages and parcels to create award-winning…
Cloud Man combines puppetry and storytelling for 4-7-year-olds
29 Jul 2011
Edinburgh Festival children's theatre show based on clouds
Sometimes they’re white and fluffy, more often than not they’re full of rain - but there’s something about clouds that holds our interest. The latest in a long line of artists to be inspired by the natural phenomenon is puppeteer Ailie Cohen, with her…
Interview - Muirne Bloomer and Emma O’Kane of The Ballet Ruse
29 Jul 2011
Ballerinas swap the barre for the bar
The origins of The Ballet Ruse, by seasoned Irish dancers Muirne Bloomer and Emma O’Kane, are simple. ‘In 2009 we were both single and decided to make a groundbreaking piece about dating,’ remembers Bloomer. But things took a turn in the studio. ‘We…
Tim and Light children's show all about playing games and puppets
29 Jul 2011
Burton and Miyazaki-inspired puppetry at 2011 Edinburgh Festival
Tim and Light is the second children’s show from Tucked In, following 2007’s lauded Jackajack. In this adventure, which has been touring UK theatres and festivals this summer, a boy called Tim and his cat Light board a train from Brighton that doesn’t…
The Incredible Book Eating Boy - five-minute show for one adult and one child
29 Jul 2011
Oliver Jeffers’ book-munching tale comes to life in tiny Pleasance venue
In The Incredible Book Eating Boy, by award-winning children’s author Oliver Jeffers, a little boy called Henry gobbles up books like chocolate. At this year’s Fringe, Bootworks Theatre will stage an adaptation of this quirky but touching story in their…
Jailbird - The Segue Sisters interview
29 Jul 2011
Three-part harmony group bring sexy and witty musical comedy to Edinburgh
‘It was a moment of drunken inspiration, which we spend every second of our lives regretting.’ Via email, three-part harmony group The Segue Sisters collectively explain how their charming, sexy and witty brand of musical comedy came about.’We actually…
Surrealism and stupidity of Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown kids show
29 Jul 2011
Absurdist comic Phil Burgers a refreshing antidote to corporate Fringe
Anyone who saw last year’s late-night Fringe anarchy from Dr Brown may raise an eyebrow to learn that he’s now doing a kids’ show, as well as another full-on physically comedic adult hour. To the man behind the mask, absurdist American comic Phil…
Fringe 2011 comedy: 5 musical comedians
29 Jul 2011
Isy Suttie, Steve Pretty, ATF?, Pistol & Jack and Gareth Richards
Isy Suttie. Dobby (from Peep Show not Harry Potter, silly) brings us Pearl and Dave, another heartwarming multi-character tale. With his Perfect Mixtape, Pretty recalls the tunes played at his own wake in 2005 (there’s a story there) and wonders what…
Agnes and Walter (A Little Love Story)
29 Jul 2011
A Walter Mitty-inspired dance performance that reclaims the power of daydreams
Poor old Walter Mitty. Since James Thurber published the Secret Life in the 1930s, his name has become synonymous with deranged fantasising. However, a newly-established dance company has decided to rescue him from the sniggers of history. ‘Something…
