Review: The Okavango Macbeth

The second of the university performing groups on my list this season. FRINGE RUN: 12/8-18/8 @ 21:30; Spotlites @ Merchant’s Hall [£9.50/£8.50] Who, Where and When: Edinburgh Studio Opera; Spotlites @ Merchant’s Hall; Wednesday 14th August 2013, 9.30pm The Show This is a new chamber opera (yes, there is such a Read more…

Review: Hansel and Gretel

The first opera of the Fringe this year. FRINGE RUN: 12/8-24/8 (not 18th) @ 17:45; Space @ Surgeon’s Hall (53); [£14.00/£11.00/£7.50] Who, Where and When: Opera Holloway; Space @ Surgeon’s Hall; Tuesday 13th August 2013; 5.45pm The Show This production was a new translation of Humperdink’s German opera Hansel und Gretel. I always Read more…

Review: Putting It Together

The second of Trinity College London’s Fringe Shows this year, which they also invited me to review. FRINGE RUN: 7/8 – 10/8 @ 20:45; Paradise at the Vault (29); [£7.00/£6.00] Who, Where and When: Trinity College London/The Dance School of Scotland; Paradise at the Vault; Wednesday 7th August 2013; 8.45pm The Show Read more…

Review: [title of show]

This is the first of my reviews for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013! FRINGE RUN: 1/8 – 26/8 (not 12) @ 15:10; Assembly Checkpoint (322); [£10.50/£8.50] Who, Where and When: Patch of Blue Theatre, Assembly Checkpoint, Thursday 1 August 2013, 3.10pm The Show [title of show] is a show about writing Read more…

Review: Viva Forever

The evening choice for my London visit, as promised to my sister as a birthday gift, was Viva Forever touted as “a new musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls”. Where and When: Picadilly Theatre London, Thursday 13 June 2013, 7:30pm The Show I did have a wobble about seeing Read more…