Brighton Fringe

Corrina O’Beirne With Ruby & I

Corrina O’Beirne ‘s a name to seek out in future and in Kempell and her cast and creatives, she’s found first-rate advocates. A must-see.

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Deborah Clair Dangerous to Know

An absorbing hidden gem and a must-see of the early Fringe.

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Duty

A fresh and urgent play, Duty should tour as a salutary reminder of how war impacts community, divides war-influenced majority from the few who see through war.

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Heather Alexander Becoming Maverick

Heather Alexander has arrived as a creative, not simply re-creative force. A cause for dark celebration.

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Ibsen Ghosts

A triumph of staging, fine acting and in Sarah Tansey a central performance to rival any Helene Alving I’ve seen.

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Isaac Freeman Medium

Daring work; and Isaac Freeman will dare again.

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Jekyll and Hyde

In just 97 minutes with interval this is unmissable, a must-see.

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Jonathan McLean Touching it Makes Baby Jesus Cry: The Musical

This can sing all the way to Edinburgh: just stopping off to be publicly burned, along with Jonathan McLean, in the Vatican itself.

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Moby Dick

Herman Melville's classic comes to life.

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Rank

A debut play by Goldie Matjas. - 'Waiting for Godot' meets 'Fleabag'

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Quietly groundbreaking.

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Saskia Wesnigk-Wood Darwin’s Cleaner

Compelling, a show that may touch Fringe greatness.

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Slipping Through My Fingers

What a drag it is, getting old.

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Sophocles Electra

The end is set. Conor Baum directs that ratcheting-up inexorably: never hurried, never static. The audience holds its breath. So will you. Outstanding.

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The Burning of a Sicilian Whore

Giulia Tofana - feminist icon or mass murderer ?

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The Man Who Was Thursday

Based on the book by G K Chesterton

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Tim Coakley In Search of the Dance

Tim Coakley has a potential minor masterpiece on his hands, as he searches for that perfect crashed chord.

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Tip Of Your Tongue

A New York rom-com - but nothing is what it seems ...

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With Ruby and I

The things we do for love

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