FringeReview UK

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A carnival riot of joy – with enough misdirection to evoke moonshine

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

This surely is the greatest Dream since Peter Brook’s landmark 1970 production.

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Absurd Person Singular

With vintage Ayckbourn funny is devastating. Vintage BLT too.

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After Edward

This has to be the smartest debut from this venue since Jessica Swales’ Bluestockings: no wonder the playscripts sold out early.

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Anon Look About You

Exceptional and vibrant, the company prove it’s one to revive.

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As You Like It

A heartwarming revival. Jack Laskey, Bettrys Jones and Nadia Nadarajah have made a space for this As You Like It well beyond its initial moment last year.

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As You Like It

For Lucy Phelps and Sophie Khan Levy above all, this is a joyful As You Like It.

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Avenue Q

A first-rate revival

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Bartholomew Fair

If only one could see it twice: but try it at least once.

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Benidorm Live

Heartwarming. It has the brash conviction of it origins, out and proud of it.

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Candida

Convinces here far more than any production I’ve seen.

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Club Tropicana The Musical

They deliver, in Costa Blanca spades.

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Dark Sublime

Renders complex sexual feeling and friendship with the grace of the everyday

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Don’t Dress for Dinner

For a farce there’s only one spot of monotony. That’s how uniformly outstanding this is.

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George A Greene, The Pinner of Wakefield

We now know more of Greene than upstart crows

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hello/goodbye

You must queue to see this. It’s quite wonderful.

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Henry IV Part 2 or Falstaff

The triumph of this newly-energized production is bringing the darker Falstaff to a diverse audience

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INK Festival Feast From the East

I’ve not seen a festival of short plays to compare with these.

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Loving Androids

A beautifully-constructed play, small in compass, big in scope and deft at managing the transitions

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Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Outstanding.

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Pickwick and Weller

A triumph.

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Present Laughter

The finale is grounded in silences; an almost tragic awareness of the nature of the Essendines’ love. Outstanding.

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Tartuffe

Prepare to be Tartuffed.

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The Affair

A lovelorn lothario with ants in his pants meets his match in a knockabout clown play

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The Full Monty

Unmissable in this – er, newly enhanced production.

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

The most cogent, most fun at the Globe this year.

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The Ministry of Biscuits

It is the definitive musical about biscuits

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The Sad Shepherd

A necessary production you’re unlikely ever to see anywhere else.

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The Taming of The Shrew

Highlight how good the play is just where we’re not looking for it

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The Taming of The Shrew

Highlights how good the play is just where we’re not looking for it

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While the Sun Shines

An outstanding revival.

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Wit and Science

They render a faint scroll alive with wit

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