Genre: Physical Theatre
Review: Teatro dei Gordi: Pandora
It begs questions: what couldn’t we do, if placed outside our own comfort station in life? Essential theatre. essential questions. A gem.
Review: Relief Camp
A play that vividly portrays the clashes between ethnic communities in Manipur as the tragic culmination of a long history of subjugation by colonial and state powers.
Review: Agleyum Cliyopatrayum
An original blend of physical theatre and Indian ritualistic elements conveys the unconscious emotional worlds of two archetypal female characters.
Review: 1984
Withintheatre has created an excellent piece of dramatic theatre that has gravitas and is provocative.
Review: Masquerade Mask
Commedia dell’arte at its highest level of quality imagined in its celebratory setting
Review: Rollercoaster
Punk meets pop meets props meets one of the best jugglers in the world. Put on your seatbelts and come for a thrilling rollercoaster ride.
Review: Alice Diamond And The Forty Elephants
The scope and ambition of this production was beyond admirable, as boundless energy filled the room.
Review: Rêves
Lyrical muscular circus skills with classical music and dance, with grace and precision.
Review: Read the F***ing Manual
Thought provoking theatre on the importance of taking care of yourself and others in a hostile world. The potential to be a play for our times.
Review: Ten Thousand Hours
Eight highly-skilled athletes defy gravity and stun the audience with incredible feats of strength and agility in a mesmerizing performance.
Review: Nobody Meets Nobody
A relationship like no other - an experiment of the best kind. Emotive. Powerful. Relatable.
Review: An Unexpected Hiccup
Absurdist knockabout comedy with sinister undertones showcasing local talent from established Edinburgh company Lung Ha
Review: Look at Them!
A visceral spectacle of metaphorical artistry not to be missed. Breath-taking physical theatre, not to be missed!
Review: Paper Swans
A superbly performed physical, surreal performance, rooted in the theatre of the absurd
Review: The Last Beginning
A group of students fight their way to their new existential world! Expect physical theatre, lightsabers, silk acrobatics and a giant buckyball!
Review: Tiny Little Town
A thrilling and triumphant musical return to the Fringe from Theatre Movement Bazaar
Review: J’ai un Bleu
J’ai un Bleu manages to covey through movement what words simply cannot express. The objectification of the female form.
Review: Twisted Tales
One mat, six players and bundles of talent in this dynamic ensemble. Bringing Total Theatre back!
Review: Pain and I
A poetic musing upon the effect and poignancy of suffering, but not doing so in silence.
Review: Unforgettable Girl
A danced, poised, graceful, explosion of dance which questions so much about our ethnicity and dealing with others.
Review: The Yellow Wallpaper
Stephanie Mohr’s adaptation is a remarkable manifestation (no other word seems more apt) of the Charlotte Perkins Gilman short story The Yellow Wallpaper, an important realisation of a key feminist awakening. It’s good enough for you not to want it depicted in any other way.
Review: Taiwan Season: The Way Back
Interesting well-performed physical theatre with object puppetry
Review: Purgatorio
Groundhog Day - Saying goodbye to old memories, whilst finding new ones. A beautiful physical representation on our ability to accept who we truly are! Get down to Club Purgatorio!
Review: AFTER ALL
Weinachter is an interchangeable chameleon: not just a dancer, but a rare performer who can do it all! Her style and execution of ideas paints a beautiful memory of her idiosyncratic talents in exploring the beginning and end of life. Stunningly poignant.
Review: Lost Soles
A beautifully imagined flight of fancy on the sole of a dance shoe that taps out such wonderful rhythms.
Review: SHOOT THE CAMERAMAN
Enthralling. Poignant. Unforgettable. Two cameras. One couple. A beautiful dance between the private and public world of this turbulent couple. Not to be missed!
Review: Mother Courage and Her Children
Beautiful production with stylised movement and physical acting
Review: Dances Like a Bomb
Intriguing, witty, strong and tender dance-theatre, beautifully performed.
Review: Burnt Lavender
Indulgent, decadent, glorious, gorgeous and beautiful anthem to the pride in being yourself.
Review: Taiwan Season: World in a Word
An enchanting introduction to Chinese culture for the younger audience.
Review: Nearly Lear
Mischievous charm, tragic depth, and hilarious wit, all fueled by an intense and energetic inventiveness. A Must See show
Review: Afrique en Cirque
A stunning spectacle of circus arts told through the lens of life in Africa
Review: When We Died
An absorbing one-woman play seamlessly blending physical theatre with a poignant, gut-wrenching narrative
Review: Project Y Evolution
A performance guided by the scope of ambition with an energetic and able group of confident dancers.
Review: Brontë
This is what theatre means. BLT and Nettie Sheridan strike gold with emerging talent here, starting their professional careers. It’s to Sheridan’s choreography too we owe a seamless ensemble production. Familiar BLT names blaze with a new fire and in every way there’s synergy between physical exuberance and indelible characterisation. Outstanding.
Review: Manic
A new solo show that combines puppetry, spoken word and theatre to bring an honest look at sex and trauma to Brighton Fringe 2023
Review: Solos in Spaces
A triptych of uneven but very interesting physical muses on gestures, meditation and beneath the sea.
Review: A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain
A powerful story with mythical qualities about life in the hostile environment
Review: Megalith
A challenging piece of performance connecting our digital now with a deeper connection to the past earth.
Review: How to Be Lost
A wonderful piece of theatre which uses the considerable abilities of the performers onstage to ironically direct us into how to be lost!
Review: The Chosen Haram
A masterful fusion of circus, dance and visual storytelling, delivering a profoundly modern queer tale.
Review: Rebel
You may not know where you are going, but they promise it won’t be boring… and they deliver
Review: I Don’t Like Mondays
A fascinating insight into one of the most controversial political topics in the US which confounds us in the UK
Review: The Endling
Curious for the curious, entertaining, enlightening, witty, humorous and thought provoking.
Review: Ghislaine/Gabler
A spell binding multi layered exploration of privilege, entitlement, and the desire to control…
Review: Kin
Joyous and exhilarating circus/physical theater- exciting intersection of professional gymnastic skill and acting in a production about competition and group dynamics
Review: Ahead of the Curve
A wonderful dance theatre with heart and soul and the moves to back them up.
Review: Far Gone
Emotional honesty, physical dexterity and an engrossing story fuel this extraordinary coming of age story
Review: Candide
"Brimming with ideas, full-blooded and full throated performance, Candide is presented successfully in a way only Babolin theatre can achieve."
Review: One
A cultural challenge in a creative and imaginative manner which tasks our assumptions over the immigration of our politics and the politics of belief
