Legend of the Card Ninja ****
Flinging playing cards like throwing stars.
Gutted. A Revenger’s Musical ***
The book is mostly prosaic and uninspired, but not offensively so, and the production isn’t without a certain boisterous, admirably carefree charm.
Julien Cottereau – Imagine-toi ****
Former Cirque du Soleil performer conjures a spectacle from nothing.
Reviewing the upholstery
New critical vocabularies arise in response to new forms of art.
Power Plant – A Sound and Light Experience *****
A visit to the glasshouses is transportative even in broad daylight; but after nightfall, full of stage smoke, humming and pealing with the alien sounds of the installation’s various objets d’art, the experience is nothing short of otherworldly.
Chronicles of Long Kesh ****
A cappella Motown numbers provide an unexpectedly effective accompaniment to Martin Lynch’s history of the infamous Irish prison camp.
Susurrus ****
Susurrus is a radio play at heart. A really good one. Themes and images from A Midsummer Night’s Dream ebb and flow through a series of intertwined monologues.
Who to follow at Fringe 09
All the mayhem of the Mile direct to your screen or smartphone.
Reasonable Doubt ****
Two former jurors reunite in a hotel room two years after a controversial hung verdict in this smart two-hander from Australian playwright Suzie Miller.
