Articles by Caitlin Hobbs

Boys

Fledgling theatre company Open Letter were immediately onto a winner when they chose Ella Hickson’s recent hit Boys to bring to the Fringe.

#Realiti

Using projection, live cameras and audience voting, #Realiti is a lot like Big Brother, but not as you know it.

The Cupboard

Turn the Key’s Gothic delight, The Cupboard is outstandingly professional.

Detached

Lucy (Sarah-Beth Brown) is lonely, so to work out where she’s going wrong, she shows us some climactic moments from her previous relationships.

The Diary of Thomas Pooler

Lewis Dunn tells us at the end of his performance that he set out to create this show after reading a harsh review of a stand-up comedian at last year’s Fringe, so he’s probabl…

Cracked Tiles

Half Scottish, half Italian, and all heart, Lorenzo Novani’s solo show is well worth getting out of bed early for.

Pirates and Mermaids

Poor Boy Theatre’s latest offering, Pirates and Mermaids, is everything one hopes to find at the Fringe.

Five-a-Side Theatre

“Join our storytelling team as they use innovative improve [sic] techniques to craft a narrative from audience members’ true stories,” boasts the Five-a-Side flyer.

Breaking Voices

With a large cast aged between 12 and 13, Breaking Voices is an original piece that explores bullying and peer pressure at that age, especially in a school environment.

Americans in Breshkistan

Ten high school seniors find themselves in a strange room, in the middle of nowhere, lit only by a dim overhead lamp.

Desperately Seeking Sugar

Review
★★
Caitlin Hobbs
Edinburgh Fringe
Spotlites
16th Aug, 2015

If you love The Apprentice, you’ll be disappointed to discover that despite brandishing Lord Alan Sugar across their posters, Practical Magic’s Desperately Seeking Sugar has li…

One Above

A slick absurdist piece, PALP’s One Above is an intelligent offering from the young company.

Future Honey

American company The Pack bring their space-age feminist performance piece to the Fringe, but it seemed like getting their heads around it was a little out of the audience’s gras…

Avicide

Roger (Greg Birks) isn’t like other people, and when all the birds start to disappear from outside his flat in Waterloo, he starts to panic.

Flight Lessons

A new play from South African playwright Amy Jephta, Flight Lessons sees actress Saria Steel play two friends on opposite sides of the world.

Glitter and Tears

Appetite Theatre, lead by young playwright Serafina Cusack, are distressingly cool.

The Bastard Queen!

NSDF darlings of 2014 Naughty Corner are back with their winning original play The Bastard Queen! Set at the end of the world, the play sees five young people fight for survival an…

Chipped/Drift

Chipped/Drift is a double bill of short pieces with a high school cast all the way from the USA.

Leper + Chip

Leper + Chip will hold you by the throat and squeeze the tears from your eyes.

Oddity

StudioSpace Bristol didn’t set out to make great art - they just want to make you laugh.

The Ghost of Sadie Kimber

There’s nothing complicated about The Ghost of Sadie Kimber - and there doesn’t need to be.

Fault Lines

Hidden up at Basic Mountain, this piece from acclaimed playwright Stephen Belber is real all-American treat.

Heartlands

A new play by Dave Fargholi, Heartlands is a taut tangle of ethics and emotion for the modern age.

Clairvoyant

Singular actor and writer of Clairvoyant, Bettine Mackenzie is funny.

Derby Day

There’s a whole lot going on in Derby Day.

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