Articles by Bryony Clarke

Richard III

It was once thought that school productions of Shakespeare plays were for the enjoyment of supportive parents and few others.

Gob Shop

Review
★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2012

As the director Ross Slater explained vaguely in his introduction at the beginning of Gob Shop, ‘this isn’t really theatre, not like Shakespeare, or that sort of thing’.

The Intimate Strangers

Review
★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2012

As the apparent leader of the sketch troupe Intimate Strangers, Matthew Radway adopts an inexplicable and rather poorly imitated German accent and informs the audience, ‘ve are h…

Late Night Laughs

Late Night Laughs is a simple compilation of stand-ups, tonight held together by the bizarrely attired MC Paul Sweeney.

The Death of Comedy

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
4th Aug, 2012

Dublin’s comedy night The Death of Comedy made relaxing, jovial, if not exactly side-splitting entertainment.

Exit Stage Left

Review
★★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2012

The young and talented cast of the Ecco Theatre Company, are making their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival a blistering, tear-jerking and highly ambitious performance.

Be My Baby

‘Be my, be my baby’ - since seeing Stagecraft Productions’ performance of this Amanda Whittington play these lyrics have been in my head on a permanent loop.

6 Foot Silly - Free

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2012

This free show at the fringe consists very simply of two fairly promising comedians, Mark Diamond and Darren Walsh, alternatively delivering stand up performances.

The Look of an Angel on the Devil Himself

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2012

Whilst listed in the ‘comedy’ section of the Fringe guide, this one man performance by the Irish comedian Vinny McHale was really more like a talk or a lecture.

Edinburgh Renaissance Band's Treasure Chest

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2012

An evening of music, song and dance from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance period is probably unlikely to set the pulse racing for most and yet while not exhilarating, the e…

Samba Sene and Diwan: African Dreams

Review
★★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2012

Samba Sene and Diwan offer an ingenious synthesis of afrobeat grooves, ska and funk, suffused with ‘Senegalese soul’.

Dubrovski

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2012

Headlock Theatre’s adaptation of Pushkin’s unfinished novel was certainly powerful, no less because of its experimental use of symbolist modes of physical theatre.

The Six O'Clock News

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2012

The Six O’Clock News was a varied and eclectic mix of political satire, stand-up, and some serious, thought-provoking talks.

The Jhiva of Nietzsche

Review
★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2012

A synthesis of drama, dance, and multimedia, this performance traces the life of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche through the eyes of his Jhiva (soul).

Here's What I Know About Humans, By Lulu the Dog

Review
★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2012

Observations of human behaviour from the perspective of a dog: it’s honestly not as bad as it sounds – but not by much.

Bristol Revunions: Destination Adventure

From the beginning of this sketch show from Bristol University’s renowned comedy troupe ‘Bristol Revunions’, it was unclear what level of reality we were operating on.

The Oxford Revue - Prattle Royale

Having long been in the shadow of its slightly more famous Cambridge equivalent, this Oxford Revue defiantly leaps out of it, delivering a blistering, original and subversive hour …

We Are Chechens!

Despite its humble setting, hidden away in a small, rather bare studio in Summerhall, We are Chechens! is a memorable, disturbing and deeply haunting piece of experimental theatre.

Joyced!

Review
★★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2012

Joyced! tells of an odyssey, narrated by a single performer, chronicling a year in the life of venerated author James Joyce.

Doctor Faustus

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2012

Chronicling the hubristic rise and hellish fall of a man in his pursuit of pleasure and knowledge, Dr Faustus is a play that is truly terrifying to read and yet, rooted as it is in…

Bristol Improv for Hire

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2012

Bristol Improv for Hire sees a group of presumably recent graduates from Bristol navigate their way around the weird and wonderful world of job hunting through entirely spontaneous…

Lloyd Langford: One Day in the Life of Lloyd Owen Langford

Review
★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2012

Talented Welsh comedian Lloyd Langford has the infectious ability to find hilarity and absurdity in the banality of his everyday routine.

Luke and Harry's Dot Dot Dot

Review
★★★★
Bryony Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2012

Incredibly promising newcomers Harry Carr and Luke Davies delighted and occasionally repelled the audience with an hour of ingenious, highly bizarre and superbly executed sketches.

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