Articles by Faye Butler

Shit-faced Shakespeare: Macbeth

We are greeted by host, James Murfitt, who arrives dressed in sparkly trousers and a disco ball top hat, and explains that the show might be a little “illegal, illicit, illogical…

Late Night Gimp Fight: 10 Years Still Broke

Late Night Gimp Fight compile their best material from the last ten years to provide a crude and raucous evening of entertainment.

Hot Mess: Bezzie Mates

Review
★★★
Faye Butler
Brighton Fringe
The Warren: The Burrow / The Warren: The Nest
7th May, 2019

Max Levine and Anna Piper recorded themselves for a year to find the funniest sketch ideas to put into the show.

From The Cradle To The Bin

A Ship of Fool’s Theatre Company welcome us to Happy Valley Care Home, a place where the elderly are ‘thrown onto life’s scrap heap’.

HoneyBee

HoneyBee, written and performed by Eleanor Dillon-Reams, is a coming of age story that follows lovely Kate and her ‘ketamine kissed’ pals to a festival.

Bryony Kimmings: I'm a Phoenix, Bitch

Review
★★★★
Faye Butler
Brighton Fringe
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
5th May, 2019

Performance artist, comedian and mother, Bryony Kimmings rises from the ashes in new autobiographical show I’m a Phoenix, Bitch, a piece exploring motherhood, trauma and healing.

Melancholy

‘Spiral down the stairs to the world of the inventor.

MacBETTI

In this delightfully satirical and shoddy retelling of Macbeth, spunky Heidi Niemi commands the stage with focus, hilarity and precision.

BOBBY WINNER

Enter The Dragons

On an epic adventure to halt ageing in its tracks, writers and performers Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards swim the sea of apology, march the bridge of tears and conquer the dark de…

Ingo's War

This cosy story follows the adventures of Ingo, a dog on a mission to make his owners proud.

Dangled

This fast-paced, sharp writing from Louis Viljoen focuses on a man’s (Rob Van Vuuren) rapid descent into madness.

Power Story

Blooming Ludas presents Power Story – a tooth-achingly sweet participatory, environmentally friendly piece of storytelling.

Not the Horse

Three scousers, two angry mobs and a horse.

GIANT

GIANT follows the never-ending, whirlwind of generations in protagonist, Tommy’s family.

Blocked

“Bye!”, Kate (Laura Curnick) chirps as a disgruntled man with a beer leaves from the front row ten minutes into the set, a rather awkward start to Blocked, which is followed by…

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