Articles by Paul Virides

Somewhere Under the Rainbow - The Liza Minnelli Story

Somewhere Under the Rainbow - The Liza Minnelli Story

If I told you there was a Liza tribute act at the Fringe, you’d probably expect sequins, smoke, mirrors, lights, kick lines and, of course, an awful lot of dancing around chairs. 

Godspell

Godspell

Stephen Schwartz’s musical about Jesus might not be quite as famous as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s counterpart, but it’s just as notorious. 

The Alleycats: Contemporary a Cappella

The Alleycats: Contemporary a Cappella

You’d be forgiven for assuming that the top British universities these days offer a BA (Hons) course in A Cappella Singing and you’d also be forgiven for assuming that that mea… 

The Drowsy Chaperone

The Drowsy Chaperone

You may have heard of a play-within-a-play but a musical-within-a-musical is another matter entirely. 

Principal Parts

Principal Parts

Principal Parts is a play within a play. 

Uninvited

Uninvited

As I walked into the theatre. 

I Am, I Am

I Am, I Am

Take two of Cambridge’s Footlights, give them guitars, throw them in front of a crowd full of people and watch the magic happen. 

I am Google

I am Google

I am Google is listed as Comedy, Interactive and Stand-up. 

Clinton the Musical

Clinton the Musical

How many US Presidents does it take to run a country? Three, apparently - and in the late 90s that was Bill, Billy and Hillary Clinton. 

Anton's Uncles

Anton's Uncles

Whether you know much about Chekhov or not, Anton’s Uncles still has something for you. 

Executive Stress / Corporate Retreat

Executive Stress / Corporate Retreat

Taking immersive theatre to the next level, Applespiel have launched into this year’s Fringe with a set of corporate seminars, designed to improve everyone’s awareness of thems… 

Party Worth Crashing

Party Worth Crashing

Where Theatre In Heights’ production of this new musical is strongest is in its capacity to entertain. 

Outside

Outside

Nick and Andrew are brothers, but that doesn’t mean they’re alike. 

Riot! The Musical

Riot! The Musical

Fringe regulars may remember the moment towards the beginning of last year’s Festival, when performers, media and audiences alike slowly caught wind of the London riots, followin… 

Conference of Strange

Conference of Strange

Conference of Strange is in the form of a lecture, and it’s 30 minutes (not an hour as billed), and it opens with a woman ironing a projection screen, and then the air, and then … 

This Is Soap

This Is Soap

This is Soap takes improv comedy to a new level - forget sketch shows, musicals or short-form games. 

Constance & Sinestra

Constance & Sinestra

When someone sits down to write a musical, it’s rare that they dream up a piece of work that is befitting to a small performance space, shying away from spotlights and microphones … 

The Improverts

The Improverts

It’s not that The Improverts aren’t funny. 

Love Child

Love Child

Love Child is the story of two women - a mother and daughter - who have never met; the former gave the latter away at her birth, the daughter returns to seek out her lost parent. 

Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage

Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage

If there’s a book you’re guaranteed to come across in a literature degree, it’s Beowulf. 

Asher Treleaven: Matador

Asher Treleaven: Matador

Matador, you say? As in, red capes and bulls and Spanish people? For an hour? And it’s comedy?Thankfully, the matador pretence is dropped in the first ten minutes of Asher Trelea… 

PCUK - A Midsummer Night's Remix

PCUK - A Midsummer Night's Remix

Now I’m all for messing with Shakespeare. 

One Man and His Masks - Arthur: Britain's Making

One Man and His Masks - Arthur: Britain's Making

Imagine if David Starkey did a Fringe show. 

Land of the Dead / Helter Skelter

Land of the Dead / Helter Skelter

Neil LaBute’s companion plays Land of the Dead and Helter Skelter explore a sudden change in life situations, portrayed through the lives of two couples. 

Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders

It’s been said before, it will be said again, people will say it for years and years to come. 

Showchoir! The Musical

Showchoir! The Musical

I’m one of those people. 

Company

Company

Following last year’s success with Sunday in the Park With George, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s OneAcademy Productions have returned to the work of Stephen Sondheim in… 

Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary

Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary

Cuba. 

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change is a director’s dream. 

Fork - Electro Vocal Circus

Fork - Electro Vocal Circus

Presumably the mention of Katrina and the Waves, Lulu or Bucks Fizz will have a reader questioning why they’re making an appearance in a review about a cappella electro singing. 

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

Do you love Alex? Let me tell you, if you are going to put A Clockwork Orange on, the audience simply has to love Alex. 

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