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Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Riddles Court
2nd - 24th Aug 2024

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…

Joshua Bethania: Coming Home

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Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon Patter House
31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

A debut from the 2022 So You Think You’re Funny? winner.

Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work in Progress)

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Brighton Fringe
Artista Cafe & Gallery
1st Jun 2024

Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.

Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work-in-Progress)

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Camden Fringe
Camden Comedy Club
11th - 14th Aug 2023

Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.

Joshua Robertson: Enable Me

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Camden Fringe
Camden Comedy Club
11th - 14th Aug 2023

Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.

Joshua Robertson: Enable Me (Work in Progress)

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Camden Fringe
Camden Comedy Club
11th - 14th Aug 2023

Enable Me explores the ups and downs of being a disabled dad and family life.

Joshua (and Me)

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Vault Festival
Studio
25th - 26th Feb 2023

Mission: Understand Joshua’s world.

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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London Fringe
The Bridge House Theatre
26th Jan 2023

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …

Death of an Author

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
22nd - 27th Aug 2022

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…

Joshua (and Me)

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Dome
3rd - 29th Aug 2022

One-woman show about being a sibling to someone who’s autistic.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Brighton Fringe
The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
21st - 22nd May 2022

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.

Why I’ll Never Make It with Joshua Morgan

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Off Off Broadway
The Green Room 42
27th Apr 2022

A night of conversation and song with Joshua Morgan (Ain’t Too Proud, Les Misérables), hosted by Off-Broadway actor Patrick Oliver Jones and his top 25 theater podcast Why I’ll …

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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UK Regional & Tours
Online Event
1st Oct 2021

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…

Neal Portenza is Joshua Ladgrove in: Edinburgh's Only Bilge Pump Sales Seminar

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Edinburgh Fringe
Heroes @ Boteco
1st - 25th Aug 2019

Please note: this is not a comedy show.

It’s NOT the Joshua Benson Show

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Great Yorkshire Fringe
27th Jul 2019

“It’s NOT the Joshua Benson Show” is all I was ever told as a kid.

“It’s NOT the Joshua Benson Show”

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Great Yorkshire Fringe
27th Jul 2019

“It’s NOT the Joshua Benson Show” is all I was ever told as a kid.

$Mr. Joshua Plummer\'s Comedy Showcase$

Mr. Joshua Plummer\'s Comedy Showcase

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Brighton
Purple Playhouse Theatre
6th - 10th Nov 2018

Back by popular demand and with new material! The hilarious and sometimes unfortunate results of wrong or mangled messages and mistaken identity, all mixed up in some very human s…

Mr Joshua Plummer's Comedy Showcase

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Edinburgh Fringe
theSpace on North Bridge
23rd - 25th Aug 2018

A series of sketches and vignettes exploring misunderstanding and mistaken identity, miscommunication, sexuality and people’s fantasies.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
1st - 27th Aug 2018

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.

Joshua Warrior - Aboriginal Gigolo

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Adelaide Fringe
Live From Tandanya / Morella Community Centre / The British Hotel Port Adelaide
25th Feb - 16th Mar 2018

Following a SOLD OUT Adelaide Fringe season in 2017, the Nunga from Down Under is back to wow the crowd with his show Aboriginal Gigolo.

Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis & Dénes Várjon

Three of today’s most admired musicians – each an international soloist in his own right, and with a long history of accomplished chamber performances together – bring the 20…

Joshua Bell Plays Bruch

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Edinburgh International Festival
Usher Hall
24th Aug 2017

Superstar US violinist Joshua Bell has brought fresh new vigour to the already accomplished Academy of St Martin in the Fields since taking the reins as Music Director in 2011, the…

Old Jewish Jokes

Ivor Dembina is very funny and manages to entertain the audience for an hour by conforming to as many stereotypes of a Jew as he can.

Joshua Bell & Dénes Várjon

Joshua Bell is quite simply a musical phenomenon – not only one of the world’s great violin soloists, but also a respected chamber musician and an accomplished orchestra direct…

Spring Awakening: A Reimagining

Not the 2006 Broadway musical, but the 1981 play on which that was based, Spring Awakening is notable for its controversies upon original publication.

Ruby Wax: Frazzled

Ruby Wax is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe once again with a new show on mental health, Frazzled.

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth are the University of St Andrews’ improv comedy group and they are back once again at this year’s Fringe.

Aaron Twitchen: Curtain Twitchen

Aaron Twitchen combines aerial circus performance with stand-up comedy.

Andrew Lawrence: The Happy Accident Tour

Controversial viewpoints and a dismissive attitude to PC culture can work if two criteria are met: good style, and the ability to fully explain the rationale behind an opinion.

China Goes Pop!

China Goes Pop is an action-packed hour for all the family to enjoy; full of acrobatics held together by a simple love story between two of the performers.

Hardeep Singh Kohli: Alternative, Fact

Hardeep Singh Kohli is a Fringe favourite and you can tell immediately by his stage presence that he is relaxed with the audience.

Annie Sertich: How to Not Kill Yourself for 30 Days... and the Next 330

There’s certainly no shortage of solo shows about mental health at the Fringe so it takes a certain level of quality to stand out.

Slut

Slut tells a story which is sadly the experience of many women; girls who have the benefit of naivety during their younger years, which is then destroyed when they face the reality…

How to Act

How to Act is set up as a masterclass in acting with a fantastic twist that brings questions of race and gender into a topical debate.

Storyland Author Readings

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Brighton Fringe
Jubilee Library
26th May 2017

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.

An Evening with Anthony Joshua

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London Fringe
London Palladium
25th May 2017

A1 Sporting Speakers return to the Palladium in May with the much loved heavyweight champion of the World.

The Ivor Novello Story (By Arrangement With Samuel French Ltd)

Sometimes a little simplicity can go a long way in the theatre, and in this case, the title of this piece about the life of composer and performer Ivor Novello is very apt, as it r…

Bouncers

John Godber’s fluid exploration of British society, drinking culture and nightlife in the 1980s is a fast-paced romp through fragments of characters’ lives, from upper-class ch…

A Gentleman's Game

In this new musical, a piece which has flashes of The Picture of Dorian Gray crossed with psycho-dramatic elements of an Edgar Allen Poe ballad, a story of clandestine love, beauty…

A Number by Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill’s 2002 play about the ethics of genetic cloning and an extension of the well-worn ‘nature versus nurture’ debate is a challenging text for actors.

Cradle King

In this one-performer play by writer Donald Smith, actor Robin Thomson plays King James – at once James VI of Scotland and James I of England.

The Giant's Loo Roll

Casting one’s mind over the great theatrical titles of our time, there are very few which can compete with the concept suggested by the name of this play by Tale Gate Theatre.

At War With Love

Ambitious in its intentions, At War With Love uses a selection of thirty-two of William Shakespeare’s sonnets to form a narrative set against the backdrop of the First World War.

The Blue Box: Memories of the Children of War

A twelve-year-old girl writes a poem.

The Company of Wolves

“Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?”Such is the musical refrain setting the playful, yet pervasively sinister, tone which permeates this piece from the outset.

The Diary of Anne Frank

It is a story well-known to millions, made all the more poignant and absorbing for its absolute authenticity.

Growth

The stellar reputation of Paines Plough’s championing of new writing for the theatre means that each new offering is welcomed with a great deal of anticipation.

Albatross

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Romantic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner already exists as a work of enviable length.

Scorched

The setting is intimate, and encroaching on the personal space of a frail man, in a battered armchair listening to the television (news of the Gulf War is on – the year is 1991) …

Diary of a Madman

The Edinburgh Fringe has recently seen a surge in theatrical adaptations of Nikolai Gogol’s short story Diary of a Madman.

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen’s satirical novel, itself a pastiche of recognisable and well-worn tropes of the Gothic literary genre, is here given new life by company Box Tale Soup, consisting of…

Trust Me, I'm A Drama Teacher

Seemingly at the end of his tether, a teacher sits, tie loose, marking work, clearly frustrated to say the least.

An Evening with CS Lewis

The set-up is simple: an armchair, a side-table, and a teapot, cup, and saucer.

The Trial

An expansive stage space is dominated by assorted wooden furniture, with some pieces decked out in opulent reds and golds.

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au…

Bubble Revolution

George Orwell once wrote a fairy tale in order to avoid accusations of criticising reality.

[Title of Show]

As cryptic as the title of this show may seem to be, its basic premise is established very early on.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Having previously seen an outstanding Georgian language version of George Orwell’s Animal Farm by the Tumanisvili Film Actors Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014, in…

Mercury Fur

In a dystopian London, in which the unseen outside world is ravaged by violence, drugs and fear, Mercury Fur focuses upon the relationship between two brothers and depicts, in char…

Verge of Strife

Emerging in a Grecian breastplate of gold, to a poetic backdrop of Wilfred Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est the stage is seemingly set for the presentation of a man whose view of hims…

Love for Sale

The title song, by Cole Porter, makes an appearance part way through the second half of this narrativised collection of numbers, and really speaks of the character’s ultimate sta…

A Man Standing

“You come in like a lion and you leave like a lamb”.

An Account of a Savage

‘What does it mean to be a human?’Voiced explicitly at one moment during this equal parts captivating, inviting and horrifying production, the question of the very nature of hu…

Für Elise

The female object of Beethoven’s widely known composition for solo piano is unknown, though in this devised production by the York Drama Soc, she is given form and identity as th…

BOBBY WINNER

How to Win Against History

On every front, this show is a winner.

The Mission

Set in 2057, a time not too far away from our own, The Mission charts the selection and preparation for an unprecedented space exploration by an unremarkable and apparently run-of-…

Joshua Glavin: Growing Pains

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Brighton Fringe
Emporium Theatre
31st May - 4th Jun 2016

He’s been called “dancer to watch” by The World Dances, represented GB in the Tap World Championships and even danced for the Royal Family.

Joshua Bell and Sam Haywood

These excellent musicians return to Carnegie Hall for a program featuring two major works of the piano-violin duo repertory — Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata …

Over There

Mark Ravenhill’s play uses the metaphor of two brothers – twins – to represent the former partitioning of Germany into East and West during the time of the Berlin wall.

DNA

This young company from The Theatre School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent brings an array of engaging, emotional, and believable performances to Dennis Kelly’s gritty play.

Joshua Ladgrove Talks at You for 52 Minutes in Exchange for Some of Your Money

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Edinburgh Fringe
Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
16th - 25th Aug 2015

Australian idiot attempts comedy in a bus.

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

For many people today, their impression of Albert Einstein is quite possibly informed by the oft-seen image of his face: tongue sticking out – to all intents and purposes every b…

Chechelele World Music Choir

Ranging from pleasantly slow and soothing to fast and excitable and even angry, the sounds produced by the Chechelele World Music Choir were vibrant and vast.

The Temptation of St Anthony

Welcome to the Edinburgh Spiritual Emergency Support Group.

Iolite the Musical

First things first, a notable mention must be awarded to the sterling efforts of the two-piece band.

Troublesome People by Jill Haas

The challenge for any writer tackling the well-worn topic of WWII is to find a particular niche or angle which has not previously been given adequate treatment.

Secrets of Us

If ever there were a production which vociferously defends the ability of young people to make theatre with the impact of a professional standard (whatever that actually means) thi…

Naked Knotted Neurons

In this devised piece, the company from the University of Pennsylvania’s Theatre Arts Program set themselves an almighty challenge in terms of the subject matter they deal with (…

Waitless

Described as a ‘backwards love story’, Waitless is an interesting twist on the genre of romance.

1972: The Future of Sex

Review
★★★★
Joshua Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
Zoo
14th Aug, 2015

Following The Wardrobe Ensemble’s previous creations, including the depicted opening of a Swedish furniture store (RIOT) and an account of the Chilean Mining Accident of 2010 (33…

The Raven

Edgar Allen Poe’s seminal poem, which charts the gradual descent into madness of a heartbroken lover compounded by the incessant repetitions of a talking bird, gives its name and…

Diary of a Madman

Nikolai Gogol’s short story, formed of a series of diary entries, charts the descent into madness of an ordinary civil servant, whose observations on the power-holders within his…

Poppies

A new musical set at the beginning of the First World War.

Chopin's Last Tour

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★★
Joshua Clarke
Edinburgh Fringe
Zoo
17th Aug, 2015

Phillip Aughey’s favourite composer is the great pianist Frédéric Chopin and, having been present at a number of recitals of his work last year, he has been motivated to create…

A Sudden Burst of Blinding Light

This piece of new writing from Ben Maier is the latest addition to the succession of plays at this year’s Fringe which in some way seek to deal with issues of mental health.

Letters to Aberlour

Ostensibly a community play, there can be little doubt that the impact of Letters to Aberlour will be most keenly felt by people from the area in which the play is set, and by thos…

Touched by Fire

This is immersive theatre.

Baggage

As theatrical metaphors go, the equating of psychological ‘baggage’ to physical suitcases is one of the more straight-forward examples, yet that is not to decry the effectivene…

Buzzology

What better combination is there for a feel-good show than a group of men singing a cappella Britney and a book of alpaca facts? London-based singers and all-round fun guys, the Bu…

The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy

Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down…

Tribute Acts

No, this show is not about a Cher impersonator, nor is it an ABBA or Take That tribute band.

Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama

Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.

Jesus Camp: The Musical Comedy

British Exist Theatre Company admit that they sometimes embrace challenging and provocative subjects.

Desperate Measures: Moonfleece

Philip Ridley is often shocking, constantly provocative, and always thought-provoking.

My Beautiful Black Dog

Billed as both musical theatre and performance art, the audience for Brigitte Aphrodite’s My Beautiful Black Dog, her autobiographical account of depression, is likely to bring v…

Knowledge and a Girl

It is not often that Howard Barker’s plays are produced in Britain (he is far more popular in Europe and America) in spite of his prodigious output and well-known name.

Institute

Artistic Director of Gecko, Amit Lahav, revealed in conversation after this dynamic, forceful and moving performance that the initial stimulus for Institute had been an exploration…

Lee Nelson: Suited & Booted

He’s back.

The Empire Builders

The absurdist mindset in The Empire Builders would suggest that any endeavour to find meaning in the play is inherently flawed, due to humanity’s inability to make sense of anyth…

Alfie White: Space Explorer

In this excellent piece of story-telling, Alfie White embarks upon a thrilling everyday adventure that is engaging for all ages.

The Room in the Elephant

“Meta, self-referential bullshit” – the play’s words, not mine.

Both Worlds

Tom Allen is a sharp, incisive comedian whose talent exceeds his fame.

Animal Farm

George Orwell’s classic allegory about the Russian Revolution is a serious political satire in children’s wrapping paper.

Brainchild

I’m not sure what I saw on Sunday.

Everything That's Wrong with the Universe

It’s risky for a comedian to structure her set around things she doesn’t like.

All Change

All Change is a short, minimalistic play about old age, dementia and father-daughter relationships.

Joshua Robertson: The Diz-abled Gangster

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Brighton Fringe
Lamb Comedy @ Nowhere Man
1st - 31st May 2015

Like no other act on the comedy circuit, Josh’s self-deprecating, edgy humour covers life as a disabled person - from everyday reality to dating and sex.

Joshua Bell

This superstar violinist joins forces with the pianist Sam Haywood for a program featuring Beethoven’s Sonata No.

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

Although it took some time for the praise to surface, Fawlty Towers is now recognized as one of the most acclaimed British sitcoms of all time.

Hitch

As somebody who, for better or worse, spent more than three months studying Alfred Hitchcock – probably, I mention for introductory flair, history’s most famous director – I …

EastEnd Cabaret: Dirty Talk

A review of EastEnd Cabaret seems almost redundant nowadays, given the number of years that these two girls have prevailed in the Fringe circuit.

Anthropoetry

Anthropoetry was, in a line, a spoken word event with a live musical backdrop that used the body as its modus operandi.

Elf Lyons is a Pervert

I’m gonna put it out there - in spite of the attention-grabbing title, I don’t think Elf Lyons is a pervert.

Cocktail Masterclass

Cocktail Masterclass.

Joshua Seigal Presents the Legend of Ooshus Magooshus (And Lots of Other Poems)

Review
★★★★
Lia Sanders
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2013

One can’t help but like Joshua Seigal.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Review
★★
Joseph Cunningham
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Review
★★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2012

It is a rarity for a Fringe show to give away freebies, so being offered a coffee and a croissant at the Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show was a pleasant surprise.

Spring Awakening

Review
★★★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2012

Spring Awakening is a fantastic musical and this company have tried very hard to do itjustice.

Macbeth

Macbeth is a Fringe favourite, and having seen many adaptations of ‘The Scottish Play’, it is safe to say Greenwich Theatre’s adaption was particularly interesting and entertai…

The Well

Review
★★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
27th May, 2013

‘Pretentious’ - the word that haunts all corners of conceptual art, the offensive fallback of the Philistines and the impatient.

Flash Mob

With a title like Flash Mob I thought this show might have included an actual ‘flash mob’ around Bristo Square.

The Moscow State Circus

Review
★★★★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
18th May, 2012

My evening had not got off to a good start.

The Last Tuesday Society: Crowley Cinematography

Review
★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
23rd May, 2012

Oh dear.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Review
★★★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
20th May, 2012

The Importance of Being Earnest is one of the most widely performed plays of all time; a likely candidate for any fringe catalogue.

Trevor Noah: The Racist

Review
★★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2012

Trevor Noah was brought to the Fringe by Eddie Izzard, who wants to promote international acts at the Fringe.

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…

An Evening with David Hasselhoff Live

Review
★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
25th Aug, 2012

David Hasselhoff has a large and committed international following: Pleasance Grand was sold out on his opening night and at almost £20 a ticket, this is one of the more expensive…

If I ruled the World

Review
★★★★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
18th May, 2012

If I Ruled the World is a 20-minute, interactive audio performance set in Brighton Station.

A Celebration of Nonsense Poetry

Review
★★★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
27th May, 2013

To be read in a key that bridges the major and minor temperaments Hello there, good day to you,Good day from Broadway Baby too.

Stand Up for Freedom

Review
★★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
27th Aug, 2012

Hosted by Fred MacAuley and Susan Calman, this year’s Amnesty fundraiser treated the audience to a wide selection of comedy from Fringe stars including The Boy With Tape On His F…

Joshua Seigal: We All Love Llamas!

We All Love Llamas is a great free poetry event to take your kids to while in Edinburgh.

Flamenco Flow Global

Review
★★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2012

Though I didn’t feel instantly transported to the south of Spain as I normally do when watching flamenco musicians and dancers, Flamenco Flow Global is certainly the real deal.

Hi-de-Homo!

Review
★★★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2012

London Gay Men’s Choir Ensemble are back at the Fringe with another camped-up musical.

Foodies Festival Brighton

Now making its third appearance on Hove Lawns, the Foodies Festival is steadily becoming an established name on the Fringe circuit.

Neuroscience and the Interpretation of Dreams

Review
★★★★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
31st May, 2013

Published in 1899, ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ was perhaps Sigmund Freud’s first major work, preceding the likes of ‘The Psychopathology of Everyday Life’ and ‘Three…

Dining, Dandies and Decadence: Sex, Syphilis and Sugarcraft in Regency Brighton

Review
★★★★
Joshua Feldman
Brighton Fringe
23rd May, 2012

As both a successful actor and biographer, Ian Kelly possesses the charm and expertise required to be a good lecturer.

Garrett Millerick: Which One's Fergal?

Review
★★★
Joshua Hepple
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2012

Garrett Millerick impersonates different characters from standard British life in Which One’s Fergal? Millerick only had three audience members and was performing at the back of a …