Posting some of my Edinburgh reviews, originally published by Exeunt. I loved Revelations. The friend I saw it with did not. “Don’t you think it’s quite manipulative? Also, what gives him the right to share Sarah and Emma’s story of their pregnancy?” These are both fair criticisms. (Though, the way James Rowland tells it, he was … Continue reading Review: Revelations

Posting some of my Edinburgh reviews, originally published by Exeunt. Last year, 34% of young people voted YouTuber their top career choice. See-Through, created and performed by Claire Gaydon, is a smart, well-crafted, funny solo show, examining the costs of living your life in the public eye. Gaydon spends most of the performance with her back … Continue reading Review: See-through

Posting a few of my Edinburgh reviews, originally published by Exeunt. Some shows feel too beautiful to write about. SPARKS feels like one of those shows. Fumbling for words, I feel like a butterfly collector trying not to crush the wings of my specimen as attempt to pinion it to a board. I say I … Continue reading Review: SPARKS

Posting a few of my Edinburgh fringe reviews, originally published by Exeunt. ekphrasis noun. the description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical exercise In a sense all theatre reviewing is a form ekphrasis, with all the challenges and slipperiness of trying to pin down the visual into words (like pinioning a butterfly’s … Continue reading Review: It’s True, It’s True, It’s True