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Unicorns, Almost
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 23rd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Sepia poetry Three weeks gone and the combatants gone returning over the nightmare ground we found the place again, and found the soldier sprawling in the sun. […] An homage to Keith Douglas, Unicorns,
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Taboo
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 22nd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Interesting story Most people ignore who Käthe Petersen was – who she really was. Even her Wikipedia page is extremely synthetic, and not exhaustive at all. In Taboo, a fictional talk show where it is talked about ʻthings
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From the Top
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 21st of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Skilled and ironic Dance is power, in every sense. In From the Top, this is very clear: power is in the precise movements of the dancers, power is what is contended between the two of them,
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Looping: Scotland Overdub
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 20th of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Interesting experience Looping: Scotland Overdub brings audience participation to the next level. It is the dance of a community, between tradition and innovation. An impacting performance with a strong political message. No seats are to be taken
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Everything I See I Swallow
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 23rd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – ʻBoundʼ to be critical A young woman, almost naked, hangs from the ceiling – the rope like lace draws diamonds around her chest and her leg. With this powerful image begins a show, which is to touch several
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Gone Full Havisham
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 20th August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Dramatic intensity A young Miss Havisham: orphan, cultured, about to get married… Emily’s normal life is suspended; she disappears, and her story becomes the one she tells through social media. She talks to her followers still keeping on her
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The Perfect Body
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 20th August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Smart, catching, ironic Food, food, food! Food is the key. Everybody wants to have a perfect body, isn’t it? The protagonist of this one-woman show certainly does… no junk food, no coke and such drinks, the basis. (Spoiler alert:
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Seeking Unicorns
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 15th August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Alternative communication At the corner of the stage lays a woman. A white-dressed creature, she is crouched in a prone position. Her first movements are slow and shy, only later does she reveal more of herself. Gradually we start reading the
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The Trial @EdFringe 2019
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 13th August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi Outstanding A one-woman show of incredible power and beauty. A letter arrives to Agreste, a rural Brazilian village, and it is signed Tieta. Not everybody wants to remember her – she has left Brazil as Antonio many years ago.
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