There seems to be no such thing as a losing battle, at least according to failing lawyer David Farquar, Q. C. (Richard Thomson). Facing an impossible defensive against a clear- cut case of Murder One, and his sidekick Martin (Matt Green) show disdain for the prosecution by delivering the defence “through the medium of acting”. [...]

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A small audience is invited into the bedroom of one Sandy Nelson; a wooden panelled circular space, filled with modest musical instruments and huge talent and wit. Sandy proceeds to take us on a journey ridiculing the bland, mundane and downright rubbish of the popular music world. Musical satire has rarely been so good.
Under fire [...]

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From the word go, the Giant Pineapple Boys grab your attention, but this isn’t much of an achievement considering that they take to the stage wearing nothing but solitary pineapples. This full frontal entrance is sort of representative of The Big Bada-Bing - big impressions with very little point.
To their credit, The Giant Pineapple Boys [...]

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Rob Rouse previously won “So you think you are funny?” award at the festival some years back. His taboo busting technique, where even poking fun at pederasty was not sacred, was perhaps a lot more funny back then when all the politically correct puritans were telling you you shouldn’t laugh. But the gross out revolution [...]

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You’ve got to be wary of a comedian who promises to talk about his penis, but Wool’s gruesome tale of penile biopsies is a hilarious, if squirm inducing, end to a fantastic act. There is nothing new about the topics Wool explores, but he still manages to drive his own wedge deep into the already [...]

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The cynic in me thinks that Geoffrey Hayes starts wonderfully by playing, over and over again, Somewhere Over The Rainbow on a painfully lonely glockenspiel, both relaxing the mood and annoying the life and living soul out of the audience. An old man, dressed in black robes relishes the darkness, but reflects that rainbow fans [...]

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Two terrific performances showcase this world premier play about the loves and life of Terence Wren, a teacher who can”t decide whether to be a poet or a philosopher. The actors take it in turn to play the professor, his student, his lover, their judge, jury and critics, as they take the audience on a [...]

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In hindsight it may not have been the best idea to go out to late night comedy in a pub, as all the local beer monsters are out in force. Fortunately Steve and Phil manage the drunken crowd admirably, but it is all they do competently. They openly admit that they are bereft of talent [...]

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It would be hard to ask for anything more in a festival play that ‘Spooks’ does not provide. A cast of three unfolds a story of mystery, deceit and comedy entwining assassins, MI5 agents, the KGB and travel agents! They bring to life an array of colourful characters in a funny, exciting and [...]

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The Complete Lost Works of Samuel Beckett…
As a title, The Complete Lost Works Of Samuel Beckett As Found In An Envelope (Partially Burned) In A Dustbin In Paris Labelled ‘Never To Be Performed. Never! Ever. Ever! Or I’ll Sue! I’ll Sue From The Grave!!! makes it very easy to fulfil Hairline’s words per review quota, [...]

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