http://hairline.org.uk Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:27:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Penny Dreadfuls are now firmly considered Fringe Favorites—an entirely unsurprising fact given the finesse, versatility and sheer talent these three gentlemen bring to the stage. Their periodic visits to Victoriana, a world obsessed with sodomy and colonies in equal measures, revolve around the dandy and explorer Aeneas Faversham, and ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/29/aeneas-faversham-forever/ Being greeted by two comedians pedalling madly on stationery cycles while the audience files in is unusual, even by the wacky standards of the Fringe. And unusual Will and Greg certainly are, which is quite a feat given the ubiquity of comedy at festival time. What very possibly sets them ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/26/will-greg-a-sketch-show/ Conceived in mediocrity and gestated in langour, no great expenditure of talent graces any part of this utterly un-provocative judicial commentary. The script takes one usable concept - the wrongful accusation of murder - and studiously avoids any opportunity to tackle the subject with more than an adolescent perspective. Being a ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/25/just/ It's hard to know what to make of this show. It's an oddity. It looks like a play in much the same way as a large box on wheels looks like a car - it's the nearest apparent thing. There are people, to be sure, and they speak, but any ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/25/the-man-i-cure/ After enjoying one of his fellow antipodean and equally close to the bone comics, I was advised by various friends, flyers and general festival goers to go and see Brendon Burns. I then realised that this was the guy that won last years if.comedy award, the guy I was disappointed ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/25/brendon-burns-fuck-you-im-fucking-brendom-burns-part-iv/ Pangolin's Teatime are to be congratulated for making full and inventive use of space—surrounding the spectator with the action by performing behind translucent screens on all four sides of the room creates an impact when one enters the auditorium. This effect is further enhanced by the stereophonic cacophony of animal ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/25/the-last-yak/ Vincent Van Gogh remains one of history's most enduring artists. A man of brilliant talent but tortured by feelings of inadequency and failure. Amazingly, despite producing over 2000 pieces of work, he only sold one painting and was financially dependant on his beloved brother Theo. After his suicide, Theo was ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/24/vincent/ Every year the Edinburgh Festival is inundated with weird and wacky new takes on the work of Shakespeare. Not A Man apart Theatre company take on Pericles is to transform it into a powerful piece of physical theatre with much hilarity and humour injected into it throughout, helped along by ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/24/pericles-redux/ Noble General Titus returns to Rome after conquering the Goths, but after the Queen of the Goths is married to the new Emperor, he finds himself and his family at the mercy of her bloody revenge. And bloody's the operative word. Titus Andronicus is infamous as Shakespeare's bloodiest play. This ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/24/titus-andronicus/ Behind the Mirror is a great show for both adults and children a like. With sound effects made by the performers themselves, the kids get to laugh out loud and be amused as the characters are really over emphasised by the cast. The adults get a kick out of ... http://hairline.org.uk/2008/08/23/behind-the-mirror/