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The American Solder Amazing and intense solo performance. My wife was moved to tears. It’s [a] thought provoking insight into the mindset of war veterans when they return to mainstream life. Please go, you will see a top performance and unless you are made of stone you will be emotionally moved. Comment posted by Peter G
Life in Progress A Colossal waste of a legend’s talent - bowing out with this pretentious twaddle? Really!? This 1st night EIF audience would have given her a standing ovation had she stood still for 2 hours. Instead we got phenomenal dancing by Guillem and some talented partners to atrocious and dated choreography (barring the male duet by Forsyth) that ran the contemporary choreographic vocabulary gamut from A to B combined with some extraordinarily banal “soundscapes”, some masquerading as “music” (whether live or pre-recorded, they were ALL poorly miced and over amplified.) Shocking. A sad end to an illustrious career! Comment posted by James Alexander
JOSEPH MORPURGO !!FIVE STAR REVIEW!! JOSEPH MORPURGO !!FIVE STAR REVIEW!! JOSEPH MORPURGO !!FIVE STAR REVIEW!! JOSEPH MORPURGO !!! Comment posted by @TheInvisibleDot
Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer Very brave Beth Vyse told her story with audience participation and light hearted humour but brought home the story of breast cancer. This show brought a tear to my eye at the finish. If you get the chance please go and experience this show for yourself. Comment posted by Fiona G
Feminazi I’m sorry but I went to this show, and I really didn’t enjoy it. I actually disagree with the three stars. I’m a feminist and I’m all about supporting any women trying to do their thing. I’ve seen a few other shows this Fringe about feminism or just generally by women (and plan on seeing quite a few more). Comedy in particular is definitely a man’s world, and good on Kirsty Mac for creating a character that tries to challenge that. I’m not sure she ‘reclaims and lampoons’ the feminazi of the title. It was just kind of about nothing really, said really loudly. It just wasn’t funny. Comment posted by Sarah KW
Susie McCabe: The Drugs Don’t The Church of Malcolm
Work Great show, despite being from Australia and my friend from USA, we still caught 95% of the jokes, thanks for the laughs, would highly recommend. Comment posted by Sharron Winks
The Encounter The Encounter is incredible...I loved it too. Definitely worth your time during festival season. Comment posted by @KirstyFwrites
Le Gateau Chocolat: Black Merci, Lorna at the List. Another ***** for #Black. #edfringe @sohotheatre @ AssemblyFest Morning. X
I found the songs of the Mr. Doherty and the original way he delivers his story to be uplifting and powerful. I dont understand why the critic thought he takes his self professed “Godhood” so seriously, Mr. Doherty clearly states in the first 5 minutes of the performance that it is a non religion and that the words “Amen” and “Catholic” and “Church” mean “I agree”, “Universal” and “gathering”, respectively. The inclusion of beliefs and musical good feeling that washed over me as an audience member quickly made me a convert to this professed non religion, and I hope his message of love and beauty coming from within spreads far and wide. Comment posted by Phat Man Dee
B R I B E O F T H E W E E K
REAL-LIFE CELEBRITY RUBBISH
Working in Edinburgh during the Fringe wouldn’t be right without a celeb spot or two. We’ve been working so hard, we haven’t had time to trawl the streets for famous folk (woe is us), but the kind soul behind Late with Lance! brought the stars to us, in the form of a grotty old t-shirt that defi nitely once belonged to Hugh Jackman (it’s got a post-concert Vegemite stain, guys) and a genuine pair of Liza’s eyelashes – remarkably intact. These gifts aren’t even the grossest things we’ve seen this year, so, for that, Lance wins our fi nal Bribe of the Week. ■ Late with Lance!, Laughing Horse @ ■ The Counting House, 667 7533, until 30 Aug (not 24), 2.30pm, free.
That’s the last of our printed Bribes of the Week, but you can still send us your promotional swag until the end of the month, and we’ll give the good stuff a shout on Twitter at @thelistmagazine th W k b t
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