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I Wordslrom the Worlds End (Fringe) Overseas House. 100 Princes Street (Venue 19) 225 5105. until 1 Sept. 5pm. £4 (£3)
deals pretendingan secmto be able totakeall interest in Viz comic and the Fight “Came that thc meaningot dCCisions any more. An -. . .- .. . . i .. _ hourandahalfoffalling “Xdus'uwmrf’a has thousand-year harmonic , , . t. - lostmmcthtn Inthc .- betweentwostoo s—it ‘ t g cvcle.which may be izood . ,t ., ,h. h- translation.‘Yes there ' . t ' ‘ “m‘"m‘m" 5‘" mg ' orbaddependingonthe . .h tth, )thtn arechanges wehave . .. . 5"") u U“‘”“ g ‘ - . energy released b} thc to shout about here unemployment.inflation. . .t. . - . - . t ‘ ‘ ' t t . ste Iareonfiguration at t it (Andt .w Putter) , MacDonalds! (Gillian K. - . t .. .. . .. I L s timeo the eomergenee.
with a skateboard. All this and more in a show that is both sophisticated and crude. unsettlingand hilarious.
If you like your cabaret hard and your science soft this is the show for you. Bring your mother — but
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. . . _ . Ferguson) think Ilere is 'l VIAD I Lu'u (Fringe) Red Shm‘ (gory a)dmit to it. (Mark t,txetot Gootfio Dthoh I Pe'estmtka (Fringe) MAD- WORLL') 0f ‘ (Pt/Casanctetfhsegittrsew H is er ringstoget ert ree C t t I - . , cm” ~ - - ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘un ' I Taboo (Fringe) Lumiere short stories with which he , The disappearance and Mdargagiithtt see Rcd_ “3m “ging‘pfotptkl 1 Sept (not 20. 28 Aug). & Son ThCiitrC COmPimF- invests the kind oftight presumed death ofa St. Cotumha's By The Yum“?! 8"“ ‘ d _ t ‘ 6pm. £6.50 (£5.50)- Marco's Leisure (‘entre r physical energy and vocal well-known woman Castle (Venue 4) 220 tumu'dmt 5“ 0f ICLndgL (Venue 98) 22‘) 8830. until precisionthat makesthem ' academic and playwright 0541.until 26 Aug. 25 Aug. 9pm. £5(£4). seem built forthe stage. I provide the starting point 6.15pm.£4.50(£3.50). Ilis delivery is stylised. for a fast-moving _ but crystal clear. pulling . exploration of the darker — you into the lives ofeach l side of success. Tabloid
character using the power ! journalists pigeon-hole 1 ofdescription alone. her as lesbian/ Each monologue draws t madwoman/bitch; former
l a sensitive and involving ' friends distort and falsify John Dowie‘s reputation _ portrait ofacharacter at i the facts of herlife. using asa stand-up comedian NC” OW“ “finders odds with society. Steven her reputation to enhance will constc audiences: '"WSP'CIOPSIYPMO the : Berkoff‘s Master ()fCafe their own. this intense biographical 5mg" '00kmg “kc Old Society avoids the cliched With impressive monologue isn‘t meant to Falhcr Time With 3 “mg send-up of the ‘resting' I performances from be funny. Based around grey beard and “"kcmpt actor and opts forasad Veronica Geary and the writingofthelate halr- “0 “ands 3‘ “‘th ' and touching study ofthe Cathy Rogers. the play great Phillip K. Dick. we 3“'k“'ardly~ Sh‘mldcrs meaninglessncss of employs detective-thriller are taken on ajourney hunCth‘ “Yes “Veiled unemployment. Robert elementsto expose the intothe author‘s pained from the audience. and t '
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24 The List 17 — 23 August 1990