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Book: Marsha Norman, based on the novel by Alice Walker Music and Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray Director: Tinuke Craig Reviewer: Tim Harding Based on Alice Walker’s 1982 novel, The Color Purple tells a story with an epic sweep spanning over forty years in the life of Celie and the community in Georgia where she lives. It may be ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Ambika Mod and Andrew Shires, aka Megan from HR on their show Children of the QuornTM Your pitch:     Former stars of the award-winning Durham Revue and "comedy geniuses" (Jeremy ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of… Biscuit Barrel: Double Stuffed. Your pitch:     An outrageous hyperactive sketch show, Biscuit Barrel roll out 69 sketches in the space of an hour. An absurd adventure of song, slapstick ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of… Dave Maher: Feed Wolf Ice Cream. Your pitch:     Feed Wolf Ice Cream is the show I wrote after surviving a month-long coma and still not coming to terms with ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of…Art of Believing – Flamenco. Your pitch:     Experience truly authentic Flamenco music & dance with Daniel Martinez’s powerful and exciting show. Joining Daniel we have exceptional flamenco guitarists, singers, a ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Sara Fay George of Last Life: A Shakespeare Play. Your pitch:   A striking assemblage of Shakespeare's words, revealing the evolution of a relationship: innocent inception, rejection, betrayal, anguish, despondency and ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Tamsin Sasha and Maisy Williams of Everything I See I Swallow. Your pitch:   A mother discovers her daughter has over 50,000 followers on Instagram by posting semi-naked images of herself ...

With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of… Rust. Your pitch:     The company that brought you SiX presents a life-affirming new musical. Based on personal experiences, Rust follows Evie in a rehab centre after a mental health ...