Reginald D. Hunter’s show at the Pleasance is an hour of social observation, political comedy, and filthy language that covers well-trodden, although funny ground. Trophy Nigga showcases some of the relaxed wit and comic timing that Hunter brings to numerous UK panel shows including QI and Have I Got News For You?, but includes sections of loosely written material, as well as jokes that seem only half-formed. During one post-punch line silence, in a moment of amusing self-deprecation, he confesses that some jokes will be funny, others will just be interesting.
It’s hard to imagine such an outdated mode of comedy as ventriloquism, with its dismal variety show associations, having any chance of success in a cutting-edge comedy scene like the Fringe. However, variety is the spice of life, as Nina Conti’s fresh and funny performance proves.
STEPHEN K AMOS
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In the dance village of Nrityagram, students live solely to dance. It is therefore a great privilege to be able to see this community, who practice from dawn to dusk to achieve perfection, in the flesh, and in our fair city.| 01 September 2011
Difficult, unsparing, almost deliberately oblique, Drought and Rain delivers an hour and some of music and dance theatre that feels at least double that. As an exploration of the Vietnam War through the eyes of people that lived through it, it is undoubtedly flawed, failing to find much tension or even emotional connection to the conflict. However, it is not without its shining moments.
| 27 August 2011
Mud, mud, glorious mud,Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!
So follow me, follow-
If you are already singing heartily along, then this hour of Flanders and Swann songs will be right up your street. Cobbled together by multi-award-winning comedian Tim FitzHigham and BBC Radio 4 ‘Showstopper!’ star Duncan Walsh Atkins this hour of legendary songs is good, old-fashioned fun for everyone.
| 27 August 2011
In the crush of the London Underground carriages, lives intersect like the lines that thread beneath the city. One Under masterfully brings to the forefront the thoughts that capture our imaginations as we sit solemnly waiting for our stops in a subtly and deftly told piece of drama.
Engulfed by the hubbub of the Pleasance Courtyard, for an hour Invisible Show II makes you privy to the secret lives of those embedded in the milling crowds, with a set of headphones and your keen eyes your only guides.
I had the pleasure of seeing a multi-culturally-inspired a cappella group called Voices last night in an underrated show at New Town Theatre.
Crowded into the HMV Picture House, excitement hung heavy in the air. The night was kicked off by the energetic Woodenbox with a Fistfull of Fivers, whose upbeat folk accentuated by an incredible horn section managed the often difficult task of grabbing and keeping the attention of an audience waiting for the main act: Gomez.
