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Sugar, by Mabel Thomas
Seen in screen version, 2021 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review by Federica Balbi – an all-round monologue (waiting for the fourth star) What if the president of the United States was a stripper? This is how Mae is: provocative, straightforward, and energetic. Her monologue is a collage of stories and gags from her childhood
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Festivaletteratura 2020
9th-13th September 2020 In this special 2020 edition, Italy’s oldest Literature Festival in Mantua has waved goodbye to its founder, Luca Nicolini, who passed away last March. Despite 20 thousand visitors being a small number as compared to the previous years, the organisers are more than happy with the results they obtained in spite of
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We Dig
Seen at Ovalhouse Theatre in London on the 18th October, 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – destructive power Loud noise, sweat and dust. For a performance that breaks the rules, breaks every boundary, and literally tears down the theatre. The stage exists no more, in its place, soil, and
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Goliath in the Water
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 24th of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Sweet magic A woman and two men dance in a suspended atmosphere. They find a hundred ways of swimming without water. They get close to the art of miming to tell their story of life and loss.
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Hearty
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 23rd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Trans-power Iron wings with knives instead of feathers, and a long straight light-pink tale. This is the creature who moves on scene, this is the creature who fights for existing. A shelter is slowly built out of
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Unicorns, Almost
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 23rd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Sepia poetry Three weeks gone and the combatants gone returning over the nightmare ground we found the place again, and found the soldier sprawling in the sun. […] An homage to Keith Douglas, Unicorns,
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Taboo
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 22nd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Interesting story Most people ignore who Käthe Petersen was – who she really was. Even her Wikipedia page is extremely synthetic, and not exhaustive at all. In Taboo, a fictional talk show where it is talked about ʻthings
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From the Top
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 21st of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Skilled and ironic Dance is power, in every sense. In From the Top, this is very clear: power is in the precise movements of the dancers, power is what is contended between the two of them,
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Floating Flowers
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 21st of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Aerial blossoming 02Floating Flowers @Chou Mo If flying lanterns were floating flowers and floating flowers were humans, how would they dance? Inspired by a Taiwan’s Buddhist ceremony, this performance is a mesmerising encounter between ritual tradition
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Looping: Scotland Overdub
Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 20th of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Interesting experience Looping: Scotland Overdub brings audience participation to the next level. It is the dance of a community, between tradition and innovation. An impacting performance with a strong political message. No seats are to be taken
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