Edinburgh Fringe 2017: Scotsman reviews (pt 2)

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Another half-dozen of my reviews for the Scotsman are now online. There’s no single link to reviews by critic on their website so I thought I’ve compiled them here.

You can also read earlier Scotsman reviews here and a non-Scotsman round-up here.

 

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:

Reuben Kaye
A remarkable feat of expressive queerness achieved without remotely dialling down the razzle-dazzle, skipping a high note or missing a highly comic beat
Read the full Scotsman review here.

Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman
Marisa Carnesky and her troupe of radical showwomen find the magic in the menstrual in a personal, political, provocative and entertaining multidimensional journey
Read the full Scotsman review here.

Jon Pointing: Act Natural
This consistently hilarious faux masterclass with egotistical acting coach Cayden Hunter is a superb and layered exercise in character comedy
Read the full Scotsman review here.

Pollyanna
This late-night cabaret showcase is packed and noisy, rowdy and messy, queerly experimental and reassuringly different 
Read the Full Scotsman review here.

 

ALSO WORTH CATCHING:

Cross Fit
Tone the other cheek! Jesus L’Oréal Christ is back with another high-energy combo of gorgeous hair, fat-burning work-outs, pop pastiche and biblical rewrites
Read the full Scotsman review here.

Prom Kween
Buzzy, poppy, semi-satirical high-school musical full of snappy, empowering numbers but less interested in the true story of non-binary experience that inspired it
Read the full Scotsman review here.

 

WANT MORE?
Click through to read…

My first batch of Scotsman reviews plus other recommendations

My third batch of Scotsman reviews

The Not Television Edinburgh Awards 2017
(aka semi-reviews and stand-out moments misleadingly framed as awards cos that’s where the cultural capital’s at)

In praise of the weird: Panti Bliss’s Edinburgh Fringe 2017 welcome address