Edinburgh Fringe Review: Yellow Moon – The Ballad of Leila & Lee

A beautiful mesh of diverse styles, Yellow Moon was one of the most impressive pieces of theatre I have seen at the Fringe. As evocative live music seeped from guitar and violin, we witnessed a tragic love story whose solemnity – at least at the beginning – was continually grounded by humour, as the play remained affecting without venturing into the pretentious.

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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Babbling Comedy 2

Four Korean men dressed as babies is not something that you see every day. There was something insidiously disturbing about their costumes – leggings, boxer shorts with braces, cartoon t-shirts, bibs – and the occasionally suggestive action that was performed in them; fortunately, I don’t think this to be their usual attire.

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Edinburgh Fringe Review: INK

Ink impressed me at first, with its eerie music and electric blue lighting. ‘Oooh, psychological thriller’, I thought, as I leaned forward to further the sense of immersion.

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Edinburgh Fringe Review: 17 Things

These are some the answers that the cast of 17 Things give in response to this central, perennial question, as they ruminate upon a broken-down tube; but the play is substantially more lighthearted than its pivot suggests. For the theme is merely a vehicle for its comedy – an excuse, almost, for lively, mass imaginings of each answer.

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