SUGAR | Black Flamingo | til 5th Feb | ★ ★ ★ When I left SUGAR, the friend I went with immediately made an offhand comment about SUGAR being a kids show. As an 8pm production in Fringe’s Palace Gardens, advertised under cabaret in the Fringe guide, that wasn’t really what I was expecting. And I […]
Disgraceful Cougars | Salon Perdu Spiegeltent | Until Feb 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Cougar Morrison made good on his promise to “always be whirling” with his second Fringe World show, Disgraceful Cougars. Partnered with the immensely talented Disgrace Kelly, the pair bemoan the woes of approaching your thirties as they are rejected by men, auditions […]
Pink On The Inside | Black Flamingo | Until Feb 9 | ★ ★ ★ ½ David Eriksson is terrifying, but in a really adorable way. His Fringe World show, Pink On The Inside, is a tour de force of circus antics and gender identity politics. Brash, bold and buoyant, this work is a visual feast of insanity. But […]
Upon entering the petite tent, Deluxe at the Pleasure Gardens, ushers at the door ordering patrons to “squeeze up” immediately conjures two thoughts. Firstly, I found myself wondering whether the tent had been named ironically and second, I knew I was in for a truly Fringe experience. The miniature arena set the mood for an […]
