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Tychy@ the Fringe: The Hand-Me-Down People.

August 7, 2012

[The following contains mild spoilers.] Forget about the toys; this is a play about the debilitating effects of long-term unemployment …

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Elegy for an Unemployed Youth.

February 29, 2012

Anybody leaving school these days, without a job or any further education waiting for them, is comparable to the man …

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Laika.

January 16, 2012

My old friend Daniel had provided a sobering example to all of us, an example that makes one shudder down …

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Postscript in an Uncertain Hand.

November 4, 2011

Tomasz Korcz had ducked out of the party to retrieve an envelope of vitamins from his home. The house seemed …

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“Henry Isn’t Working Here Anymore…”

October 18, 2011

Tychy@ the Fringe: The Ducks.

August 3, 2011

Two Northern lads, “R” and “K” (Dean Ashton and Thomas Morrison) enrol on a volunteer work scheme to drain a …

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Indignados in Edinburgh.

May 21, 2011

There would be a spontaneous eruption of protest outside the Spanish consulate in the New Town, after 2pm. This must …

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Tychy@ the Fringe: The Yellow Wallpaper.

August 26, 2009

I went to SoCo on Chambers Street this morning to view Ethereal Pants’ The Yellow Wallpaper, an excellent adaptation of …

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The Agency Workers (3).

February 10, 2009

The agency once posted me to a factory at Sighthill which manufactures cat food. I had to supervise the journey …

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