The End of the Fringe: The Reviewers (or “How To Be A Theatre Critic at the Edinburgh Fringe.”)
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Tychy@ the Fringe: Barge Baby.
[The following contains spoilers.] Over at C Nova, Bricks & Mortar Theatre’s new play “Barge Baby,” which is written by …
Tychy@ the Fringe: This Wide Night.
Sussex University Drama Society last year brought Mike Bartlett’s play “Contractions” to the Fringe and C Nova; this year they …
Tychy@ the Fringe: 3,000 Trees by George Gunn.
Oliphant (Adam Robertson) was dumbfounded. He had travelled all the way up to this stinking bog to complete the operation …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues.
[In view of the feminist politics of Matt Morillo’s “Angry Young Women…,” Tychy has invited Clytemnestra Le Blow, Professor of …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Terror.
Joan Greening’s new play “Terror,” which presently inhabits Paradise in the Vault, is all based upon a curious snippet from …
Tychy@ the Fringe: The Man Who Would Be King.
I want to play devil’s advocate with this new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s 1888 novella The Man Who Would Be …
Tychy@ the Fringe: On the Upside Down of the World.
Back again as a Fringe venue, the old Roxy Art House is still nodding in and out of consciousness, and …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Glue
“Glue” is a Fringe priority for Tychy in light of the writer Rory Platt’s 2013 play “Gabe Day.” Tychy did …
Tychy@ the Fringe: The 3rd Sector.
It is the oldest conundrum in politics: when fighting for power, does there come a moment when the means finally …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Now We Are Pope.
Over at theSpace on North Bridge, Martin Foreman’s “Now We Are Pope” provides an example of that rare, exhilarating sort …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Let It Fall (After King Lear).
[Scene: The Teviot Library Bar.] Tychy: I say barman, there’s a problem with this pint. Barman: Oh no, what’s wrong? …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Lysistrata.
Christopher Adams’ superb “Lysistrata,” which is currently established at C Central, transfers the events of Aristophanes’ ancient comedy to modern-day …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Such A Nice Girl.
Jen McGregor’s “Such A Nice Girl” is the stablemate of Jen Adam’s earlier play “Warrior,” with both sharing the venue …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Fragile.
Is it really the end of the world? When he was eleven, One (Nigel Francis) was sexually abused by a …
