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2002 Edinburgh Fringe Index

Reviews

Aspects of Alice
Black Theatre of Prague at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

6 Women with Brain Death
National Student Theatre Company at the Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

The Straight Man
Activated Image at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Outlying Islands
Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Shut Eye
Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Stitching
Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

The Recruiting Officer
Edward's Theatre Company at the Quaker Meeting House
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Lags
Pleasance
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

The Dice House
Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Ryman and the Sheikh
Tamasha Theatre Co. at the Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Tuesdays and Sundays
Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Dealing with Clair
Blondeshop at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Panic
C
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Terry Pratchett's Mort
Wonderland at C
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

We Don't Talk Any More
Short and Girlie TC at Co2
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Big Boys Don't Cry
negativequity at the Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge
Reviewer : Peter Lathan

Bedhead
Fuse at C
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Jack Pleasure
Tiny Dynamite at C
Reviewer: Peter Lathan
Philip Fisher's review

Project 9/11
Playwrights Horizons Theater School
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Bright Colours Only
Pauline Goldsmith and the Arches Theatre at the Assembly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Jerry Springer - the Opera
Kombat Opera at the Assembly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

ODC - after Homer
ODC at C
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Iron
Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

The Secret Death of Salvador Dali
Assembly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Safety
Unlimited at the Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Electra
Decoy Theatre at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

The Canterbury Tales: Tales from the Decameron
Cambridge ADC at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
NSTC at Augustine's
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Michelle and the Landlady
Menagerie Theatre Company at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Cargo
The Bar Production Compay at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

The Al Hamlet Summit
Zaoum Theatre at the Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Kitchen
nabokov at C
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Notes from the Underground
NSTC at the Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Swimming in the Shallows
Brightchoice Productions at the Pleasance Over the Road
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Body
Amanda Owen at the Gilded Balloon Teviot
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Bounce
Assembly
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Intimacy
TTI and Wisepart Productions at the Assembly
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Blood
Halyon Productions at Gilded Balloon Teviot
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Those Who Live
Det Aapne Theatre at the Gilded Balloon Teviot
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Schhh! Theatre Company at Old St Paul's
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Goering's Defence
TTI and Guy Masterson Productions at the Assembly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Taboo
Trevor Stuart at the Gilded Balloon Teviot
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Sweetness Follows
Love and Madness Productions at the Gilded Balloon Teviot
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Oleanna
TTI and Guy Masterson Productions at the Assembly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Diarmuid and Grainne
Assembly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Goner
TTI and Guy Masterson Productions at the Assembly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Shopping and F***ing
Benet Catty Production at C
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan
Teamworks at the Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Attempts on Her Life
Teddy Machete at the Roman Eagle Lodge
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Penetrator
Teddy Machete at the Roman Eagle Lodge
Reviewer: Philip Fisher
Catherine Lamm's review of the same show

Gulliver
Black Light Theatre of Prague at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Happy Natives
Assembly Theatre at the Assembly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

A Slight Tilt to the Left
TTI and Guy Masterson at the Assembly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Variety
International Festival.
King's Theatre
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

I Catch Your Breath
No Limits at the Quaker Meeting House
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Sympathy for a Psychopath
Crushed Livid Theatre at the Crowne Plaza
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Nothing to Declare
Point Blank at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Personal Belongings
Live Theatre at the Gilded Balloon Teviot
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Ride
The Other Tongue and Third Stage at the Assembly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Jumpers
Eastcheap Rep at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Bodies in Crisis
Ragesties at C
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

The Medea Complex
Cast Theatre Company at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

A Room of State
Prodigal Theatre Company at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Beautiful Thing
About Turn at Rocket @ South Bridge
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

A Midsummer Night's Rock
Bury Lawn Productions at C
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

The Tragedian
Prodigal Theatre Copany at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

First Love
Act Provocateur at the Zoo Venue
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Painting with Colour
Boundless at the Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Fantasy
Discovery Dance Theatre at C
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Taboo
Gilded Balloon Teviot
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Messenger
ACS Random Productions at C Cubed
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

The Love of a Nightingale
Nightingale Productions at the Zoo Venue
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Assassins
Eyebrow Productions at Old St Paul's
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Conjunto di Nero
Emio Greco at the Edinburgh Playhouse (International Festival)
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Such Stuff That We Are Made Of
Lia Rodriquz (Brazil) at St Stephen's
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Mr Kolpert
Gilded Balloon Ensemble at the Gilded Balloon
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Hell Inc
The BAR Production Company at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Weather
Volcano (Canada) in association with The Moving Company at the Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

The Girl on the Sofa
Royal Lyceum Theatre (International Festival)
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Fallen Gravity
Gravity Entertainment and Fabrik Company (USA - Germany) at St. Stephens
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

The Gallant John-Joe
Pleasance
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

A Symphony of Psychosis
Crushed Livid Theatre at the Crowne Plaza
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Sins Attached
Hidden Agenda at Augustine's
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

The Drowned World
Paines Plough at the Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

100
The Imaginary Body at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Hammerklavier
Assembly Theatre at the Assembly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Electric Avenue
UCLA MFA Theatre and Broadview Phoenix at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

The Last Man in Europe - A Portrait of George Orwell
Portrait Productions at Hill Street
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Victory at the Dirt Palace
The Riot Group at the Garage Studio
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

The Blue Orphan
Catalyst Theatre at the Traverse
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

This Is a Chair
Androgynous Productions at C
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

A Cool Million: The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin
Codpice Theatre at the Underbelly
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Hyperlynx
Floodtide at the Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Kiss of Life
Chris Goode at the Pleasance Dome
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Anorak of Fire
In Yer Space at Rocket @ South Bridge
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Caveman Inc
Kerry Shale at the Pleasance
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Silent Engine
Pentabus Theatre at the Gilded Balloon
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

A Place with the Pigs
Black Box Theatre at the Gateway
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Five Finger Exercise
C
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Telling Wilde Tales
Nerdal Productions at Southside
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Interviews

Philip Fisher with Bryan Savery, General Manager of Tamasha TC
Philip Fisher talks to Wolf Rahlfs, 5 star performer of Notes from the Underground
Philip Fisher meets Jon Spooner and Liz Margree of the Unlimited Theatre Company

Comment

A fleeting visit
Peter Lathan looks back at the 2002 Fringe
Reviews and reviewers: some thoughts
Should we apply different standards to the Fringe?

News

Fringe First Winners
Other Award Winners
Stage Award Winners

 

 

Best Bets

Just able to see a few shows? Want to know what's the very best? Here are our Five Star shows:

6 Women with Brain Death

Outlying Islands

Stitching

Jerry Springer - the Opera

Notes from the Underground

Bounce

Intimacy

Diarmuid and Grainne

Penetrator

Nothing to Declare

Fallen

The Gallant John-Joe

100

Victory at the Dirt Palace

Silent Engine

 

 

©Peter Lathan 2001