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2004 Edinburgh Fringe Index

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4:48 Psychosis
By Sarah Kane
The Chicken's Still Dancing Theatre Company
Grayfriar's Kirk House
***(*)

Amajuba
By Yael Farber
Oxford Playhouse in association with the Farber Foundry
Assembly Rooms
*****

And in the End
By Alexander Marshall
The Walrus Group
C
***

Andromache
In a version by Peter and Luk Perceval after Racine
Edinburgh International Festival
Royal Lyceum Theatre
**

Animal Farm
By George Orwell, adapted and performed by Guy Masterson
Assembly Rooms
*****

Antonio Forcione Quartet
Assembly @ St George's West
*****

Ashes to Ashes
By Harold Pinter
Splinter Group
Gilded Balloon Caves
****

As If a Rag
National Student Theatre Company
Pleasance Dome
***

Band on the Break
The Magnets
Pod Deco
****

Beauty and the Bitch
Written and performed by Katy Darby and Dave Key-Pugh
einekleine theatre company
Co2
***(*)

Bedtime Stories
Les Enfants Terribles
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Bima and Bramati
By Tord Akerbaek, translated by Grace Barnes
Det Apne Teater
Traverse 2
****

The Blind Fiddler
By Marie Jones
Lane Theatre Company
Assembly Rooms
***

Blood Relations
By Sharon Pollock
Braindead Theatre Company
Grayfriars Kirk House
***

Bombshells
By Joanna Murray-Smith
Caroline O'Connor
Assembly Rooms
****

Boothby Graffoe and the Following People
By Boothby Graffoe
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

Building Babble
Attic People Theatre
Pleasance Dome
**

Camut Band - Life is Rhythm
Assembly Rooms
*****

Catalpa
By Donal O'Kelly
The James Gang
Rocket@Demarco Roxy Art House
***

Caravan
Black Hole Theatre
Aurora Nova@St Stephens
****

Celestina
By Fernando de Rojas, translated and adapted by John Clifford
Edinburgh International Festival
King's Theatre
*****

The City Club
By Glenn M Stewart
Pleasance Dome
****(*)

The Clink
By Stephen Jeffreys
Edward's Theatre Company
Quaker Meeting House
***

Cooking with Elvis
By Lee Hall
RWCMD
Venue 13

A Comedy of Arias
By Ian Bloomfield and Jonathan Guy Lewis
Opera on the Run
Pleasance Dome
*****

Creating Chaos
Written & performed by Claire Dowie
Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge
**

The Crimson Corset
By Morag Thorpe
Scarlet Angel Productions
C Central
*

Crooked
By Catherine Trieschmann
Johnny Belle Productions
Cowgate Central
***

Curry Tales
By Rani Moorthy
Rasa Productions
Traverse 4
**

Dancing with Dragons
ITheatre
Devised by Joni Tham, Adelynn Tan, Jonathan Lum, and Eleanor Tan
C
***

Damaged by Miracles
Falsa Imago
Pleasance Coutyard
****

Dark Angels
Music, Book, Lyrics and Choreography by Daniel Hyde
About Turn
Sweet on the Royal Mile
***

Delerium
Written and directed by Tony Speciale
C Cubed
***(*)

Diary of a Madman
By Nicolai Gogol
Act Provocateur International
C
**

Dias de las Noches
Theatr Novogo Fronta
Aurora Nova @ St Stephens
****

Doderskratt - A Dramatic Concert
Theatre Slava
Aurora Nova@St Stephens
****

Dogman
By John Dowie
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*****

Drag King Richard III
By Terri Power
Shake-scene Players
Mead

The Duchess of Malfi
By John Webster
Apricot Theatre
C
*****

The Dumb Waiter
By Harold Pinter
Cyclops Events
Pod Deco
***

Durang Durang
By Christopher Durang
Skullduggery Theatre Company
Underbelly
***

Dylan in America
Performed by Peter Reid
RWCMD
Venue 13

Fatboy
By John Clancy
Assembly Rooms
Reviewer: David Chadderton
***

Fatboy
By John Clancy
Assembly Rooms
Reviewer: Philip Fisher
****

Fanny and Faggott
By Jack Thorne
Host Universal
5065 Lift at the Pleasance Courtyard
***

Fat Yellow Bellies
By Maryam Hamidi
Apocalipstick
pend fringe @ gateway
***(*)

Fierce
By Justin Young
Grid Iron
Assembly Rooms
***

Five Visions of the Faithful
By Torben Betts
Cambridge University ADC
C
****

Football
By Lewis Davies
Made in Wales
Venue 13
****
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Football
By Lewis Davies
Made in Wales
Venue 13
****
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Forbidden
Theatre of the Insane
Holyrood Tavern
(*)

For the Love of Money
By Laura Sharpe
Milky Coffee Productions
pend fringe @ gateway
**(*)

Fuse
By Andrew Buckland
Traverse 2
*****

Galileo
By Tom Stoppard
Collapsible Theatre Company in association with OUDS
C
*

Garden of Fools
Written and devised by Gomito Productions
Bedlam
**

Gone
By Glyn Cannon, based on Sophocles' Antigone
Festival Highlights
Pleasance Courtyard
****

The Gospel of Matthew
George Dillon's Vital Theatre
Assembly @ St George's West
****

The Gospel Truth for Cats and Dogs
Written and performed by Richard Medrington
Quaker Meeting House
***

The Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati
C
*****

Hair
Exadus Theatre Company
Augustine's
***(*)

Handbag
By Mark Ravenhill
Glottal Stop Theatre
Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge
***(*)

Half Marathon
By Philip Holyman
The EJ Theatre Company
Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge
***

Hard to Believe
By Connal Morrison
Storytellers Theatre Company
Assembly Rooms
***

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
By John Cameron Mitchell, with music by Stephen Trask
Rose Tinted Productions & Josef Weinberger Ltd.
¼ rm @Greenside
****

Hitler Sells Tickets
By Boothby Graffoe
Assembly Rooms
****

How to Act around Cops
by Logan Brown and Matthew Benjamin
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Hunting Diana
By Henry Naylor
Gilded Balloon Productions with Henry Naylor
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*

I Didn't Vote for George W.
By Brian Longwell
Parker Entertainment
C Central
**

I Licked a Slag's Deodorant
By Jim Cartwright
RWCMD
Venue 13

In a Month of Fallen Sundays
The Paper Birds
Gilded Balloon Teviot
****

Jazz Mouse
Written, designed and performed by Ailie Cohen
Assembly Rooms
***

Job - the Hip-Hop Musical
Written and performed by Jerome Saibil and Eli Batalion
FDLT Productions
Pod Deco
***

Kenneth, What's the Frequency?
By Paul Allman
Assembly Rooms
***

Killing Paul McCartney
By Nick Grosso
Assembly Rooms
*

The Last Ballade
Written and performed by Michael Lunts
Hill Street Theatre
***

The Lifeblood
By Glyn Maxwell
Lifeblood Theatre Company in association with Metro Gilded Balloon
Gilded Balloon Caves
*****
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

The Lifeblood
By Glyn Maxwell
Lifeblood Theatre Company in association with Metro Gilded Balloon
Gilded Balloon Caves
****
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Little Howard and Big Howard in At Home with the Howards
By Howard Read
Pleasance Courtyard
*****

A Little Touch of Harry in the Night
An adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V
Knighthorse Theatre Company
C Central
****

Loaded
By Scott Capuro
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Losing Venice
By John Clifford
Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge
***

The Love-Hungry Farmer
Based on the writing of John B Keane, adapted by Des Keogh
The Irish Rep Theatre of New York
Assembly Rooms
*****
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

The Love-Hungry Farmer
By John B Keane, adapted by Des Keogh
Assembly Rooms
****
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Lyflink
The Holding Company
Garage
*
Reviewer: Catherine Lamm

Lyflink
The Holding Company
Garage Citrus
*
Reviewer: Peter Lathan

Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Theatre Babel
Gateway
*****

The Macbeth Conspiracy
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Challoner Theatre Company
Grayfriars Kirk House
*

Mad Margaret's Revenge
By Lesley Ross
Ripley Theatre
Venue 13

Manchester Girl
By Sue Turner-Cray
Why not eh Productions
Underbelly
****

Men
By Brendan Cowell
mindrocket projects ltd
Pleasance Dome
***

Metaphor
Queen Margaret University College
pend fringe@ gateway
***

Moan Moan Moan
A devised play
Crack Horse
C Central
*

The Musical
By Ashley Frieze and Chris Parr
Incredible Productions
Underbelly
****

Nancy Cartwright: My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy
By Nancy Cartwright, Rose Goss and Peter Kjenaas
Assembly Rooms
***

NewsRevue
Canal Café Theatre
Script Editors: Marc Blakewill & James Harris
C
Reviewer: Rachel Lynn Brody
****(*)

NewsRevue
Canal Café Theatre
Script Editors: Marc Blakewill & James Harris
C
Reviewer: David Chadderton
****

Nikolina
By Van Badham
nabokov
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Nine Days Crazy
By Chris Goode
Pleasance Dome
****

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By Dale Wasserman
Assembly Rooms
*****
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By Dale Wasserman
Assembly Rooms
***
Reviewer: Rachel Lynn Brody

Open House
By Helena Thompson
S.P.I.D.
C
***

Paper World
Mimirichi
Pod Deco
****

A Paradise It Seems
By John Cheever
Wordshed Productions
Bedlam
*****

Party Time
By Harold Pinter
The Splinter Group
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Paul Merton's Impro Chums
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Phaedra's Love
By Sarah Kane
Underbelly
****

Play Dead
The People Show
Pod Deco
***

Playing
By Jodi Miller
Swift Kick Productions
Clubwest @ Drummond Community High School
***

Playing It Cool
By Rachel Lynn Brody
pend fringe@ gateway
Reviewer: Peter Lathan
***

Playing It Cool
By Rachel Lynn Brody
pend fringe@ gateway
Reviewer: Philip Fisher
****

Political Assassinator
Dansacademie Arnhem, Dance Maker Department
Devised by Yoram Mosenzon
pend fringe @ gateway
***

The Pull of Negative Gravity
By Jonathan Lichtenstein
Mercury Theatre Company
Traverse 2
*****

A Quiet Afternoon
By Bohumil Hrabal
Stamping Ground Theatre
Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge
*****

The Rap Canterbury Tales
Created and Performed by Baba Brinkman
Babasword Productions
C Central
**

Raw Beef
Hoax Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
*****

Reflections
Derevo
Aurora Nova@St Stephens
*****

Ristorante Immortale
Familie Floz
Aurora Nova @ St Stephens
*****

The River
By Lucy Caldwell
Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
Venue 13
****

Rosebud
By Mark Jenkins
Assembly Rooms
*****
Reviewer: David Chadderton

Rosebud
By Mark Jenkins
Assembly Rooms
*****
Reviewer: Philip Fisher

Rumble
Renegade Theatre
Aurora Nova
*****

Shakespeare for Breakfast
C Theatre
Written & Directed by Clare Prenton
C
***

1001 Nights
Shakti
Garage
**

Shimmer
By Linda McLean
Traverse Theatre Company
Traverse 1
*****

Shostakovich
By Ciaran McConville
Debut Theatre Company
Co2
**

Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters
By Russell Barr
Traverse 2
**

The Situation Comedy
By Robbie Gringrass
Pleasance Courtyard
**

Sketching Lucien
TheATRE hE, mME, mm, mm
Cafe Royal Fringe Theatre
*

The Smallest Person
By Timothy Knapman
Trestle Theatre Company
Pod Deco
****

Smoke!
By Andy Croft
150
C Too
***

Snapshot
By Samantha Swan
The Cygnet Theatre Company in association with Fringe Management
George Square Theatre
****

Son of the Father
By Pip Utton
Pleasance Courtyard
****

Stacking
By Katy Slater
Gilded Balloon Teviot
***

Stoll
Theatre de Klunka
Cowgate Central Theatre @ Wilkie House
***

Story Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale
By William Shakespeare
Year Out Drama Company
C Too
****

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Velocet
Adapted for stage by Adam Brace
C
Reviewer: Rachel Lynn Brody
***

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Velocet
Adapted for stage by Adam Brace
C
Reviewer: Philip Fisher
****

Sub
By James Mainwaring
Fat Cat Productions
C Central
***

Swansong
By Conor McDermottroe
Andy Jordan Productions
Pleasance Courtyard
***

Take Me Away
By Gerald Murphy
Rough Magic
Traverse 1
**

Tao - The Beat of the Globe
Assembly @ St George's West
*****

Taking Charlie
By Jonathan Harvey
SCAMP
Assembly Rooms
***

Tango Apocalypso
The Shysters
Traverse 1
**

Tapped
National Student Theatre Company
Pleasance Dome
***

Teatro Delusio
Familie Floz
Aurora Nova@St Stephens
****

Tempting Providence
By Paul Allman
Traverse 2
***

These Four Walls
By Ciaran McConville
Debut Theatre Company
Co2
****

Third Finger, Left Hand
By Adam Canavan
Assembly Theatre Ltd
Assembly Rooms
***

Thom Pain (based on nothing)
By Will Eno
Pleasance Courtyard
*

Three Bar Solo
Written by Envision Theatre, script by Ted Moore
Augustine's
****

The Tiger Lillies - Punch and Judy
By the Tiger Lillies
Pod Deco
***

3hree
Three one-act musicals
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Cowgate Central @ Cabaret Voltaire
****

Tiny Dynamite
By Abi Morgan
Storyforce
pend fringe @ gateway
****

Too Loud a Solitude
By Bohumil Hrabal, adapted by Alex Wnr
Closely Observed Productions
Rocket@Demarco Roxy Art House
****

Tristan and Mr Poppins
By Nozomi Abe
DR2
pend fringe@gateway
**

The Turn of the Screw
By Henry James
The OCs
C Central
***

The True Story of Ah Q
Adapted and Directed by Chan Kam Kuen
Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
pend fringe @ gateway
***

Two Man Rumble
Perhilion Theatre Company
Co2
*****

Two Women and a Chair
By Michael Olsen
Not Now! Theatre Company
C Central
***(*)

Txatxorra's Cube
Barakaldo Theatre School, Bilbao
Devised/Choreographed with the Company
pend fringe @ gateway
****

Venus, Mars and Chocolate Cake
CabarAct Productions
C Central
***

Waiting...
By Dave Duggan
Sole Purpose Productions
Quaker Meeting House
****

Welsh Assembly
Chris Corcoran
Pleasance Courtyard
****

When the Bulbul Stopped Singing
By Raja Shehadeh
Traverse Theatre Company
Traverse 1
****

White Out / Chaconne En Re Mineur
P.A.R.T.S. Brussels
Choreographed by Andros Zins-Browne and Chloe Attou
pend fringe @ gateway
***

The Wild Party
By Andrew Lippa based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March
National Student Theatre Company
Augustine's
*****

XXX
La Fura dels Baus
Pleasance Grand
***

The Zen Clown
Lazzi! Theatre Company
Diverse Attractions
**

Zoo-oid Fight Night Experience
Para-Active
Gilded Balloon Caves
*****

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

Macbeth

The Grapes of Wrath

Little Howard and Big Howard in At Home with the Howards

Rosebud
Rosebud

Shimmer

The Pull of Negative Gravity

Boothby Graffoe and the Following People

A Comedy of Arias

Fuse

The Duchess of Malfi

A Paradise It Seems

Antonio Forcione Quartet

Animal Farm

Dogman

The Wild Party

Rumble

Celestina

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Amajuba

Two Man Rumble

Zoo-oid Fight Night Experience

Tao - The Beat of the Globe

Camut Band - Life is Rhythm

The Love-Hungry Farmer

The Lifeblood

Raw Beef

A Quiet Afternoon

Reflections

Ristorante Immortale

 

©Peter Lathan 2004