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VENUE: PLEASANCE COURTYARD, EDINBURGH >>> The Sex Lives of Puppets is Creature Comforts meets Channel 4’s Sex Box. Drawing inspiration from real-life interviews the show is written in collaboration with The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles...

VENUE: THEATRO TECHNIS >>> Paris has the Olympics but hey, London has the Camden Fringe, now in full swing till August 25, and rivalling Edinburgh. Four weeks of theatre, comedy and performance across North London and as exhausting and entertaining as anything the athletes can throw at us...

VENUE: RIVERSIDE STUDIOS >>> Following their first successful Bitesize Festival back in January, Riverside Studios have programmed another instalment of this exciting new concept showcasing work from new and emerging theatre makers.  Running from 5th-31st July 2024, Riverside are boasting more shows, a wider variety of performances and an accessible

VENUE: BARONS COURT THEATRE >>> A cowboy (Daniel Pirie), madam, inventor (Vilma Kitula), sheriff, doctor and priest (Cameron Harris) all walk into a bar. I won't spoil the punchline. The set is sparse: “A bar made out of some sort of wood (probably), and the rest is audience imagination,” we are informed by the man behind the bar...

VENUE: BRIDEWELL THEATRE >>> A glossy programme depicting a burning witch, a noose and haunted house bore the legend: She Died.  Her Curse Lives On. Two faceless figures top to toe in black, monks’ cowls over their bowed heads, stand motionless at the curtained entrance...

VENUE: THE HOPE THEATRE >>> Set in a graveyard we meet a gravedigger who works peacefully alone preparing a hole for the next unfortunate soul until a newcomer appears on the scene and disturbs the gentle...