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Olivia Poulet I love comedians who bring shows to the fringe that take me somewhere unexpected, rather than churn out what they've been repeating weekly on Live at the Apollo. Josie Long always inspires, Simon Munnery and Paul Foot are bewilderingly original, but perhaps the most intoxicating show I've seen here recently was Tim Key's Masterslut. From the moment he entered from the back of the audience (following a path laid out on a map that was projected on stage in the pre-show), Tim never let you settle. Audience interaction can be terrifying and ill-advised, but the audience happily obliged for this unconstrained piece of theatre. Languidly shifting between conversation, poetry and film, he refused to fix on one genre. This was standup, performance art and cabaret – and the experience was all the better for it. I can't wait to see how he thrills his audience this Edinburgh. … [Read more...] about The best show I’ve ever seen at Edinburgh: performers and theatre-makers on their festival highlights

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"The threats by the sponsors of the championship to pull out were probably the last straw in a series of critical voices against the tournament," he said. "The Viasna Human Rights Centre wrote a lot about it and we wrote directly to Fasel. Unfortunately, he didn't respond to us." … [Read more...] about Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on IIHF decision: ‘Justice has been served’

“Are you having a good night?” compere Mae Martin keeps asking us, with mounting uncertainty as this late-night mixed bill proceeds. Her anxiety is justified: the show yields slim pickings, at least until its stellar final act, the sketch troupe Sheeps. Producers the Invisible Dot are associated with new comedy at its most creative, but three-quarters of this offering – the first of a nightly appointment, in a tent, at the Manchester international festival – has little that’s new, or very amusing, to offer. … [Read more...] about The Invisible Dot Cabaret review – slim pickings from a sketchy mixed bill