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ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK
The Review Show is in Edinburgh this week for the first of three special programmes covering the best of the festivals.
Our guests are:
Paul Morley
Natalie Haynes
A L Kennedy
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COMEDY
With several established comedy venues here celebrating big anniversaries, we're testing the theory that the Edinburgh circuit has just got too big and commercial by sending our panellists to see three comedians under 30 who've made their way here by very different routes. Kevin Bridges is from Glasgow, but his first Edinburgh appearance is this year, even though he's already an established TV performer. Josie Long won best comedy newcomer here in 2006 but seems to have eschewed the TV exposure that Edinburgh success tends to offer. Meanwhile Bo Burnham, a 19 year old American, has made his name on youtube, and this year makes his festival debut. Which of them represents the future of comedy?
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THE FRINGE OF THE FRINGE
Every year at Edinburgh the fringe seems to get wilder and wackier, and the locations more and more obscure. But has it just become a bit mainstream to do something a bit shocking and peculiar? Is there really any room for real counter-culture any more at Edinburgh? We've asked our panellists to track down some of the more unusual offerings on the fringe - and will ask them whether any of it serves any purpose beyond setting out to shock.
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ART
Martin Creed Down Over Up, The Fruitmarket Gallery, 2010
Martin Creed discusses Down, Over, Up on The Culture Show
© Martin Creed and The Fruitmarket Gallery
Photo: Alan Dimmick
Those seeking respite from the rigours of the fringe festival can turn their attention to the Edinburgh Art Festival. We're focussing on Martin Creed's exhibition at the Fruitmarket gallery, which plays on the shape of the gallery and the city; on current Turner Prize winner Richard Wright's stairwell project at the Dean Gallery, and on Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth's installation at the newly reopened City observatory on Carlton Hill. -
FRINGE THEATRE HIGHLIGHTS
Every play wants to get that coveted five star review - will our panellists think the plays we've chosen to focus on deserve the early buzz they've created? We're looking at Lockerbie, a one man show based on the unpublished memoirs of Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was killed in the terrorist attack on the PanAm flight. We've been to see Fair Trade, one of a handful of pieces at the festival this year which focuses on sex trafficking - this one has the backing of Emma Thompson. And we've got all twelve rounds at Beautiful Burnout, a play about boxing from the National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly.
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MUSIC
All that plus live music from Kevin Eldon and Nick Pynn.
Credits
- Presenter
- Kirsty Wark
- Executive Producer
- Liz Gibbons
