SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
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HENRY BELL introduces an initiative to bring Palestinian artists to the Edinburgh festival, gives some context, and appeals for your support
PAUL FOLEY recommends an extraordinary double bill that packs a punch and leaves you reeling
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play about AI that results in a deadening disconnect for its audience
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa
MATTHEW HAWKINS pays tribute to the performance artist and costumier, Leigh Bowery
SIMON DUFF reviews a new composition by German composer and pianist Florian Weber that blurs the line between where improvisation ends and composition begins
New releases from The Jim Mullen Quartet, Caroline Kraabel/John Edwards, and Matthew Muneses/Riza Printup
THIS year Welcome to the Fringe Palestine will bring 16 Palestinian artists to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe, to platform their voices and celebrate Palestinian art and culture, with freedom and without censorship.
It will be a chance for poets, theatre-makers, comedians and dancers from across Palestine and the diaspora to engage with the festival, meet audiences, see shows, make friends, enjoy the city and share their work at the biggest arts festival on Earth. Welcome to the Fringe is crowdfunding to make this happen.
As an independent group of Scotland-based artists and producers who have worked regularly in Palestine and the wider Middle East over many decades, Welcome to the Fringe wants to embrace the lessons in hospitality, culture and liberation that they have learnt from Palestinians and bring that spirit to the Festival.
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