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Talking ’bout a revolution
EWAN CAMERON negotiates the fringe to pick out some of the best political shows
SPEAKING TO THE PROTEST MOVEMENT: Gabriele Uboldi and Samuel Rees in Lessons On Revolution
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JOHN FLINT explores the Appleby Blue development, winner of the Stirling prize 2025
GORDON PARSONS enjoys the wealth of wisdom and the clarity of expression from a dialogue between Chomsky and Mujica
GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O CONNOR and JOHN GREEN review The Choral, Belen, Dragonfly, and Colossal Wreck
WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb
RITA DI SANTO points out the social experience of exploitation and oppression that inform the popular winners at this year’s festival
LESSONS IN REVOLUTION (★★★★★) is a play that at times resembles a live action essay, and a poignant look at the dialectic of failure and legacy.
Stitched together by soundscapes, photos, video, audience participation and, fittingly for the narrative, an overhead projector, this is a unique multimedia production held in the intimate stage of the Former Woman’s Locker Room at Edinburgh’s Summerhall.
Produced and performed by playwrights Gabriele Uboldi and Sam Rees, the play weaves a compelling view of the web of global capitalism in a story that takes the audience from the former British colony of Rhodesia to the cramped slum apartments of modern-day London.
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