The Fringe in Review Podcast
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Reviews, Interviews and Views in the field of theatre, writing and the performing arts.
The Fringe in Review PodcastAug 27, 2023
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The Fringe in Review Podcast Series 4 Episode 10
A catch up with actor, writer, producer, director and now body double, David Calvitto. Alex Bird, Co-Director of Tortoise in a Nut Shell talks with Jo Tomalin about their visual theatre charity and how they use research to create shows and their latest piece Concerned Others. Neil Frost co-director of theatre company Mad Etiquette talks with Jo Tomalin about Clown and his show The Door playing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. An Affirming Exploration of Grief. In Conversation with Heather Tiernan About White Butterfly
Turan Ali, Stage Storyteller and BBC Drama Producer talks with Jo Tomalin about how he became interested in stories and producing and performing in Queer Folks’ Tales at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Turan Ali, Stage Storyteller and BBC Drama Producer talks with Jo Tomalin about how he became interested in stories and producing and performing in Queer Folks’ Tales at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Aug 27, 202301:16:39
The Fringe in Review Podcast Series 4 Episode 9
in this bumper episode at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, we are in conversation with Zoe Brownstone and Dom McGovern on their standup two halfer, Tied for Second; Character comedian Abby Vicky-Russell on Gush, Stephen Cronin discusses Durham Fringe; Leif Oleson-Cormack on comedy show The Disney Delusion. Finola Cronin and Megan Kennedy talk with Jo Tomalin about developing their latest production for Junk Ensemble – Dances Like a Bomb. Louise Seyffert and Bart Laere (Vagabond Productions) talk to Kate Saffin about their translation of The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco. Lara Foot, adapter, writer and director of JM Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K presented at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 talks with Jo Tomalin about directing. Prolific playwright Gail Louw talks to Kate Saffin about her work and writing The Mitfords. And FringeReview's Paul Levy ponders on the elephant back in the Fringe Room, Covid.
Aug 19, 202301:45:25
The Fringe in Review Podcast Series 4 Episode 8
In conversation with actor Larry Mitchell and co-producer David Calvitto (with deft help from Marshall Cordell about 17 Minutes by Scott Organ (directed by Seth Barrish.
Writer Nick Hennigan from Maverick Theatre Company talks about The Birth of Frankenstein (written by Robert Lloyd George). Performer Monia Baldini and Producer Giusi di Gesaro discuss interactive theatre piece, Be My Guest. We also bump into J.D Henshaw from Sweet Productions and Dundee Fringe and talk to one of the team from Waiting for a Train at the Bus Stop.
Writer Nick Hennigan from Maverick Theatre Company talks about The Birth of Frankenstein (written by Robert Lloyd George). Performer Monia Baldini and Producer Giusi di Gesaro discuss interactive theatre piece, Be My Guest. We also bump into J.D Henshaw from Sweet Productions and Dundee Fringe and talk to one of the team from Waiting for a Train at the Bus Stop.
Aug 08, 202301:29:16
The Fringe in Review Season 4 Episode 7
In this episode we meet Terence Harnett who returns to the Fringe with 1 Ball Show: 1 Lung Less. Terence talks about cancer, comedy and how he creates his work at the Fringe. Charlie Merriman's WONDER DRUG: A Comedy About Cystic Fibrosis is a disability-led show from Charlie Merriman. The show was a big hit at the VAULTS Festival in London. Opera singer and disability-led artist Tamara Stein rounds off this episode with an inspiring conversation about opera at the Fringe and her show The Opera Diva's Boudoir.
Aug 08, 202350:40
The Fringe in Review Season 4 Episode 6
In this first episode at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Jo Tomalin talks to Gillian Lacey-Solymar about writing her first Edinburgh Fringe show, IrrePRESSible: The Musical. Also How Experiences of Writing and Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Drives the Next Steps for Matthew Roberts. Jo finds out. Paul Levy bumps into Bertie Hodd about their new Edfringe solo show Dad Jokes. He also hears about Nicola Macri's show Single Entendre which explores asexuality. Lucy Hopkins also discusses the magic of bunderbus and yurt venues in the pay what you want Fringe.
Aug 02, 202301:07:47
The Fringe in Review Season 4 Episode 5
Brighton Fringe 2023 enters its final week. Comedian Paul Connell talks about and his solo show Ace in the Hole. Northern Edge Theatre Company writer and director Sam Milnes, and actor Ben Burgin talk about new play Victor, Vi and the Volvo. And where next for Brighton Fringe?
May 30, 202325:40
The Fringe in Review Season 4 Episode 4
Cabaret performer Nigel Osner on his show Still Ticking at The Actors at Brighton Fringe, Pericles Theatre Company on The Seagull and the Cat at the Rotunda, and we catch up with Biscuit Barrel Comedy and talk 69 sketches in an hour. Oh, and Fringereview's Paul Levy is grumping at Brighton Fringe.
May 21, 202333:04
The Fringe in Review Series 4 Episode 3
more theatre and arts makers talk about their work at Brighton Fringe 2023. We meet the cast of blood wedding from Bhasvic College. Ben Kay talks about Dizney in Drag at Brighton Spiegeltent. And Sam Rush introduces us to the unique mobile cinema known as Audrey.
May 18, 202340:55
The Fringe in Review Series 4 Episode 2
In this episode at Brighton Fringe 2023: Eddie Summers, Rosalie Minnitt and Ralf Wetzel. Magic, solo theatre, clown and mask!
May 08, 202301:13:46
The Fringe in Review Series 4 Episode 1
In this special edition that kicks off our new season we explore an initiative called Age is a Stage which is really part of third age education in the field of the Arts. Showcasing Beyond the Nose we talk to the director and one of the performers of this initiative.
May 08, 202347:00
The Fringe in Review
In this episode during the final week at Edfringe 2022, we hear more voices at the Fringe with Jenson Parker-Stone Producer of Game Night at Greenside talking about this late evening piece of dark comedy theatre. Then we have Katie's Tales as described by Sofia de Sanctis (production assistent). Next up is spoken word show Taste of Sweat and Sand discussed by Russ Pollard - writer and performer. Mark Saltveit creator and MC of Palindrome Fight rounds off an inspiring chat with all these creative and inspiring people that we met at Greenside. After that a chat with Karl Bevis from lengendary fringe Venue 45. Rounding off this episode we bumped into Foxworthy-Bowers who told us about the very important fringe show Monoslogue. And the very last words go to the Fringe Van Gogh himself, Walter de Forest who we met right at the very beginning of this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Aug 23, 202246:53
The Fringe in Review
In this episode we create space to hear a few of the women at the fringe bringing work to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Phoebe Averdieck discusses her new theatre piece Hard Shoulder.
Joan Kane from Ego Actus explores some very personal solo theatre, Almost 13.
Amanda Ladd is the perfomer in The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special in the Free Fringe. She talks about the three pieces written by William Leavengood.
Savannah Aquah explores I Don't Feel Anything, which is a piece about fear of feeling.
Madaleine Gordon lifts the lid on "dark comedy musical experience", Spit Me Out.
Phoebe Averdieck discusses her new theatre piece Hard Shoulder.
Joan Kane from Ego Actus explores some very personal solo theatre, Almost 13.
Amanda Ladd is the perfomer in The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special in the Free Fringe. She talks about the three pieces written by William Leavengood.
Savannah Aquah explores I Don't Feel Anything, which is a piece about fear of feeling.
Madaleine Gordon lifts the lid on "dark comedy musical experience", Spit Me Out.
Aug 20, 202237:18
The Fringe in Review
Daniel Wishes and Seri Yanai talk about creating literally hundreds of puppets for Space Hippo. Achim Wieland and Marios Ioannou reveal the creative process behind the controversial theatre piece Tea Ceremony.
C. Neil Parsons and Greg Jukes take us through the musical success that is Fruit Flies Like a Banana.
Peter Vickers created solo show ZAV transposed from his own personal journey.
With just about the only Berkoff at the Fringe, Steven Smith discusses already acclaimed Dog-Actor.
Highly reviewed theatre piece Heroin to Hero at Army at the Fringe is discussed with actor Tony McGeever. At the venue press launch we meet Paul Stone, writer and director of For Queen and Country.
These are just some of the many and diverse voices at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022.
C. Neil Parsons and Greg Jukes take us through the musical success that is Fruit Flies Like a Banana.
Peter Vickers created solo show ZAV transposed from his own personal journey.
With just about the only Berkoff at the Fringe, Steven Smith discusses already acclaimed Dog-Actor.
Highly reviewed theatre piece Heroin to Hero at Army at the Fringe is discussed with actor Tony McGeever. At the venue press launch we meet Paul Stone, writer and director of For Queen and Country.
These are just some of the many and diverse voices at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022.
Aug 18, 202201:02:37
The Fringe in Review
In this special episode at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, we take a deeper dive into the "big four" in the context of an arts festival potentially collapsing under its own weight.
Yet still thr fires of artisic passion and creativity burn admidst the fringe deluge. Oh yes, and then there was Covid and a dawning realisation that current models are no longer sustainable.
The fringe P.T Barnum and legend, Guy Masterson. The career actor David Calvitto. The solo show performer, Kylie Vincent. The producer, Daniel Llewelyn-Jones, and the writer Nick Hennigan. There are threads that join them together, yet there is complexity here. Paul Levy attempts to explore the connections, frowns, and a mist lifts over the Meadows...
Yet still thr fires of artisic passion and creativity burn admidst the fringe deluge. Oh yes, and then there was Covid and a dawning realisation that current models are no longer sustainable.
The fringe P.T Barnum and legend, Guy Masterson. The career actor David Calvitto. The solo show performer, Kylie Vincent. The producer, Daniel Llewelyn-Jones, and the writer Nick Hennigan. There are threads that join them together, yet there is complexity here. Paul Levy attempts to explore the connections, frowns, and a mist lifts over the Meadows...
Aug 13, 202201:45:57
The Fringe in Review
In a full-to bursting second podcast at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, Paul Levy ponders the 'great return' and then chata with James Johnson and Sharon Em on Cynically Dead, comedian, Henry Churniavski on With all Jew respect, solo performer Larry Tish on his autobiographical piece Trouble on Six, Katie Overstall on Nellie Bligh, magician The Great Baldini, Philip Stokes on Jesus, Mary, Mother and Me before jumping on a number 29 bus to Black Medicine Coffee.
Aug 10, 202201:09:35
The Fringe in Review
In our first episode based up at Edinburgh Fringe 2022, FringeReview's Jo Tomalin talks about physical theatre, the creators and cast of A Space Mystery: A Mystery in Space share their creative approach, Chris Cresswell lifts the lid on teaching clown and performance skills to the elderly, Will Jackson, at the Fringe with Conferti and interactive show Fashion Spies, discussses interactive theatre (and a lot more besides), and Paul Levy travels up on the train and tries to persuade you to see some verbatim theatre.
Aug 05, 202258:57
The Fringe in Review Season 3 Episode 6
Reflections at the Brighton Spiegeltent, a visit to the Rotunda and a chat with its venue co-creator - actor Ross Erikson, rounding off with Joe Angella in conversation with comedian Donal Vaughan.
Jun 01, 202239:49
The Fringe in Review Season 3 Episode 5
Guest interviewer Hattie Snooks talks to Cerys Evans about A Trans Fairytale while Aidan Sadler talks Bosco abd Tropicana - a queer comedy cabaret rooted in his own story. Actor Philip Willett tells us about the play Crunch, and we asli hear from Brighton Fringe's own Cameron Brown about the Fringe hub. And what is to be done about the Arts in Brighton and Hove? Two important and timely events at the Brighton Spiegeltent will dive deeper into this and other questions
May 24, 202241:28
The Fringe in Review Season 3 Episode 4
Joe Angella talks to Heather Alexander, Sam Chittenden and Sophie Methuen-Turner about thier shows at this year's Brighton Fringe.
May 21, 202201:02:02
The Fringe in Review Series 3 Episode 3
Out and about at Brighton Fringe as we head into week 2. A brief look at shows at the Brighton Spiegeltent, a chat with Simon David about his show White Gay, followed by a conversation with Sarah Chiappi, director of the new Shackleton The Musical, not forgetting a deep dive over a cuppa into the co-writing world of Joseph Nixon and Brian Mitchell. A song from Clean the Musical at Fringe City and finally a plea against "amazing".
May 14, 202201:11:34
The Fringe in Review Season 3 Episode 2
It is still the first week at Brighton Fringe 2022. Reflections on arts and venue affordability and the role of Fringe in personal development. We chat to theatre makers and performers; Actor Amy Kidd and producer Sarah Mann, writer Ross Scarfield, singer (and a lot more besides) Seth Morgan,, Luke Tudball and Heather Bagnall offering their children show recommendations, and comedian Jack Harris.
May 10, 202201:04:23
The Fringe in Review Season 3 Episode 1
On the first day of Brighton Fringe 2022, we explore curiosity, attend the Sweet Venues launch and chat with a range of performance, from poetry to cabaret to improvisation and comedy. We take a look at the paper fringe programme and reflect on the continual emergence of the Arts from the pandemic. Fringe is back again.
May 07, 202201:06:53
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 10
In this Christmas "special", we talk to producing legend Chris Grady about creative producing. Gary Sefton from Truestory Theatre reveals his latest production and continues the journey that has successfully navigated the pandemic, and Fringereview's Paul Levy ponders another year ahead.
Jan 02, 202241:45
The Fringe in Review Podcast Season 2 Episode 9
A special edition focusing on Edinburgh Fringe venue Army at the Fringe. With reflections from Paul Levy on the nature of pop-up Fringe venues.
Aug 24, 202144:48
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 8
A chat with writer and performer Tim Marriot takes us live to a quiet pub at Edfringe 2021. The Greyfriars Bobby Pub quiet? In August ??? John Feffer, in the U.S, talks about Clowntime and life as a theatre performer and a foreign policy advisor. Joanne Harstone lifts the lid on online theatre platform, Black Box Live. To round things off. FringeReview's Paul Levy considers how distraction can impact on how to watch online theatre.
Aug 12, 202157:40
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 7
FringeReview's Jo Tomalin, from San Francisco, chats to Julián González & Janet Moran about Looking for America, "a story of two journeys". Jo also interviewsElliot Montgomery, Artistic Director of Tie It Up Theatre about true story "I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won't Die ". FringeReview's editor Paul Levy, reflects on the UN report on Climate CHange and considers its implications for the growth models inherent in most fringe festivals. Is it time to put on the breaks and radically re-imagine fringe?
Aug 09, 202138:12
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 6
The Edinburgh Fringe 2021 is back in the physical world but continuing and enhancing it's online presence as well. We will be there both bodily and virtually and we begin our coverage with a chat with storyteller David Spillman who brings the Anterbury Tales to the Counting House. Writer Tim Fraser and actor Mike Waller from Reboot Theatre Company talk about acclaimed play Candy and both its face to face and its online versions which you can see on Zoo TV.
Aug 06, 202152:00
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 5
In this special edition we talk to theatre maker and actor Rebecca Vaughan and guest reviewer Andrew Margerison about Theatre Tours International's timely revival of theatre cult classic Scaramouche Jones. Brian Mitchell then pays tribute to the late and rather great comedy writer and actor David Mounfield.
Jul 19, 202143:47
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 4
Talking to JD Henshaw about Sweet Venues and Sweet Productions with its solo show production that makes way for actor Heather-Rose Andrews to step into the roles of Jekyll and Hyde. Roger Kay lifts the lid on a determined story of piloting Rialto Theatre through Covid 19, that allows award-winning The Sensemaker to come to Brighton Fringe. Elsa Couvreur shares her artistic approach to the show's creation and performance. And the unique AI-infused cult show I am Echoborg outlined by performer Marie-Helene Boyd completes this diverse and packed Episode, but not before we've chatted to Penny Cole about The Road Ahead, a recorded show full of New Mexico folk music.
Jun 12, 202101:11:35
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 3
In this episode, we chat to Emma Dears about the biography musical Judy and Liza which follows the lives in music of Judy Garland and her daughter Liza Minelli, and to Gary Jones about Something about Simon: The Paul Simon Story. Anton Binder and film animator Sally Andersen talk about magic-themed show, the Secrets of Jack Roulette. Podcast host Paul Levy visits the Warren, a venue hub at Brighton Fringe and reflects on venues that share risk with theatre makers
Jun 06, 202153:58
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 2
These are the voices of the Fringe, the artists themselves in conversation with Paul Levy at Brighton Fringe 2021. Mark Stratford, Steve Goodie, Arathi Suresh, Dave Cawner, Richard Filby and Charmian Hughes do not disappoint.
May 31, 202101:02:60
The Fringe in Review Season 2 Episode 1
In this first episode of a new season we we are out and about at Brighton Fringe 2021. We're at the Fringe launch, the Brighton Spiegeltent, reflecting on this careful emergence from a year and a bit from hell. We talk to Adrian Bristow, Matt Rudkin and magician The Great Baldini.
May 29, 202125:50
The Fringe in Review Episode 12
Looking back with Ross Drury to Living Record Festival is a full bodied and bloodied reflection on the evolution of digital arts. Brighton Fringe's Julian Caddy remembers the shock and unwelcome birth of lockdown. And now the Fringe returns in June 2021, different, yet still grounded in both its heritage and a nervy, exciting future.
Apr 07, 202156:28
The Fringe in Review Episode 11
In this Episode we dare to imagine the emergence from lockdown and see evidence of it at the Adelaide Fringe 2021. Producer and reviewer Amie Kendall gives us a flavour of a socially distanced Fringe in full swing in the physical world. Award-wining writer, producer, director and performer Joanne Hartstone (also Artistic Director of Hartstone-Kitney Productions) brings a raft of shows to her Black Box Theatre, reflects on Fringe in lockdown, the Edinburgh Fringe and the making of The Reichstag is Burning.
Mar 13, 202153:46
The Fringe in Review Episode 10
In this bumper edition Paul Levy is joined by Ross Drury for a past midway reflection on the Living Record Festival. Eden Harbud talks about his audio piece at the festival called Breaking Up With Reality, and arts maker Paula Varjack introduces us to the new Digital Performance Network. The underlying theme for this episode is is a question: What's next for theatre and the performing arts, in the digital and physical world?
Feb 13, 202101:25:12
The Fringe in Review Episode 9
Two contrasting interviews make up this episode. We dive deep into the craft of writing in a fascinating conversation with Simon Jenner, reviewer, playwright, writing commissioner and poet. And we hear from T D Van der Beek who talks about a piece of film brimming with a spirit of experimentation, Ram of God, which plays Living Record Festival.
Feb 01, 202101:08:52
The Fringe in Review Episode 8
This is a bumper episode covering two flagship digital theatre and performance arts festivals - Living Record Festival and theSpaceUK Season 2. With conversations from theatre makers, comedians, film artists, writers, and multimedia art makers, this episode is a rich and deep dive into art during lockdown.
Jan 24, 202101:51:01
The Fringe in Review Podcast Episode 7
We continue our coverage of theSpaceUK which which brings a second season of shows from all genres via its digital platform. Written and spoken word, theatre and music, there is plenty to appreciate and enjoy during lockdown.
Jan 19, 202158:55
The Fringe in Review Episode 6
In this Episode we continue our coverage of the Living Record Festival, focusing on writers and their contrasting creative journeys. Skye Hallam, Ella Dorman Gaic and Matthew Windham chat to FringeReview's Paul Levy and Living Record's Ross Drury.
Jan 12, 202155:04
The Fringe in Review Episode 5
We are live at theSpaceUK Online Season 2. Paul Levy continues his reflections on online fringe during lockdown. He chats to theatre and arts makers who form part of this unique virtual event in January and February 2021. It seems that being forced online has been both a challenge but also an opportunity to develop their physical world work, not only in an online context, but also going forward, back into physical world performance when lockdown is over.
Jan 10, 202147:56
The Fringe in Review Episode 4
We continue our coverage of exciting work at the Living Record Festival as we chat to Dan Horrigan abd Eloise Poulton who both, in contrasting ways, work in both film and theatre.
Jan 07, 202136:40
The Fringe in Review Episode 3: Living Record Festival
We begin our coverage of the Living Record Festival with an interview with festival founder and director Ross Drury. The Festival runs virtually from 17th January to 22nd February 2021. The festival provides a unique platform for digital arts makers.
Dec 29, 202029:28
The Fringe in Review Christmas Episode 2020
In this special episode Paul Levy talks to award-winning director and actor Guy Masterson about his live-streamed and on-demand solo performance of A Christmas Carol.
Dec 21, 202014:48
The Fringe in Review Podcast: Exploring Narcissism
In this Fringe in Review Podcast we are at the Edinburgh Fringe 2019.
Co-hosted by Writer Paul Levy and theatre maker and standup poet Gavin Robertson, we attempt to explore what narcissism is all about in our modern world, in fringe theatre, performance and the realm of creativity in society. Guests included Brett Johnsonm, Diana Dinerman, Jo Tomalin, Gavin Lind and Lewis Schaffer.
Sep 07, 201929:28