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Edinburgh 2009: Reviews Archive

These are archived reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2009.  We keep archived reviews online as a courtesy to performers, and to help members of the public researching the history of a show.

Looking for coverage of a particular show?  Here's a full index of all the reviews and previews we published for Edinburgh 2009. 

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5 stars 100 Wounded Tears (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

3.5 stars 3 Thrayaa (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

2.5 stars 6.0: How Heap And Pebble Took On The World And Won (Reviewed 25 August 2009)  

3.5 stars 90 minutes for Gandhi (Reviewed 29 August 2009)  

3 stars Afternoon Delight (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

preview Afternoon Delight (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

3 stars Alexis Dubus: A R*ddy Brief History Of Swearing (Reviewed 31 August 2009)  

4 stars Alistair McGowan And Charlotte Page: Cocktails With Coward (Reviewed 23 August 2009)  

5 stars Almost 10 (Reviewed 28 August 2009)  

4 stars An Improvised Musical (Reviewed 29 August 2009)  

4 stars Art (Reviewed 27 August 2009)  

3 stars Art House (Reviewed 17 August 2009)  

4 stars At Home With Holly (Reviewed 27 August 2009)  

4 stars Axis Of Awesome: Infinity Rock Explosion (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

4 stars Bane (Reviewed 21 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Barbershopera Ii (Reviewed 11 August 2009)  

preview Barbershopera II (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Beethoven For Breakfast (Reviewed 22 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Belle Canto's Opera Hour: Tales Of Love And Lies (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Ben Lerman's Size Matters (Reviewed 29 August 2009)  

4 stars The Best Of John Betjeman (Reviewed 22 August 2009)  

preview The Best Of John Betjeman (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

2 stars Bloodbath - The Musical (Reviewed 16 August 2009)  

4 stars The Boy Friend (Reviewed 31 August 2009)  

4 stars Brendon Burns: Comedy Good Yeah Silly Side C**T (Reviewed 30 August 2009)  

5 stars Broken Records (Reviewed 21 August 2009)  

preview Capoeira Knights (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

5 stars Capoeira Knights: The Boys From Brazil (Reviewed 10 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Catch (Reviewed 9 August 2009)  

preview Certain Dark Things (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

3 stars The Chair (Reviewed 10 August 2009)  

3 stars Chopin After Lunch (Reviewed 28 August 2009)  

4 stars Cigarettes And Chocolate (Reviewed 17 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Circa (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

2.5 stars Cluedo (Reviewed 29 August 2009)  

preview Cocktails with Coward (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4.5 stars Colin Hoult's Carnival Of Monsters (Reviewed 27 August 2009)  

3 stars The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Dan Antopolski - Silent But Deadly (Reviewed 19 August 2009)  

3 stars Dan Atkinson: Death By A Thousand Pricks (Reviewed 23 August 2009)  

3 stars Dan March - Goldrunner (Reviewed 19 August 2009)  

3 stars Danceforms - 'The 48th International Choreographers' Showcase' (Reviewed 16 August 2009)  

5 stars Daniel Rigby: The Mothwokfantastic (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

2.5 stars Daniel Sloss - Teenage Kicks (Reviewed 14 August 2009)  

4 stars The Dark Party (Reviewed 15 August 2009)  

4 stars David O'Doherty: David O'Doh-Party (Reviewed 22 August 2009)  

2 stars Denis Krasnov Versus Shane Healey (Reviewed 23 August 2009)  

4 stars Des Clarke - Clarxism (Reviewed 27 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Dialogue (Reviewed 12 August 2009)  

4 stars Die Roten Punkte - Robot/Lion Tour (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

2 stars Facebook: The Musical (Reviewed 24 August 2009)  

4 stars Fahrenheit 451 (Reviewed 16 August 2009)  

preview A Fistful Of Snow (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Flanders And Swann: A Brand Gnew Aftergnoon (Reviewed 9 August 2009)  

3 stars Four Quarters (Reviewed 12 August 2009)  

5 stars Francis, The Holy Jester (Reviewed 24 August 2009)  

5 stars Frisky And Mannish's School Of Pop (Reviewed 14 August 2009)  

preview Frisky and Mannish's School of Pop (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

5 stars Glenn Wool: Let Your Hands Go (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

3 stars Grounds/Re-Membering(s) (Reviewed 22 August 2009)  

preview Hayton on Homicide (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

2 stars How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

4 stars I Love You, You'Re Perfect, Now Change (Reviewed 25 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Idiots Of Ants: This Is War (Reviewed 12 August 2009)  

3 stars The Importance Of Being Earnestina (Reviewed 17 August 2009)  

1.5 stars Inventing The Sky (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

4 stars Jack Whitehall - Nearly Rebellious (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

preview Jerry Springer: The Opera (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

3.5 stars Jessica Delfino - I Wanna Be Famous (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

4 stars Jon Richardson: This Guy At Night (Reviewed 27 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Kent Valentine - How To Love Everyone (Even The *rseholes) (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

preview Kit & The Widow: All That Twitters (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

preview Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler - Double Down Hearts (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Lewis Barlow - Close-Up Magician (Reviewed 24 August 2009)  

4 stars The List Operators (Reviewed 10 August 2009)  

4 stars Lochhead & Laula - Love, Love, Love (Reviewed 11 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Lotte's Gift (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

3 stars Luck (Reviewed 25 August 2009)  

4 stars Malaje - The Flamenco Circus (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Matt Kirshen - Shorter Than Napoleon (Reviewed 21 August 2009)  

4 stars ME (Mobile/Evolution) (Reviewed 19 August 2009)  

preview Mervyn Stutter's Pick Of The Fringe (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4.5 stars Metamorphosis (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

2.5 stars A Midsummer Night's Dream (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Mike Wozniak: Clown Shoes (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

4 stars Mind Out (Reviewed 28 August 2009)  

preview My Darling Clemmie (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

3 stars Myriad (Reviewed 21 August 2009)  

3.5 stars A New Remembering Esenin (Reviewed 22 August 2009)  

5 stars Normality (Starring Pedro Kruger) (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

5 stars 'Oleanna' By David Mamet (Reviewed 16 August 2009)  

3.5 stars One Man Lord Of The Rings (Reviewed 8 August 2009)  

preview Oor Tours (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Opening Night Of The Living Dead (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

3 stars Ophelia (Drowning) (Reviewed 11 August 2009)  

4 stars The Origin Of Species... (Reviewed 21 August 2009)  

4 stars Out Of The Blue (Reviewed 29 August 2009)  

preview Out Of The Blue (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars The Overcoat (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Patrick Monahan: Cowboys And Iranians (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

preview The Penny Dreadfuls Present... The Never Man (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Picaresque (Reviewed 10 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Piff-Tacular - Free (Reviewed 15 August 2009)  

preview Piff-Tacular - Free (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Plane Food Cafe (Reviewed 30 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Play On Words (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

preview Play On Words (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

preview Power Plant (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4.5 stars Precious Little Talent (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Reginald D Hunter: The Only Apple In The Garden Of Eden And N*ggas (Reviewed 29 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Rendition Monologues (Reviewed 22 August 2009)  

preview Rendition Monologues (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Rhod Gilbert And The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

4 stars Russell Kane: Human Dressage (Reviewed 19 August 2009)  

preview The School For Scandal (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

4 stars Scottish Dance Theatre - A Visitation (Reviewed 28 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Scottish Dance Theatre - Luxuria (Reviewed 23 August 2009)  

preview The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Goes To Hollywood (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

preview Shakespeare For Breakfast (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

2.5 stars Show Down (Reviewed 16 August 2009)  

5 stars Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (Reviewed 25 August 2009)  

2.5 stars Simon Munnery's AGM09 (Reviewed 29 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Socially Retarded (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Sound & Fury's Sherlock Holmes And The Saline Solution (Reviewed 28 August 2009)  

3 stars Spaceman (Reviewed 20 August 2009)  

4 stars Spectrum (Reviewed 22 August 2009)  

5 stars A Stroke Of Genius (Reviewed 19 August 2009)  

preview A Stroke Of Genius (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

5 stars The Sunday Defensive: Friend And Foe (Reviewed 21 August 2009)  

4 stars Superclump (Reviewed 31 August 2009)  

3.5 stars The Tartuffe (Reviewed 11 August 2009)  

preview The Tartuffe (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

3 stars The Tempest - A Musical Enchantment (Reviewed 28 August 2009)  

4 stars Tim Key - The Slutcracker (Reviewed 13 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Tom Allen: Women! (Reviewed 21 August 2009)  

preview Tom Tom Crew (Reviewed 17 July 2009)  

2.5 stars Trilogy (Reviewed 19 August 2009)  

2 stars Underground: A Forgotten World (Reviewed 26 August 2009)  

3.5 stars Unit 46 (Reviewed 16 August 2009)  

4.5 stars Wittank (Reviewed 18 August 2009)  

4 stars Zemblanity (Reviewed 19 August 2009)  

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These are archived reviews of shows from Edinburgh 2009.  We keep our archives online as a courtesy to performers, and for readers who'd like to research previous years' reviews.

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