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Laughing Out Lonely ****
Morten Grove Frandsen is thrilling in this espresso shot of a new Opera, part of the enormously successful #DANISH showcase. Drawn from posts by young people on social media, it is a surprisingly harrowing text that moves as Frandsen moves through the strangely backroom space constructed beautifully in Louise Beck's immersive, immediate production. The audience is sat on yellow crates in a dimly lit space. Frandsen among us, his singing is immediate and moving. It's difficul

Salvador Kent
Sep 1


M.I.S All Night Long *****
A large stage awaits, with wooden boarding as a partial backdrop, a couple of crates and large yellow balls. Intriguing. After a hiatus of ten years, DON GNU returns to Edinburgh with M.I.S All Night Long. Two men appear, suited almost identically, with similar moustaches and slicked back hair: men in sandals. They are carrying a large piece of boarding – seemingly the missing segment to the stage backdrop – through the audience, clambering over and around them to the stage.
Roger Kay
Aug 24
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