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Two stressed-looking women wearing blue nurses uniforms stand on stage, with a light blue curtain in the background. The woman in the foreground is pale-skinned with short dark hair; the woman in the background is dark-skinned with very short black hair.
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Festival review: Tending, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A play that offers insight into the daily work of nurses in the UK's National Heath Service.

A trans woman in a white singlet. They are covered in tattoos.
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Festival reviews: Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein, Ugly Sisters, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Two shows by trans women invite the audience to experience what it's like to be feared and ostracised.

Five performers in shades of brown are walking on top of candle jars.
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Festival reviews: YOAH, Apricity, Afrique en Cirque, Ten Thousand Hours, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh Festival Fringe offers an array of exciting circus acts from around the world that often act as a proud…

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Theatre review: The Heart Whispers and Whirls, Shirley Burke Theatre

A multidisciplinary ensemble of international women sharing their heritage through poetry, folk songs, dance and shadow puppetry.

A brunette man in a white-off-the-shoulder dress is pouring wine into a tiny glass. Ni Ni Madre.
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Festival review: Ni Ni Madre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Arturo Luíz Soria channels his feisty Brazilian mother to explore the complexity of love and trauma.

Two men with fake blood and mud on their faces and clothing and in blue scouts uniform are miming holding up guns.
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Festival review: A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

An absurdist two-hander that moves from childhood games of war to actual battlefields.

A blonde woman with ski goggles on her head wearing a pink skiing outfit.
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Festival review: I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A parody musical that takes delight in skewering all things Gwyneth Paltrow.

A woman in a light blue dress and silver boots is holding onto a mop. she is sitting on a table, A band is behind her.
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Festival review: June Carter Cash, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

A tribute to June Carter Cash, interwoven with the life story of a devoted fan.

Against red drapes stands a dark-haired woman wearing lacey, black underwear-style clothing.
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Theatre review: Apologia, Malthouse Theatre

Reality and surrealism collide in one woman's fantasy of wanting to be a French actress.

An orchestra scene, with a conductor at the left and musicians on the right.
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Music review: Symphony Series 5 – Fearless, Adelaide Town Hall

Lord Byron writ large in music at the Adelaide Town Hall!

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