The art of standup in a second language Review: Unfaithful – love and longing in a taut four-hander Review: The Trial of Jane Fonda – as inventive as a school play Standups on their entrance music: 'I play it loud to drown out the screaming in my head' Jim Davidson: provocative, predictable and oh so popular All Edinburgh festival coverage.
The art of standup in a second language Review: Unfaithful – love and longing in a taut four-hander Review: The Trial of Jane Fonda – as inventive as a school play Standups on their entrance music: 'I play it loud to drown out the screaming in my head' Jim Davidson: provocative, predictable and oh so popular Liam Williams: 'I've had nervous breakdowns on stage' All Edinburgh festival coverage.
Let us know what you've seen so far … Review: Unfaithful – love and longing in a taut four-hander Review: The Trial of Jane Fonda – as inventive as a school play Standups on their entrance music: 'I play it loud to drown out the screaming in my head' Jim Davidson: provocative, predictable and oh so popular Liam Williams: 'I've had nervous breakdowns on stage' All Edinburgh festival coverage.
There's nothing snarky or mean-spirited to say about Wes Borland; he's a genuinely talented eccentric who should probably be ranked alongside the likes of Mike Patton and Buzz Osborne in that weird school of inventive and imaginative 90s American rock musicians.
A Theodore Mann production presented by the Alumni Ensemble of the theater's school, this inventive show for ages 5 and older uses elaborate masks to bring Aesop's characters (and four fables) to life.
A Theodore Mann production presented by the Alumni Ensemble of the theater's school, this inventive show for ages 5 and older, closing on Friday, uses elaborate masks to bring Aesop's characters (and four fables) to life.
All flame-coloured hair tumbling over a striking black gown reaching well below her feet, with feathers covering her shoulders, Florence looks like an ethereal elf queen, the newest addition to the school of inventive and theatrical singers Bjork, Goldfrapp and Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes.
So far, so fine; for its first 20 minutes or so, Rushmore shapes up like our regulation off-kilter, independently-made comedy, with a wealth of hilariously inventive details (like the school-play version of Serpico Max stages, complete with an insanely over-elaborate set).
Hotz, bored with his classes and letting his grades slide, became known at school as an inventive joker who rolled down the hallways in wheeled sneakers and once hacked several classroom computers to simultaneously play Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Schools will be inventive in their use of handheld devices, but there will be a generation war between young people who can't be torn away from social network sites and parents and teachers who are desperate to free them from the tyranny of 24-hour a day communication.
