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Theatre-maker, educator, writer. Senior learning coordinator @nationaltheatre.org.uk. Artistic director @thrusttheatre.bsky.social. #EdFringe researcher, HEA Fellow. www.bruceadams.co.uk | iambruceadams.substack.com
Amazing weekend.
Can’t fucking wait to show this production to more people.
I’ve loved making this show. I’m really proud of it. It’s finally taking its first little step in the world today. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1698462881...
Who even are you
Spent the day in a hut in a field getting distracted by deer. It was lovely.
You mean you forgot? 😧
Now, of course, I say “tickets sold”, but tbh we’ve not really sold that many…
It’s a bit disappointing because we really tried, but there’s still time!
Plus we’re doing 2-for-1 tickets with the code THRUST, just for this weekend 🚀
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rapid-unsc...
Apparently it’s my last clear day before rapid unscheduled disassembly, which started as a vague distant thought between me and lovely Harriet back in March, and has turned into a real actual thing, with tickets sold and everything, and my first new show in NINE YEARS?!
And I have fucktons to do…
How do you live with purpose when even the most solid parts of your life might fall apart at any moment? youtu.be/f7AVM8moCPM?...
Look what we have here then.
The bonus of helping these lovely boys do a lovely thing is the 👌🏻 post-run selfies.
If I don't laugh at my jokes, nobody does.
Writing a thing. Directing a thing. Having a lovely time.
However this was the most important review of the run. I found another v.g. alternative but I’m a creature of habit and it wasn’t the same.
TOM ROSENTHAL: WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME, THAT’S WHAT I AM
Rosenthal’s tribute to the Arctic Monkeys’ creative process might be a teeny bit tenuous as a theme but it’s an intelligent and playful hour of stand-up. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
THE NOSE DIVE ASSEMBLY
Anarchic, joyful and full of surprises. Circus for everybody. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
SKYE: A THRILLER
Neat and compelling Scottish ghost story with simple and sophisticated production and a satisfying final turn. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
JORDAN GRAY: IS THAT A C*CK IN YOUR POCKET OR ARE YOU JUST HERE TO KILL ME?
A performer utterly in control of her craft and in generous service to an audience who loved every moment. Songs will be sung, tampons will be thrown, an excellent period joke will be told. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
PALESTINE: PEACE DE RESISTANCE
Weaving soulful storytelling with buoyant standup, Sami Abu Wardeh’s masterful performance is supported by a richly and subtly detailed production. Warm, generous, moving, hilarious. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I SEE YOU WATCHING
Sharp satire on the male gaze. Simply constructed but compellingly performed and tightly held. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ARTHUR HULL’S FLOP: THE BEST SONGS FROM THE WORST MUSICALS EVER WRITTEN
A heartfelt and rigorously studied love letter to musical theatre by an absolutely consummate performer. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ADA & BRON: THE ORIGIN OF LOVE
Totally fucking stupid, in a way that requires real fucking craft. Exactly what you should be seeing in an attic in Edinburgh at 11pm. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
NO APOLOGIES
Fizzing with visceral rage and yet rawly vulnerable and full of tenderness, elevates deep introspection to mythic proportions. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
THESE MECHANISMS
A delicate and compelling meditation on ageing and physical limitation, weaving together warm compassion and the welcome possibility (and inevitability) of failure. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
BECAUSE YOU NEVER ASKED
Deeply moving meditation on the legacy of Nazi persecution but more broadly on family and the moving lens of personal history. Exquisite soundscapes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
THE BUTTERFLY WHO FLEW INTO THE RAVE
A feat of physical endurance and utterly flawless in its visual and sonic execution. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
FATAL FLOWER
This ode to the hysterical woman is utterly bonkers and breathtakingly virtuosic. A performer in full control of her considerable powers. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A SERIES OF POORLY TIMED QUESTIONS @aseriesofpoorlytimed_questions
Upholds a principle at the very core of this festival: go into a tiny room with strangers and experience something you won’t find anywhere else. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ANNA HALE: CONTROL FREAK @allhaleanna
Silly and vulnerable with good songs, walks an intelligent line between playfulness and disclosure. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
BURY THE HATCHET
True crime meets bluegrass Victoriana. Tight theatremaking and ethereal musicianship. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
DANGEROUS GOODS
Intersectional, anticolonial, feminist circus cabaret with its tongue firmly in its cheek and an angle grinder dangerously close to its special parts. Outrageous fun. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️