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David Kettle

Articles By David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: L'Addition / Long Distance / The Sun, the Mountain and Me

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: REVENGE: After the Levoyah / Puddles and Amazons

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Òran / This Town

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Ni Mi Madre / Bi-Curious George: Queer Planet

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Bellringers / Suitcase Show

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: The Sound Inside / So Young

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: In Two Minds / My English Persian Kitchen

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: The Mosinee Project / Gwyneth Goes Skiing

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Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Heartbreak Hotel / The Gummy Bears' Great War / The Ceremony

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Ragnarok, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh review - moving miniature apocalypse

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Many Good Men, Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh review - daring but flawed provocation

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Jekyll and Hyde, Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh review - audacious contemporary resonances

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Same Team, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh review - shamelessly unseasonal Christmas cheer

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FLIP!, Summerhall Edinburgh review - sassy, satirical parable

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Dracula: Mina's Reckoning, Festival Theatre Edinburgh review - audacious and entirely convincing

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Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh review - a maze of ideas

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