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Monday, July 03, 2017

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Here are some places you can find me: On Twitter Mark Fisher  https://twitter.com/MarkFFisher How to Write About Theatre  https://...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Theatre review: Glimmer

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Published in the Guardian Glas(s) Performance at Tramway, Glasgow Four stars ’TIS THE season to be jolly. Unless you’re Megan Reid and...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Theatre review: The Devil Masters

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Published in the Guardian Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Two stars YOU KNOW know when you’re given a Christmas present, and you smile gra...

Theatre review: A Christmas Carol

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Published in the Guardian Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Four stars YOU could mistake Cliff Burnett's Scrooge for a genial fellow....

Theatre review: Miracle on 34 Parnie Street

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Published in the Guardian Tron Theatre, Glasgow Four stars THE 1947 seasonal favourite, Miracle on 34th Street, is a modest and sweet-...

Theatre review: James and the Giant Peach

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Published in the Guardian Dundee Rep Three stars ONCE upon a time, all the theatre directors in the land decided it was their duty to pr...

Circus review: Scotch and Soda

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Published in the Guardian St Andrew Square, Edinburgh Two stars IT'S a formula with a proven track record. Last year's Limbo, th...
Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Theatre preview: Slava's Snowshow

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Published in Scotland on Sunday IT'S 1996 and, as the Edinburgh Fringe kicks off, there's concern at the Assembly Rooms about on...
Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Theatre review: The Voice Thief

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Published in the Guardian Catherine Wheels at Summerhall, Edinburgh Five stars WHAT makes novels such as 1984 and  Brave New World ...

Theatre review: Colquhoun & MacBryde

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Published in the Guardian Tron Theatre, Glasgow Four stars WE'RE in the ration-book London of Dylan Thomas,  Wyndham Lewis  and Fra...
Monday, October 27, 2014

Theatre review: Bondagers

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Published in the Guardian Royal Lyceum Four stars IMMEDIATELY in front of us, a woman is crouched down chopping turnips with a cleave...

Theatre review: The Gamblers

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Published in the Guardian Greyscale/Dundee Rep Three stars NOBODY is what they seem in Nikolai Gogol’s comedy of card sharps and confid...
Monday, October 13, 2014

Theatre review: Three Sisters

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Published in the Guardian Tron Theatre, Glasgow Four stars WATCHING John Byrne’s new adaptation of the Chekhov classic, it’s hard to p...
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Mark Fisher
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Follow me on Twitter @MarkFFisher, @WriteAboutTheat and @LimelightXTC I am a freelance journalist and critic specialising in theatre and the arts. Publications I write for include the Guardian and the Scotsman. I am the author of The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide: how to make your show a success and How to Write About Theatre: A Manual for Critics, Students and Bloggers. I am also editor of The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls: A Limelight Anthology and What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book. From 2000-2003, I was the editor of The List magazine, Glasgow and Edinburgh's arts and events guide.
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