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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Life\u2019s
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\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Never drags<\/p>\n

There is a great deal going on in Life\u2019s A Drag, from Not Today Satan Theatre and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile on odd dates throughout the Fringe. Too much, perhaps \u2013 but the end result is funny, touching and well put together.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Almost
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Comedy and pathos<\/p>\n

Almost Famous by Andy Moseley, from NoLogo Productions at Surgeons\u2019 Hall for the Fringe\u2019s first fortnight, is a wry piece invested with considerable emotion.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Works
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Evocative<\/p>\n

Works and Days, part of the International Festival at the Lyceum for four performances only, is an arresting depiction of human history.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Finely drawn<\/p>\n

The Poetical Life of Philomena McGuinness, from Moon Rabbit Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons\u2019 Hall, is a funny and affecting portrait of an everywoman trying to make her way as a nurse through the turmoil of World War II, and still retain her sense of self.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Ringing
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Mindful<\/p>\n

Ringing out the Changes at St Mary\u2019s Episcopal Cathedral \u2013 a mindful meditation of story and sound about how bells have marked personal, national and global histories \u2013 reverberates with meaning.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Queer
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Triumphant<\/p>\n

Queer Folks\u2019 Tales at the Scottish Storytelling Centre every Wednesday of the Fringe is a powerful celebration of storytelling and community, as entertaining as it is moving.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606 Winning streak<\/p>\n

The Kids Always Win, a gameshow comedy for kids age 5 and over is onto, well, a winner with it\u2019s fail-safe formula, at the Pleasance Courtyard until the end of the Edinburgh school holidays.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Aderyn\/Bird\"
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 Disglair\/Brilliant<\/p>\n

Edinburgh\u2019s Ailsa Dixon and Welsh storyteller Ffion Philips, together known as the Harebell Tellers, enchant the Scottish Storytelling Centre with a limited, five show run of Aderyn\/Bird this Fringe.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Calendar
\n\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Heart-warming<\/p>\n

Calendar Girls at Inverleith St Serf\u2019s Church Centre for two weeks is a heart-warming, feel-good comedy, competently staged by Leiththeatre who have been putting on productions for almost eighty years now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606 Never drags There is a great deal going on in Life\u2019s A Drag, from Not Today Satan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-332197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115002469176353515","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}