Edinburgh Fringe 2011: critical roundup
in Edinburgh Festival and Fringe, Reviews and Roundtables
22nd August 2011
Tim Watts in the micro-epic The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer at Underbelly
EDINBURGH FRINGE 2011: CRITICAL VERDICT
Philip Fisher joins Mark Fisher (Scotland on Sunday) and Lyn Gardner (Guardian) to talk about offerings at the Traverse, International Festival and the remainder of the Fringe.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle was like a magpie – it had gone around looking at lots of bright shiny things in other productions and had borrowed them. Great artists do indeed steal but I think in this instance what we actually got was something that felt quite second-hand.
