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Gunter is a messy play. Literally. There’s sand, dirt, blood, confetti, and ink all over the actors and the floor. Fringe company Dirty Hare throw absolutely everything at their canvas, in a piece that includes music to projections to microphones, shadow puppetry, and masks. In this rare gem of a show, however, it all sticks. Usually, when critics refer to a show as ‘messy’, it’s a bad thing. When I call Gunter messy, I mean it with the utmost praise. 

So many dramatic techniques are thrown in that the production, rather ironically, became less engaging as it went on.

The Royal Court Theatre has announced the transfer of Dirty Hare's production of Gunter... Gunter will run in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from Wednesday 3 to Thursday 25 April 2024. This follows its sold-out premiere at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023. For its Fringe run, Gunter, co-created by Lydia Higman, Julia Grogan and

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If there’s one show to absolutely not miss at the Fringe this year, it's this real-life story about a witch trial.

Gunter is an energetic, subtle, genuinely amusing, hard-hitting piece that ties the effects of violence and suspicion to the patriarchal structure and all its demands. Julia Grogan, Norah Lopez-Holden, and Hannah Jarrett-Scott materialise the story while Higman narrates it and contextualises it sitting at her drums, electric guitar in hand. Titles introduce the characters and set the scene, streamlining the process and maintaining a beckoning pace freed from the need of any lengthy explanation. ...

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