A third pass at picking the genius from the dross of Fringe shows sees Julian and Bear explore a show about Britain's General Strike which seems to have been tailor made for Owen Jones, a much-needed reinvigoration of Caryl Churchill plays by a drag troupe, and an epic one man show about the history of the EU (spoiler|: it doesn't end well).

Those are: Nine Days in May by Graham James, The Drag Caryl Churchill, and The European Project.

Julian and Bear will also be exploring the 'theme' of the Fringe this year - artificial intelligence. And there's a couple of emails of feedback from the woke brigade.

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A second dip into the reeking stagnant well of Fringe theatre sees Julian and Bear discover dross and offensive material among the dank. But also pure Fringe gold.

Reviewed shows include a show about BDSM for kids, a fascinating and rare opportunity to slaughter for your dinner, plus a one man show about being Welsh.

Those are:

Whip It - Fries Theatre - 1000 - Creaming It - Underbelly - until August 27th.

Meat Me At 8: An Interactive Dining Experience - Pleasance at Kitchenesque - 1900 - until August 18th

Cymru One and All - by Gavin Pritchard-Jones - The Funky Spinster - Free Fringe - 1600 - until August 27th.

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In this first episode of The True Review, Julian and Bear review:

I Am Woman Hear Me Roar by SMASH N GRAB Theatre - Milking It - Underbelly - 1900 until 23 August.

The Kids Are All Right by Amy Dodd - ZOO Shoreside - 22.00 - until 28 August.

Plus dance show Porridge by The National Dance Studio of Belgium - Pleasance Ultra - 2000 until 18 August.

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Friends, Thespians, Countrymen, lend us your ears. Julian Letts-Gower and Bear Plantagenet are delighted to announce their podcast - The True Review.

With no press accreditation but heaps of passion for the arts, Julian and Bear are taking on the fawning media elite by offering critique and review free from the woke bias. No bleeding hearts here. Julian and Bear have iron hearts and they wear them on their sleeve.

They'll be pulling no punches as they traverse the best and worst of what the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has to offer. Expect comedy, tragedy, a side plate of newfangled immersive theatre, and a palate cleansing course of honesty as they fork the worst offenders of taste, decency and other such British values.

Make sure to subscribe and tell your friends, so nobody misses an episode. Without your word of mouth support, Julian and Bear will remain part of the silent majority. Let's give these disrupters a platform.

If you have a show you'd like featured on The True Review, please send show details and two comp tickets to julianthetruereview@gmail.com.

And note, while it's not obligatory for the production to buy the critics a drink afterwards... it is the very least you could do.

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