EIF Review: Mere Mortals

EIF Review: Mere Mortals

YUXI JIANG Sep 1, 2026 4 min read
In Mere Mortals, Aszure Barton turns artificial intelligence into a sleek, hypnotic ballet—yet amid the electronic fury, human warmth proves harder to find.
EIF Review: When Prophecy Fails

EIF Review: When Prophecy Fails

YUXI JIANG Aug 28, 2026 3 min read
Groupwork turns a landmark 1950s cognitive dissonance study into When Prophecy Fails, a hypnotic physical theatre piece on the human logic of belief.
EdFringe Review: Border Bodies

EdFringe Review: Border Bodies

YUXI JIANG Aug 28, 2026 3 min read
Though Border Bodies offers hypnotic tension and formidable physical control, its formal repetition stops short of crossing into deeper emotional terrain.
EIF Review: Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah

EIF Review: Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah

Guest Contributor Aug 28, 2026 4 min read

Khashabi Theatre’s Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah opens with intimate warmth rather than distant spectacle. Creators Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel set an inviting tone as actors greet audience members like friends arriving…

EdFringe Review: Yes Person

EdFringe Review: Yes Person

YUXI JIANG Aug 26, 2026 3 min read
At the Edinburgh Fringe, YES Person channels anarchic circus energy and endless invention, even if its refusal to kill its darlings obscures a clear core.