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Edinburgh Fringe 2016 Season: Genesis and Revelation
NEWSFLASH! It is now only a month before Fourth Monkey return to the Fringe with a season of work inspired by the books of Genesis and Revelation, following last year’s success of our Grimm season! With work from both our Year of Monkey...
Welcome to the Monkey House!
Fourth Monkey has moved! We are delighted to announce that Fourth Monkey has moved into its own premises in Seven Sisters Road near Finsbury Park Station, North London, commencing operations with a new intake of students this...
Edinburgh Fringe Grimm Season: Blog 2
Week Two has certainly flown past in an onslaught of performances, marketing and parties. After receiving our second four star review from Broadway Baby for Little Red Cap, moods were high and our performances became more and more...
Edinburgh Fringe Grimm Season: Blog 1
We are five days in to our run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and with sell-out shows and a four star review just in it’s so far so good! Year of the Monkey company member Lali Coombes will be documenting their Edinburgh experience...
Edinburgh Fringe 2015…Here We Come!
Two coaches, two cats and transferring your inbox Edfringe comes but once a year, but when it comes boy does it arrive with an accelerated jolt out of a unanticipated blue horizon. This year it has to be said is no different, but after my...
Commedia dell’Arte Residential 2015: Blog 4
Final week has arrived and I don’t think anyone saw it coming!This week has been slightly different to the first three weeks of training – instead of learning any new characters or having ‘lessons’, we have spent the week preparing for our...
Commedia dell’Arte Residential 2015: Blog 3
Monday morning of our third week began with Antonio telling us to ‘grab a weapon!’ Yes, you have guessed correctly, this week we are incorporating duals to our repertoire. After being taught the correct way to use the sticks and having...
Commedia dell’Arte Residential 2015: Blog 2
If it wasn’t hot enough, at the start of our second week here in Reggio Emilia, Antonio informs us that by the end of the week the temperature could reach up to 40 degrees! This doesn’t stop us, however, and we are straight back into...
Commedia dell’Arte Residential 2015: Blog 1
The first year on our Two Year Rep course are currently sunning themselves in Reggio Emilia, Italy training for a month with Antonio Fava in Commedia dell’Arte. Company member Heather Millar is documenting their training adventure in a...


