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The Rap Guide To Evolution

Baba Brinkman

"When I say creationism, you say dead wrong!" hollers Baba Brinkman, star of the hotly anticipated follow up to 'The Rap Guide to the Canterbury Tales'. Covering everything Darwinian - from natural selection to evolutionary psychology - through rap remixes and spoken word, Brinkman barely gives himself - or his audience - time to breathe as he flies through his own comprehensive yet colloquial 'Origin of the Species'. As lyrically ingenious as it is scientifically accurate, the show caters for rap fans and biology enthusiasts alike. If life on the Fringe is indeed comparable to Darwin's survival of the fittest (as Brinkman would have us believe), then this show ought to be raking in bigger audiences each day, ultimately triumphing above its weaker competitors.

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5 - 31 Aug, 2.45pm, prices vary, fpp 223

tw rating: 4/5

published: Aug-2009

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