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Unhappy Birthday (4 stars)

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Unhappy Birthday

You’re invited to Amy’s birthday party; so is Morrissey. Will he turn up? Immerse yourself in cake and quiffs, beer and balloons, party poppers and pass the parcel against a soundtrack of nostalgic teenage obsession. Director: Scottee. Ages 18+.

Amy Lamé.

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Unhappy Birthday

15 Aug 20124 stars

Less a show than a mad Dadaist happening

‘It’s a party-slash-show-slash party!’ Such is Amy Lamé’s breathless refrain, which she repeats manically, with the excitement of an eight-year-old hopped up on Party Ring e-numbers. In fact, Unhappy Birthday is less a show than a mad Dadaist happening…

Analysis: Morrissey's devotional fanbase

18 Jul 2012

Morrissey is on UK tour and subject of two 2012 Edinburgh Fringe shows

The Smiths made music between 1982 and 1987. In band years that’s a relatively short period of time, but it was five years that produced four revered albums and stoked a mythology around the band’s singer Steven Patrick Morrissey that endures 30 years…

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1. MEH6 Aug 2012, 10:42pm5 stars Unhappy Birthday Report

I loved this participatory adventure into the mind of a (deranged?) Morrissey fan.

Full on, friendly and fun - Amy invites Morrissey to her birthday party along with us, and we share her stories of uber-fandom as it becomes clear that her dream guest isn't going to come...

There's pass the parcel, party poppers and plenty of sing-a-long and if you're not in the party spirit by the end - you're a pooper!

Go. Enjoy!

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