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Bebe Cave: Swoon review – dazzling portrait of marginalised muses and the male gaze

Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Smart, slapstick and silly, this chaotic multicharacter comedy sends up the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Some of the most revered works of art across history feature women as their primary focus. But though they might appear as favoured subjects, so often these women are relegated to the margins, their stories untold as they remain silent and often sexualised via the male gaze. In her new mult

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23 Aug 2026, 06:00 UTC
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Arusa Qureshi
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Edinburgh festival 2026
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Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Smart, slapstick and silly, this chaotic multicharacter comedy sends up the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Some of the most revered works of art across history feature women as their primary focus. But though they might appear as favoured subjects, so often these women are relegated to the margins, their stories untold as they remain silent and often sexualised via the male gaze. In her new mult
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    Bebe Cave: Swoon review – dazzling portrait of marginalised muses and the male gaze

    Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Smart, slapstick and silly, this chaotic multicharacter comedy sends up the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Some of the most revered works of art across history feature women as their primary focus. But though they might appear as favoured subjects, so often these women are relegated to the margins, their stories untold as they remain silent and often sexualised via the male gaze. In her new mult

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