It is so refreshing, so enlightening to encounter a piece of theatre that is important among the swathes of comedy that engulf the Edinburgh Fringe each year. Jenna Watt’s Flaneurs is just that, a piece of theatre that is important – it is highlighting something bad about the world and is trying directly to change […]
Writings
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Bourgeois and Maurice: Sugartits
August 23rd, 2012 by Matt RudkinAnyone who plays Talking Heads before a show has already won over a small slice of my pie, and so it continued with this cabaresque medley of original songs and winning repartee from a super-camp and very tall musical duo. It was a strange thing to be sat in my multi-pocketed utility vest, alone and […]
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Collectif Aïe Aïe Aïe: Ma Biche et Mon Lapin
August 23rd, 2012 by Edward WrenIt all begins with a porcelain deer and a porcelain rabbit. From the rabbit comes some pâté, the deer produces some bread, and the two puppeteers eat together. This playful piece then unfolds with more and more surprises as the skilled operators, Charlotte Blin and Julien Mellano, tell a series of short stories about couples […]
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Circle of Eleven: Leo
August 23rd, 2012 by Adrian BerryFollowing the huge success of Leo at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe, where it won both a Fringe and a Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Fringe Award, it was a delight to finally catch Circle of Eleven’s magical and rather moving meditation on one man’s state of mind and experience of solitude. Combining unparallelled acrobatics and state of […]
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Fools Play Collective: Our Soldier
August 23rd, 2012 by Edward WrenHaving only emerged from East 15 drama school last year, Fools Play Collective have surpassed themselves in their production of Our Soldier, a piece of physical storytelling that places the story of Macbeth among a group of soldiers in wartime. We are guided through the story by keen-eyed reporter Alice Coggins, played by Lottie Ormerod, who does a […]