It is always a delightful experience to watch a show where the line between spectator and performer is tenuous to the point that the audience believes that they are participating in a dialogue, and not watching a theatrical presentation in monologue form. That’s what happens in The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean, created and performed by […]
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Shona Reppe: The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean
August 21st, 2012 by Joelson Gusson![Song of the Goat: Songs of Lear](https://totaltheatre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/song-of-the-goat-songs-of-lear.jpg)
Song of the Goat: Songs of Lear
August 20th, 2012 by Edward WrenSummerhall’s main hall is sold out and sweltering, and there is much anticipation around renowned Polish innovators Song of the Goat’s latest production. Never having experienced their work before I had no idea what to expect, but what I found was something quite unique. Director Grzegorz Bral welcomes us and explains that the company have […]
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Little Cauliflower: The Night of the Big Wind
August 19th, 2012 by Edward WrenLittle Cauliflower’s The Night of the Big Wind is a charming puppet show about a small boy who lives with his father, a fisherman in a small village, and the night that their little community is beset by a great storm. The puppeteers sing and play their way through this simple tale, told with tabletop puppets, plenty […]
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Milena Milanova: Nikotine
August 19th, 2012 by Edward WrenBulgarian puppeteer Milena Milanova has produced a commendable one-woman puppet show based upon Chekov’s one-act play On The Harmful Effects of Tobacco. Nikotine is an hour-long lecture on smoking given by a puppet – called Nikolai Nikotine – in which he uses much of his time to complain about his overbearing wife, drawing comparisons between marriage and the act of […]
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Side Pony: The Pride
August 19th, 2012 by Joelson GussonShamelessness is sometimes a virtue. Imagine a group of actors dressed up like lions, but not real lions, no – dressed up in bad fancy-dress lion costumes, as if entertainers at a children’s party. Then, imagine these actors performing almost naturalistically, almost as if they were at home, discussing private matters. Now let’s give them […]