Three boys messing about on a stage – it’s become part of the Edinburgh Fringe tradition, and with the Penny Dreadfuls taking a long and possibly permanent break, and Pappy’s allegedly on their Last. Show. Ever, there’s a gap to be filled. Enter Sleeping Trees with their patchwork version of Treasure Island – indeed, Not Treasure Island. […]
Reviews
Tumble Circus: This Is What We Do For A Living
August 21st, 2012 by Dorothy Max PriorOne man, one woman. Ropes, a static trapeze, strops, straps, juggling clubs, hoops, a shared red dress, a sofa, a pile of cushions. A whole load of tricks, and a bunch of kitchen sink stories. Two reconstructed shoulders, a smashed wrist, and a broken foot. Seventeen years, 7 months, 23 days. She’s called Tina, and […]
East End Cabaret: Notoriously Kinky
August 21st, 2012 by James Foz FosterEast End Cabaret are a female double act who are extremely charismatic, extremely talented musicians, extremely talented comedic fools, and extremely rude! Everything about them is EXTREME. They are Bernadette Byrne, the tall vampy one, dressed in black with a black Weimar cabaret bob of a hairstyle, pale skin and wide red-rouged lips ready to […]
Theatergroep WAK: Nothing Is Really Difficult
August 21st, 2012 by James Foz FosterNothing Is Really Difficult features three men (Toon Kuijpers, Dorus van der Meer and Bart Strijbos from Dutch Theatergroep WAK) and an audience in a box – a very big box! On arriving at the venue, a space just outside the George Square Theatre, we find the upside-down wooden box. We know it’s upside down because […]
Shona Reppe: The Curious Scrapbook of Josephine Bean
August 21st, 2012 by Joelson GussonIt 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 […]