Seeing a chair and a microphone on a bare stage on entering the four-sided auditorium, one might be forgiven for thinking that Chris Thorpe’s interesting-sounding research project into cognitive psychology and political extremism will predominantly take the form of a lecture. He launches into it somewhat agitated, like a man who has lost patience with […]
Tag Archives: Edinburgh Fringe 2014
Les Enfants Terrible: Dr Longitude’s Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie
August 8th, 2014 by Sarah DaviesRight from the pre-set, Les Enfants Terribles create a visually striking and highly fantastical world of circus and carnival, where anything seems possible. We find ourselves looking at the entrance to an old fashioned circus tent, reminiscent of 1930s Spiegel-style construction, resplendent with signs and pictures promising delights within, and it quickly becomes apparent that […]
The Sleeping Trees: Treelogy
August 7th, 2014 by Sarah DaviesToday’s instalment of the Treelogy, a trio of fast-paced and partially improvised shows on childhood stories featuring trees by young company Sleeping Trees, was a hilarious parody of Treasure Island. Versions of The Magic Faraway Tree and The Odyssey are also to be performed in a similar style, on different days. This production was nominated […]
KILN: A Journey Round My Skull
August 7th, 2014 by Beccy SmithCollaborative company KILN, formerly Kindle company from Birmingham, are having a busy Fringe with three shows at Summerhall this festival. A Journey Round My Skull is the newest of these productions, a solo for performer Olivia Winteringham in which she plays a German neurosurgeon discussing the story of her patient. On stage, her consulting room […]
Curious Directive: Pioneer
August 6th, 2014 by Sarah DaviesCurious Directive’s latest production has much in common with their earlier work After the Rainfall, which struck me as being fragmented, complex and full of big ideas and clever ways of weaving together seemingly disparate narratives. Pioneer indeed contains all of these elements, and in doing so explores perhaps one of the biggest ideas that […]