Created by Hayley Earlam, Brrr will be presented at Edinburgh International Children’s Festival before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase. If you wouldn’t mind giving us an introduction to yourself, the creatives involved in the show, and the show itself. My name is Hayley Earlam and I’m … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival – A Chat with Hayley Earlam, creator of Brrr
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Tai Remus Elliot and Hunter King Review by Dominic Corr Church Hill Theatre ★★★★ There’s a particular thrill in watching a student‑led company tackle Sondheim. His music is famously intricate, his lyrics unforgiving, and his storytelling a labyrinth of tonal shifts and moral ambiguity. Yet … Continue reading Review: EUSOG’s Into The Woods – Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh
Written and Performed by James Clements Composed by Lisa Rigby Directed by Cora Bissett Review by Dominic Corr The Georgian House ★★★ Reinvention: it’s the necessity of survival. But for theatrical retellings of Scotland’s Bard, additional takes on Robert Burns’ turbulent life are starting to threaten to burn at both ends. In a cultural landscape … Continue reading Review: The Burns Project – The Georgian House, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/NI9YuZK887k Choreography by Hayley Earlam Produced by Isy Sharman Review by Dominic Corr Information ★★★★ With the frost departing Edinburgh, for some, the last thing on their minds would be a visit to the coolness and celebration of winter found with Brrr, an enchanting sensory installation and live performance of light, sound, and movement from … Continue reading Review: Brrr – The Studio, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/WLV4Ho-eCTo Written by David Ireland Directed by Finn den Hertog Review by Dominic Corr The National Theatre Live ★★★★ A fierce electricity charges through the National Theatre Live recording of The Fifth Step, a production that arrives at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh with the confidence of a work that knows precisely what it is and … Continue reading Review: The Fifth Step – The Filmhouse, Edinburgh
