Written by David Ireland Directed by Finn den Hertog Review by Dominic Corr Lyceum Theatre: Tickets ★★ A fraction of a degree away from our own believable reality, that’s the brilliance of David Ireland’s writing. Never so outlandish, it tips into fantasy, just enough of a distorted reflection to feel wholly believable, even if the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2024 – The Fifth Step
Composed by Mozart Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Conducted by James Gaffigan Directed, Set and Costume by Kirill Serebrennikov Review by Dominic Corr Festival Theatre: Tickets ★★★ Sometimes, the best conceits are in the realms of subtlety. And even with opera’s penchant for taking things to a more lurid level of extravagance, at least visually, there … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2024 – The Marriage of Figaro
Choreographed by Rani Khanam Composed by Rushil Ranjan Review by Dominic Corr The Lyceum Theatre: Tickets ★★★★★ Elemental: Aakash Odedra manipulates the very fabric of our being at times - in the most persuasive of manners on a stage perpetually rippling with drama. To forge fire, earth, and water in dance is something audiences may … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2024 – Songs of the Bulbul, The Lyceum Theatre
Based on the Book by Amy Liptrot Written by Stef Smith Directed by Vicky Featherstone Review by Dominic Corr Church Hill Theatre: Tickets ★★★ With not one but two premiere performances (one, a UK premiere as the opening feature of the Edinburgh International Film Festival), Amy Liptrott’s The Outrun has become the buzz of the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2024 – The Outrun, Church Hill Theatre
Written and Directed by Tiago Rodrigues Translation by Thomas Resendes ★★★★ Why would you risk your own life: to save another? Psychological complexes or a secure financial career, maybe it's just human nature? Remarkably touching and raw, writer and director Tiago Rodrigues stirs together real accounts from international relief and aid workers to form an … Continue reading As Far as Impossible – Royal Lyceum Theatre
Created, Performed and C0-Directed by Geoff Sobelle Co-Directed by Lee Sunday Evans ★★★ The vice of gluttony extends beyond the groaning bellies of endless hunger, into this perverse world in which we treat our food as performance art; ludicrous prices for good-leaf steak, food chimaeras designed to look like household objects, and a full breakfast … Continue reading FOOD – The Studio, Potterrow
Written and Directed by Christiane Jatahy ★★★ The betwixt and the between - Dusk. A time unlike the rest of the day, where we relive and remember the day which has gone by before the stillness of the night, leading into a brand-new day. A moment of reflection, dusk is when we account for our sins, … Continue reading Dusk – Royal Lyceum Theatre
https://youtu.be/PZqYNCTjelI Written and Directed by Mia Jerome ★★★ We’ve got a job to do folks: and it might just be the most important one we undertake this Festival season. You see one of the new apprentices, Perry (Simon Maeder), at the Lost Lending Library, has gone and done the unthinkable: he’s lost the ruddy thing. … Continue reading The Lost Lending Library – Church Hill Theatre
Written by Nat McCleary Directed by Johnny McKnight ★★★★ The idea of everyone being so radically different should, by definition, make a superb team: diverse ranges, differing strengths and assets. Yet, in a world where we segment ourselves into various identities and social media projections, it’s becoming easier to see why a more corrosive and … Continue reading Thrown – Dunoon Queen’s Hall
https://youtu.be/ey3eqw8KrgM Based on the novel by Édouard Louis Directed and adapted by Eline Arbo ★★★★ It’s a quiet village. A peaceful, almost picturesque view of utopic bliss. But Édouard Louis’ autobiographical The End of Eddy’s steadfast and microscopic examination of small-town syndrome shatters any illusion. For if you found yourself in a post-industrial village, deprived, … Continue reading The End of Eddy – Church Hill Theatre
