Co-produced by Cheek by Jowl, Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico (CNTC Madrid) and LAZONA; in collaboration with the Barbican, London and Scène Nationale d’ALBI-Tarn, France Directed by Declan Donnellan Designed by Nick Ormerod ★★★★ A stillness. Enjoy it - it isn’t going to last long. And then, for the next 130 minutes, chaos. The undiluted chaos as Life is a Dream messily ricochets across the Royal … Continue reading Life Is a Dream – Royal Lyceum Theatre
Written by Hannah Lavery Directed by Natalie Ibu ★★★ The significant power of young voices is central in this year’s Imaginate programmes, and arguably no other production captures this messaging better than Lavery’s commissioned Protest. Commissioned and backed by Fuel, Imaginate, National Theatre of Scotland and Northern Stage, Protest captures the innocent nature of playground politics, … Continue reading Protest – The Studio, Potterrow
https://youtu.be/P5VJrTBPqb8 Created by Le Cirque du Bout du Monde ★★★★★ What utter nonsense. Senseless, even tasteless, wanton destruction abounds in a celebration of absurdist chaos, all in what people would call art, performance. By the creative's admittance: this isn’t even a show. What this is, is perfection. Yet somehow, it’s also an absolute cacophony of … Continue reading Der Lauf – Southside Community Centre
Based on the book by Édouard Louis, translated by Lorin Stein Adapted and Directed by Nora Wardell ★★★★ Politics is a life or death game – a chess board where the hands moving the players know not the weight they wield. Surrogate production’s touring piece, Who Killed My Father, is based on Édouard Louis’ (translated by … Continue reading Who Killed My Father – Traverse Theatre
Written by Calum L. MacLeòid Directed by Muireann Kelly ★★★★ A pair of outlaws, trapped in a horrendous snowstorm: a nod to Tarantino – with a rich command of the multi-lingual language, and a firmer footing in expanded narrative truth, Theatre Gu Leòr's Muireann Kelly and playwright Calum L MacLeòid's co-production with An Lanntair arts … Continue reading Stornoway, Quebec – Traverse Theatre
https://youtu.be/iWw-EyrG5Sw Directed by Alice Diop Written by Amrita David, Alice Diop and Marie N'Diaye France/2022/122 mins ★★★★ In their narrative-led debut, documentary director and filmmaker Alice Diop bases the stylistically reserved courtroom drama Saint Omer on the true-life 2016 case of Fabienne Kabou, a woman accused of killing her own child. The fictionalised character of Coly, a stand-in for … Continue reading Saint Omer
Singer-pianist Jeremy Sassoon returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe once more as they bring Jeremy Sassoon's MOJO to the Assembly Checkpoint through to August 28th (not 15th or 16th). A show which draws together aspects of Sassoon's life, past and present in a celebration of jazz music, pop songs, football anthems and the ties to … Continue reading Have A Gander – Jeremy Sassoon’s MOJO
Performer Chloe Waddilove managed to find some time between dodging tigers, dancing in the circus and the madness of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 to Have A Gander about Tiger Lady. Taking inspiration from the life of Mabel Stark, a runaway who joins the circus, who finds she has an utterly remarkable talent for training and … Continue reading Have A Gander – Tiger Lady
Director, dramaturg, and this time sneaky writer - Raf has crafted Sap, a thriller based on Greek myth. Ripping themselves away from constructing the tale of a woman in London who tells one whopper of a lie, Raf was kind enough to offer to let audiences Have A Gander at this Queer and otherworldly experience … Continue reading Have A Gander – Sap
Excited to finally bring their show, Oedipus Electronica, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after their 2020 delay, Artistic Director of Pecho Mama, Mella Faye, took some time to let audiences Have a Gander at their radical take on the ancient Greek tale, with a live in-house band. This re-imaging on the ultimate (and messiest) love … Continue reading Have A Gander – Oedipus Electronica
