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
https://youtu.be/gv5tNCGE42I The Rite of Spring: Choreography by Pina Bausch Composed by Igor Stravinsky common ground[s]: Choreogrphed and Performed by Germaine Acogny and Malou AiraudoComposed by Fabrice Bouillon LaForest ★★★★★ Forty-five years ago, Pina Bauch’s The Rite of Spring took a central place with its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Internal Festival. Revived - the piece has a companion … Continue reading The Rite of Spring/common ground[s] – Edinburgh Playhouse
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
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
