Written by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer Directed by Matt DiCarlo Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ The festive season often brings with it a parade of Dickens adaptations, each promising warm familiarity, heartfelt morality, and a sprinkling of theatrical snow. Ans yes, February counts as the festive season – at … Continue reading Review: Christmas Carol Goes Wrong- The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Lead Performance by Julia Taudevin Bouffon Direction by Tim Licata The Tron Theatre ★★★★ With current polling across the UK set for an profoundly unsettling tipping of the scales for the next general election, it’ll take more than a spoonful of sugar to make this much needed medicine go down – as a revolting death rattle … Continue reading Review: Auntie Empire at Summerhall, Edinburgh – A Darkly Comic, Bouffon-Laced Reckoning
Performed and created by Ninon Noiret Directed by Ninon Noiret and Camille Marmié The Studio ★★★★ For one evening only, Manipulate plays host to a few side-walkers, as a strange, gallows-rich humour, and tender pulse runs through The Studio Theatre as The Raft of the Crab delivers a fusion of puppetry and physical theatre that … Continue reading Review: The Raft of the Crab – The Studio, Edinburgh
Written by Alan Bennett Directed by Lauren Green ★★★★ Taking one of Alan Bennett’s most wonderfully character-driven texts, there’s a restless and enviable intellectual energy that hums through Bedlam Theatre as Theatre Paradok’s staging of The History Boys delivers a sharp, heartfelt, and sturdy revival of Bennett’s beloved play. Directed by the superbly talented (and … Continue reading Review: The History Boys – Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Artistic Direction and Choreographed by Carlos Acosta Scenography by Nina Dunn with Tyler Forward and Andrew Exeter Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ While winter seems to be in the death-throws of a final bout of chill; a vibrant theatrical warmth fills The Festival Theatre Edinburgh as Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana bursts … Continue reading Review: Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/AIhRRsiZ-6I Play by Lolita Chakrabarti from the Novel by Yann Martel Directed by Max Webster Puppetry and Movement Direction by Finn Caldwell Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★★ Yann Martel’s Life of Pi – first published in 2001, transformed for the big screen in 2012, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti for the West End … Continue reading Review: The Life of Pi – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/P5TkbXqRB2U Book and Lyrics by Tom Eyen Composition by Henry Kreiger Direction and Choreography by Casey Nicholaw ★★★★★ Everyone has a dream. For some, it’s a shiny new Cadillac, for others it’s something more simplistic; approval – and for some, this form of acceptance manifests as the desire we all strive for secretly – fame. … Continue reading Dreamgirls – Edinburgh Playhouse
