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And so to the culmination of the contemporary opera section of the Grimeborn Festival, a double-bill in the form of Peter Maxwell Davies’ The Medium and The Wanton Sublime, a new work by Tarik O’Regan, to a libretto by Anna Rabinowitz. Robert Shaw directed both operas and the …
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While this is a deserved revival of an intriguing show, the core material remains in some respects unsatisfactory, and the scale of the show is not a great f…
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It is very rare that a company integrates a new concept so thoroughly into a Shakespeare play – too often it is merely gestural – but here the level of atten…
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Douglas Mayo
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Social commentary aside, RAZ takes us on an entertaining rollercoaster of a ride through the joys, frustrations and heartache of the kind of night-out that h…
Mark Ludmon
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Hendrick’s Gin is a familiar name on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but this year it returned with a theatrical experience called the Emporium of Sensorial S…
Mark Ludmon
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Love Birds is a real hoot but, at 60 minutes, it is clearly a work in progress, squeezing in well over a dozen different songs while giving us just the skele…
Mark Ludmon
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This powerful production, sharply directed by Orla O'Loughlin, is a highlight of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and another demonstration of Smith’s s…
Mark Ludmon
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It is a powerful show that leaves you with unforgettable images and an uncompromising vision of old age and dementia.
Mark Ludmon
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Solidly directed by Russell Bolam, the production has less of the anarchy and exuberance of some of Comedians Theatre Company’s previous shows but it offers …
Mark Ludmon
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If this performance did not clear all of the hurdles set by Shakespeare and the play’s daunting production history, it cannot be faulted on ambition and dari…
Tim Hochstrasser
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Take two drag queens, a transvestite, a big bus and enough sequins and glitter to sink the titanic, put them together with a talented cast and a plethora of …
Douglas Mayo
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This revue is great fun and well-produced, combining superb music and performances with an insightful journey through the history of Jewish musical theatre. …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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The dancing is really the one area here where there is a consistent, utterly stylish, utterly camp, utterly "too much" approach. The cast are all accomplishe…
Stephen Collins
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Nadia Fall has misunderstood the play and, by seeking to make her mark on it, has come dangerously close to obliterating its impact. Bad casting and bad dire…
Stephen Collins
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Not everything in Grimeborn can work and while the commitment of all concerned deserves recognition, this adaptation cannot be considered wholly successful. …
Tim Hochstrasser
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After Monty Python and Blackadder it is not really possible to present this type of opera in full cross-gartered fustian without an ironic angle; so much bet…
Tim Hochstrasser
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There is no doubt that Mrs Henderson Presents should transfer to the West End. The material is first-rate and superior to many new musicals that have played …
Stephen Collins
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