Posted by Matt on 2 September, 2010 · Leave a Comment
3BUGS weave a convincing illusion of thrown-togetherness around their production of Brecht’s scathing polemic against class and wealth divides.
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Posted by Matt on 2 September, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Do many hands make light work, or do too many cooks spoil the broth? Les Argonautes seem determined to find out, and do it entirely through trial and error.
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Posted by Matt on 27 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
If the intention of 101 is to push us to define our own boundaries, it doesn’t really push hard enough; everything’s well within the tolerance of a typical Fringe audience. But it seems more likely the intention is to give people the power to opt out, then show them that they don’t need to use it, even when doing things that might be a little way outside their normal theatre comfort zone.
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Posted by Matt on 27 August, 2010 · 1 Comment
Six ghosts stationed around the building recount the tale of the Winter Palace music hall and the power struggle between its manager, Mr Hunter (a Mason) and the newest chorus girl, Flora – and it isn’t a tale for the easily-made-queasy.
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Posted by Matt on 27 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Where Bulgakov’s novel is a sweeping satire concerned with entire classes and communities, the OUDS production focuses closely on the individual characters: a more dramatic approach, but one that reduces the scope of the themes and ideas from a communal to a capital level.
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Posted by Matt on 27 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A character-driven play, powered by the friction that occurs when personalities clash in a confined space.
Posted by Matt on 23 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hannah Chalmers proves herself a versatile performer in this one-woman show, dropping comfortably into an array of archetypes.
Posted by Matt on 23 August, 2010 · 2 Comments
Threshold relinquishes but one piece of advice willingly: that some secrets are best kept locked away.
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Posted by Matt on 23 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Impressive piece of verbatim theatre exploring the modern media.
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Posted by Matt on 23 August, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A joyous kickback against disillusionment.
