Review: So Lonely, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Junges Theater
Back to Gaußstraße, and to the same odd little arts-industrial estate as Thalia Gaußstraße, for a performance by the young people’s theatre of Deutsches Schau...
International
Review: Hamlet, Les Gémeaux, Paris
David Bobee's Russian Hamlet is, among other things, a strong argument for age-appropriate casting. While in Britain we like our Princes of Denmark to be 'acc...
Edinburgh International Festival Review: First Love
The plot of Samuel Beckett's 1946 novella, First Love, is so very plausible that, if given only the synopsis, you'd be forgiven for thinking the work had been...
Edinburgh International Festival Review: The Tragedy of Coriolanus
The bard enters the battle of the bands in The Tragedy of Coriolanus, an international adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic text with a unique musical accompan...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Je ne sais quoi
(2/5 stars) What might now be called 'cabaret' was a very different experience in 1890s France. Forget raunchy repartee, damaged divas and any trace of glit...
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Genesis/Golgatha
(4/5 stars) In a rather obscure Assembly venue space tucked behind a construction site, two of the most famous people in the world take the stage in order t...