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Theatre 2005 Archives - One4Review

Carmen Angel

August 8, 2005 |

Carmen Angel is a compelling play, blending powerful acting, music and sound effects. It is a dark tale set mainly in small town Canada. Joe, a police photographer, is tormented in his dreams by childhood memories, particularly of his … Read More

Gangrene and Grapes

August 8, 2005 |

This is the sequel to the excellent The Thing and I and in fact follows it in the same space. This time David Martin is alone, the love o his life Lily has met with an unfortunate accident and … Read More

The Magnets  –  Magnetude

August 8, 2005 |

In to each generation a group of heroes are born, those who champion the power of the human voice.  We are lucky in Edinburgh as the Magnets introduce us to ‘Magnetude’ the story of the heroes for our generation. … Read More

Pip Utton – Adolf

August 8, 2005 |

Depending on your view on life Adolf Hitler can be seen as a charismatic leader who despite his birth outside the Fatherland the nation compelled it to rise up and follow him unquestioningly! Or a manipulative, racist who vocally … Read More

Two  by Fierce Trade

August 8, 2005 |

Two by Jim Cartwright was originally written for John McArdle and Sue Johnston following their exit from soap opera Brookside. Set in a Northern pub, we meet a whole lot, 14 in fact, dysfunctional characters, none more so than … Read More

Catch 22

August 8, 2005 |

Reading Joseph Heller’s World War 2 novel Catch-22 many years ago proved to be, for this reviewer, an indelible experience. The first 100 pages or so are incredibly funny, but taking the book as a whole it is really … Read More

The Glorious and Bloodthirsty Billy the Kid

August 8, 2005 |

The rootinist, tootinist show on the Fringe this side of the Mississippi! Was Billy really such a baddy, was he a hero or just misunderstood? This cast of hundreds, well six, playing hundreds of parts.  Display performance skills acting, … Read More

Men of the World

August 8, 2005 |

Harland Hamstrings in their tenth and final Edinburgh Fringe have once again taken one of their fellow Humbersiders, John Godber, plays and given it their special treatment. In this three hander Paul Harrison, Heather Thomson and Steve Jallett play … Read More

Pip Utton – Bacon

August 8, 2005 |

Firstly let me say I really didn’t know much about Francis Bacon. Had you asked me before seeing this show who he was, I wouldn’t really have been able to tell you. So why did I go and see … Read More

The War Bus

August 8, 2005 |

In a quiet Lancashire pub life goes on despite the rumored invasion of Poland. Memories of the past war are resurrected by the possibility of another. In a room upstairs the old man is being looked after by his … Read More