Theatre 2007 Archives - Page 2 of 14 - One4Review
Bouncy Castle MacBeth
August 8, 2007 | adminProvides exactly what it said on the tin! The Scottish Play performed on a bouncy Castle which is inflated in front of us revealing some cast members in full kilt. The words may be Shakespearean the story from Shakespeare’s … Read More
Cruel Intentions
August 8, 2007 | adminCruel Intentions is a teenage version of the classical French ‘Les Liasons Dangeruses’ by Laclos, which was later made in to a cult film also called ‘Cruel Intentions’. The action has been transferred to a contemporary private American College … Read More
Dye Young / Stay Pretty
August 8, 2007 | adminIn this one woman play performed by Beth Medley, the story of Jill, a 19 year old pregnant girl from Wolverhampton tells the story of her obsession of all things punk and her idolization of Debby Harry. Ms Medley, … Read More
The Holy Terror
August 8, 2007 | adminJames Scotland’s Scots two act comedy, adapted from Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’ is given a splendid treatment by Edinburgh People’s Theatre. The humour is sustained throughout from the opening scene to the closing scene. The play is set in Edinburgh in … Read More
Playing Burton
August 8, 2007 | adminPerhaps this is strange to say but where as I admire and enjoy watching Richard Burton perform in film, I almost idolise Guy Masterson. I admit to being a little surprised to discover the close blood relationship between these … Read More
Something Fishy
August 8, 2007 | adminSomething Fishy is a comedy thriller which is played with enormous gusto by Liz Hague as Daisy and Kate Mooney as Petunia. The play opens with the two girls, upper class and naïve, arriving by chance in the coastal … Read More
Waiting for Groucho
August 8, 2007 | adminThis performance of ‘Waiting for Groucho’ didn’t quite succeed for me. Flawed though it was, there is potential from this company. The story is set in the late 1950’s when the Marx Brothers are no longer the dominant force … Read More
After Electra
August 8, 2007 | adminWhile I’d be the first to admit that I am no expert on Eugene O’Neill or his writing, hence did not know the original piece Mourning becomes Electra, I must say that this adaptation left me totally confused. From … Read More
Breaker Morant
August 8, 2007 | adminHarry ‘Breaker’ Morant, born in England but raised in Aus went on to become an Australian Legend. This bush poet and soldier was court martialled for the murder of a German missionary during the Boer War. On stage we … Read More
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