Theatre 2007 Archives - Page 5 of 14 - One4Review
Monkey Business
August 8, 2007 | adminThe difficulty for amateur companies putting on a musical comedy at the Fringe is that they are competing with slick home-based and international professional companies. Thus the audience expectation is very high. This production has good points but it … Read More
Prodigal Daughter
August 8, 2007 | adminAfter thirty years of living in the USA Mina, Mandi Sebassio-Ong , returns to the land of her birth, Korea, but why are things so strained in the family home. Her mother, Felicity Steel, and younger sister Teresa Koari … Read More
Splendid Mummer by Lionne Elder
August 8, 2007 | adminLonne Elder’s one man play charts the life of the black Shakespearian actor Ira Aldridge (1807-1867) who in his time become renowned in England and Europe. Shango Baku gives a passionate yet sensitive performance as he portrays Aldridge’s rise … Read More
What The Butler Saw
August 8, 2007 | adminThis Joe Orton play is given an airing by About Turn Theatre Company as part of the Finge this year and I must admit I was looking forward to seeing it, as I remember this as a very funny … Read More
Almost Haunted
August 8, 2007 | adminWe are taken into the studio of Augustine’s Parish church and warned to be silent we are eavesdropping on the filming of a TV ghost hunt. In this exact spot exactly 100 years ago a young woman disappeared during … Read More
Danton’s Death
August 8, 2007 | adminThis is the first time I have seen this work by Georg Buchner written in 1835 when he was only 22 years old. I am left with two deep impressions. Firstly, it is an amazing drama written by someone … Read More
The English Teacher
August 8, 2007 | adminA young attractive English teacher is thrust into a class of unsuspecting hormonal teenagers. His interest in them goes beyond the set texts. He looks into the background of each girl, comparing her heritage, her home life, her name … Read More
Inside Private Lives
August 8, 2007 | adminInside Private Lives is a novel theatrical concept – 4 solo performances with each of the players taking on the role of a controversial individual from the 20th century. Each of the characters interacts with the audience posing questions … Read More
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