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Belt Up’s Twenty Minutes to Nine

Belt Up’s Twenty Minutes to Nine

Compelling performance with uncertain audience-actor dynamic

(3 stars)14 Aug 2011

This young company continue their commitment to fine storytelling in this solo piece documenting the unresolved history of an embittered woman (who may or may not be a famous literary archetype), inviting the audience into her secluded world to hear ‘a…

Belt Up’s The Boy James

Belt Up’s The Boy James

Well-executed drama based on JM Barrie's childhood

(3 stars)8 Aug 2011

The Boy James, loosely based on the childhood of JM Barrie, begins with childish enthusiasm but gradually moves into more sinister ground, and ends with no firm resolution. Although the acting and script occasionally falter, the overall effect is one of…

The theatre shows to look out for at Edinburgh Fringe 2011

The theatre shows to look out for at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011

Dance Marathon, Ten Plagues and Tuesdays at Tescos among highlights

9 Jun 2011

As ever the theatre programme of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is overflowing with keen ideas, exciting stories and risk-taking. The Traverse Theatre maintains its position as the beating heart of the Fringe, with Dominic Hill’s final programme…

Atrium

Atrium

Theatre interrupted

(3 stars)17 Aug 2010

Last year Belt Up caused a stir by blindfolding the audience during The Trial. Even without blindfolds there is a great deal of trust placed in a theatre company: to guide the audience clearly (and safely) to an as-yet unknown destination. When standard…

Lorca is Dead

Lorca is Dead

A lament in the key of surrealism

(3 stars)13 Aug 2010

Belt Up’s eulogy for Federico Garcia Lorca is anything but a stately affair. So much happens, and continues happening, all at once, in such a short space of time, that it’s impossible to pay attention to it all, and frequently difficult to know what is…

Belt Up's Octavia

Belt Up's Octavia

Confused quest in a war zone

(2 stars)12 Aug 2010

Princess Octavia is on a quest to restore order to her war-torn land. In a tale inspired by Cornish folklore, she is guided on her way by sprites, witches and hobgoblins. Belt Up have won many fans (and an Edinburgh International Festival award) for…

The Trial

The Trial

Disorientating, triumphant nightmare from Belt Up

(5 stars)13 Aug 2009

Reader beware. The best advice I can give you is not to read a review of The Trial – this or any other – but just to book your tickets now and trust the company to deliver an amazing show. Any review of this play is going to contain plot spoilers, and…

The Tartuffe

The Tartuffe

Belt Up makes the impossible possible

(5 stars)10 Aug 2009

Belt Up’s immersive Red Room programme was among the most exciting events at last year’s Fringe. Even sharing a line-up with six other highly praised productions, The Tartuffe managed to stand out. The 2009 version is even better. The great (and…

Belt Up at the Fringe

Belt Up bring Tartuffe and Trial to the Fringe

The award-winning physical theatre company provide an inspired spin on some enduring classics

23 Jul 2009

If the Fringe is about anything, it’s about an inexhaustible ability to surprise an audience, whether it be with a crazy venue space, a thrilling new script or a suitably memorable performance. Step forward - Belt Up.

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