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The Overcoat

The Overcoat

All-Scottish cast lead excellent classic satire

(4 stars)23 Aug 2011

An up-to-the minute, fast-paced version of Gogol’s great satire, Catherine Grosvenor’s sharp and hilarious translation (for Finnish companies Rhymäteatteri and Ace Productions) finds us in the world of Edinburgh banking. A fine, all-Scottish cast is led…

King of Scotland

King of Scotland

Strong presentation of Iain Heggie’s second best monologue

(3 stars)12 Aug 2011

It’s 11 years since the premiere of Iain Heggie’s free adaptation of Gogol’s satire Diary of a Madman. Jonathan Watson, star of TV football sketch show Only an Excuse?, follows Brian Pettifer and the late Gerard Kelly in tackling the role of Tommy…

The Government Inspector

The Government Inspector

(4 stars)4 Mar 2010

The prescience of Gogol’s comedy of political corruption, avarice and ineptness goes without saying. What’s remarkable about Communicado’s revival of The Government Inspector is that it manages to be riotously funny and entertaining while never losing…

Diary of a Madman

Gogol adaptation which hasn’t quite found its feet

(3 stars)20 Aug 2009

The action takes place in a small and shabby rented room in 19th century Petersburg. A small-time civil service clerk is losing his sanity, and we follow him through the days and months of developing madness. As the calendar on the wall takes us from 3…

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