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The Infamous Brothers Davenport

The Infamous Brothers Davenport

Captures excitement of Victorian public séance but makes for unsatisfactory theatre

(3 stars)1 Feb 2012

Some 52 members of the crew on this co-production between Vox Motus and the Lyceum were required to sign secrecy clauses, so it’s no surprise that the show has its fair share of ‘how-did-they-do-that’ moments. In one scene, a table rises from the ground…

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe department

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe department

27 Nov 2008

As a child, Kirstin Innes always wanted to go to Narnia. Instead, she got the next best thing: a whole day backstage at the Lyceum Theatre as they try and bring that world to life.

Man of La Mancha

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, until Sat 19 May

(4 stars)23 Apr 2007

MUSICAL There’s an impressive gusto to Dale Wasserman’s version, with words by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh, of Cervantes’ Don Quixote. There is also a certain underlying complexity in its insistent questioning of reality, idealism and…

Man of La Mancha

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 20 Apr-Sat 18

9 Apr 2007

MUSICAL Recent times might incite us to pray for leaders who believe in nothing. The zealous idealism of our current crop of proselytising free market politicians, and their monomaniac religious opponents might make us hanker sentimentally after the…

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