Theatre, Issue 625
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Be Near Me
19 Mar 2009
The story of a priest who stirs up a riot of anti-Catholic feeling in a Protestant Ayrshire town after a drunken fumble with a teenage boy might not instantly sound like it would travel well outside the west of Scotland or Ireland. But, since its…
Ballet Lorent: Designer Body
19 Mar 2009
CONTEMPORARY DANCE It’s not hyperbole when I say that Liv Lorent is one of the most exciting, dynamic and emotionally engaging choreographers to have worked in Scotland in recent years. The reviews, awards and audience reaction bear it out, and all…
The Book of Beasts
19 Mar 2009
STAGE ADAPTATION Children’s literature owes a lot to Edith Nesbit. JK Rowling, CS Lewis and Mary Poppins author PL Travers all cite her as an influence. Best known for her 1906 work, The Railway Children, Nesbit wrote an impressive 40 fictional…
LGBT Arts Festival Weekend
19 Mar 2009
CREATIVE FESTIVAL LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing, Edinburgh, Fri 20–Sun 22 Mar Scotland’s capital can lay proud boast to being the only city in the UK to have its own dedicated health and wellbeing centre for LGBT folks, which runs…
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
19 Mar 2009
MODERN CLASSIC Mention Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and most people will recall the 1966 film adaptation starring Taylor and Burton at the peak of their own convoluted marital soap opera. While the movie has achieved iconic status in its own…
Company Chordelia: Les Amoureux
19 Mar 2009
DANCE THEATRE The late novelist Angela Carter’s 1979 book of fairytale-derived short stories The Bloody Chamber has led to a number of adaptations, the latest of which is a rich blend of dance, physical theatre and opera. Choreographed by Kally…
Curse of the Starving Class
19 Mar 2009
The second in legendary US playwright Sam Shepard’s series of darkly comic works dealing with the fragmentation of traditional American family values and aspirations focuses on the dysfunctional Tate family as the alcoholic father and philandering…
Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness
19 Mar 2009
The Citz revives Anthony Neilson’s heartbreaking fable within a fairytale about a Victorian impresario, which is based around the conceit that the playwright has uncovered a late 19th century manuscript and is using it to create a series of…
