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Game Theory

Game Theory

(2 stars)23 Aug 2007

At the end of a war with some resemblance to the Yugoslavian conflict, a succession of scenarios unfolds. Three government officials negotiate fruitlessly over responsibility and territory, a woman returns to her abandoned, vandalised home with her two…

Game?

(5 stars)23 Aug 2007

If you’ve ever been to a dinner party and wanted to scream in frustration then this creative company, Tangled Feet, have the play for you. What begins as a get together to welcome the neighbours soon morphs into a sharp, surreal insight into the…

Get Your War On

(3 stars)23 Aug 2007

“I’m not very analytical. You know I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about why I do things”, honest words from President Bush, as he spells out his failings to the electorate and yet they still voted him in for a second term. Join the Rude…

Mantra

(3 stars)23 Aug 2007

Does everything happen for a reason or are some things just tragic, inexplicable accidents? This age-old conundrum is explored by Katy Wix in Mantra, which examines the long-term effects of one such tragic accident on her relationship, and almost drives…

Mouse

(3 stars)23 Aug 2007

Proctor finds hiding behind his computer screen and solving problems from afar the best way to get through life, so how will he respond when he is forced to step up to the mark? A man in a black suit on a bare stage will struggle to hold an audience’s…

On Wonderland

On Wonderland

(4 stars)23 Aug 2007

'If I’m not the same, the next question is: “Who in the world am I?”’. So said Alice when she fell down the rabbit hole and wound up in Wonderland, in the novel from which this play’s central character Moia’s (Kerry-Jayne Wilson) condition, micropsia…

Phaedre

Phaedre

(3 stars)23 Aug 2007

Stuffy studio venue after stuffy studio venue can drive the average Festival–goer mad, so why not escape the city for the rugged ramparts of the medieval Craigmillar Castle, where Racine’s classic Phaedre comes to life through skulls, sword fights and…

Planting the Dunk Botanic Gardens

(3 stars)23 Aug 2007

David Malikoff’s monologue amounts to a brief exposition of the history of Dunk Island near the great Barrier reef, followed by the story, told in the form of a prose poem by Mark O’Connor, of O’Connor’s struggle to create a garden in the jungle…

Scarborough

Scarborough

(4 stars)23 Aug 2007

An ever controversial issue, teacher/pupil relationships are by no means a novel subject matter, but you will rarely have experienced a performance quite so up close and personal as Scarborough. The audience line the walls of a very intimate seedy hotel…

Sheepskin

(3 stars)23 Aug 2007

As sheep farmer Jeremy struggles to protect his flock from a foot and mouth outbreak, God comes to him in a Moses-like moment and promises to protect the sheep if he is obeyed. It’s a relatively dry subject that transformed here into a journey into the…

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