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Lola: The Life of Lola Montez

Lola: The Life of Lola Montez

Biographical flamenco drama

30 Jul 2009

During the 19th century, Irish-born Lola Montez plied a career as an unlikely Spanish dancer across Europe, Australia and the US while bedding the likes of King Ludwig I of Bavaria along the way. Her story is one of scandal and celebrity. ‘Lola is a…

Follow Me

Follow Me

18 Sep 2008

NEW PLAY Drawing a dazzling trail of four and five-star reviews since its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe last year, Follow Me is a sparsely staged emotive tale about Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, which has arrived on…

Paperweight

Paperweight

Flawed peek into daily office life

(2 stars)14 Aug 2008

Squeezing into one of the tiniest Fringe venues – a modest office in the Assembly Rooms – this two-man show is about as up close and personal as you can get to what’s happening onstage. Arrive early for a seat: you have the choice of a box against the…

Married to the Sea

Married to the Sea

Poetic writing tells a coastal tale of loss and decline

(3 stars)14 Aug 2008

A sparse stage and a small cast of three belie the detail in this lyrical tale from the fledgling Dragonfly Theatre. Set against the decline of Galway’s old Claddagh seafaring community, writer/director Shona McCarthy’s first full-length play could have…

Pebbles on the Beach

(3 stars)7 Aug 2008

Leo's in his late-20s and would be one of your mates down the pub if he wasn't stranded on Brighton beach facing past lovers and demons with the universe warping around him. Decent performances and a clever time-shifting narrative work to deliver a tale…

Faeries

(2 stars)7 Aug 2008

In 1917, two little girls took pictures of fairies in their garden, sparking nationwide interest in the existence of these tiny folk and inspiring this bright - at times Disneyesque - musical. Faeries sprinkles just enough fairy dust for anyone who…

Living with Johnny Depp

(2 stars)7 Aug 2008

There's some amusing physical comedy in this well-observed one-woman show about an academically challenged, Depp-obsessed 15-year-old convent school girl, but it loses focus in the middle and ultimately feels pointless and unsatisfying.

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