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2 star review on Broadway Baby by Jared Liebmiller.
Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Julius Caesar is perhaps the best aware of its historical place. It’s a retelling of an event already mythologized at the time of its writing – the assassination of the eponymous Caesar – and takes stock of its own place in the historical canon; it, more than any other Shakespeare play, confronts its own role in future recreations of the story it tells.
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None is difficult as a play. The self-serious tone of the novel feels contrived on stage, and actually seeing people thrust into such a contrived scenario in person is patently camp compared to reading it on the page. Close Up Theatre’s production, while energetic, fails to adequately contend with this element of the script, and doesn’t maintain the relentless intrigue the play requires.
The Toxic Avenger
Based on the 1984 cult classic, The Toxic Avenger captures everything good about spoof musicals. It’s smart enough to not be too witty, silly enough to have fun with its premise, and it's executed with dazzling ability. Though at times it feels a little rushed, musical fans will be thrilled to see a show of this calibre at the Fringe. The story follows young Melvin Ferd, low on social skills but high on enthusiasm, as he attempts to rid his New Jersey town of toxic waste.
4 star review on Broadway Baby by Jared Liebmiller.
Noel has multiple sclerosis. As he sees it his next few months will be an inevitable, excruciating descent into paralysis and eventually death. His body has already started to go. And so Noel records his final goodbye on a tape recorder for his friend Rich, a final memento for the living before he takes his own life. My Real Life is a beautiful, heart wrenching piece of theatre written with wit and performed with dazzling skill.
2 star review on Broadway Baby by Jared Liebmiller.
The concept behind Sunscreen Productions’ Radio is pretty familiar: a group of flatmates at the end of their university careers grapple with past tensions and future anxieties while trying to get their deposit back. Think Ella Hickson’s Boys. The formula is mixed up somewhat by the introduction of a seemingly sentient radio – it starts turning itself on, playing suspiciously relevant music and responding to what the characters are saying, escalating the simmering drama of the play.
The Man on the Moor
The tricky thing with a show like The Man On The Moor is balancing the personal, fictional story being told with the larger, true-life event it is connected to. The play traces one man’s search for answers after his long-missing father turns up dead. The event is real – a mysterious, unidentified corpse discovered without apparent cause of death in 2015 on a moor in Northern England – but Max Dickins’ play runs in fictional tangent to the events of the real world.
3 star review on Broadway Baby by Jared Liebmiller.
There’s a lot going on in Luke Barnes’ Bottleneck. From poverty and classism to northern identity and, most importantly, football, the play tackles a lot of issues that characterised the experience of 1980s Liverpool. It does so with immense subtlety and grace, so much so that one viewing might not be enough to really get the play.
Beasts & Beauties
Beauty and the Beast without Gaston? In Italy?! If you can get over the sacrilege of daring to be different from the Disney version of events, Beasts and Beauties, by young company Grey Dog Theatre, offers a light but fun hour of entertainment for children young and old. Beasts and Beauties recreates a series of fairy tales – some familiar, some not – by weaving together music, choreography, and storytelling into an exuberant hour of family-friendly fun.
4 star review on Broadway Baby by Jared Liebmiller.
Glimpses of a toxic relationship. Snapshots of a dying planet. Dark vignettes of love as the end draws near. The Bearpit, from new theatre company Kopfkino, combines these ingredients into a relentless interrogation of generational cynicism and the human connection in a physical, deeply atmospheric piece of theatre. A bare set, with minimal costumes and tech, draws focus to the script and the performances.
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Based on how From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is marketed, one would be justified in expecting it to be a David Bowie tribute act – a musical, tightly knit to the art and mind of Ziggy Stardust. That it is nothing of the sort may put off some would-be enthusiasts, but also makes for a gripping and touching one-man play about loneliness, hope and growing up. The play follows Martin, a young man with an eating disorder and more than a few social challenges, on his eighteenth birthday.
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