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The National Centre for Dance throws open its studios to audiences but once a year in an explosion of possibilities. Gareth K Vile investigates.

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The Gymnast

Theatre :: Review 14 Aug 2008

Agata Maslowska: There is something eerie about this one-woman show. While it is clear that The Gymnast attempts to explore the cruelty of the Cambodian civil war and its aftermath, the structure of the performance makes it quite incomprehensible. Frantic chases and ...

The Factory

Theatre :: Review 11 Aug 2008

Agata Maslowska: 'Born. Consume. Be silent. Die.' This rather disturbing message opens the performance of Precarious company who fill the stage with a unique fusion of physical dance theatre and multimedia. Provocative and touching, The Factory is a dynamic commentary...

Balls and Double Points: K

Theatre :: Review 10 Aug 2008

Gareth K Vile: The third of Dancebase’s mixed bills features a long work from Norway’s Odd Johan Fritzoe and a jittering remix from Rosie Kay. Both of these works display technical perfection, ferocious technique, edgy energy and relentless force: as a do...

Enclosure 44

Theatre :: Review 08 Aug 2008

Gareth K Vile: This is difficult one. On the one hand, it is exciting to see dance pulled clear of the studio and theatre, thrust into new spaces and engaging with a surprised public. On the other, there is a sense that Enclosure 44 is something of an in-joke: certai...

Scottish Dance Theatre: Be Challenged and Thrilled!

Theatre :: Preview 06 Aug 2008

Susannah Radford: Edinburgh gets a chance to see a great double bill this August with Liv Lorent's tenderhook and Hofesh Shechter's DOG, two original works choreographed especially for the Scottish Dance Theatre. Working with different choreographers during the creatio...

Holdin' Fast @ Zoo Southside

Theatre :: Review 04 Aug 2008

Agata Maslowska: The dancers of the RootlessRoot Company invite you to ‘immerse yourself into the deepest visions of sexual fantasy’. The underlying message comes from Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being: ‘Woman longs to be weight...

Plastic

Theatre :: Preview 01 Aug 2008

Margaret Kirk: “It is not social commentary at all.. We just wanted to take this concept and ask what are the different journeys that this person would go through?” In a Fringe that is often swamped by mediocre productions of established plays, Mehrdad S...

For Your Observation

Theatre :: Preview 30 Jul 2008

Susannah Radford: In what promises to be a compelling and adventurous piece, the Fringe stretches its boundaries to the Edinburgh Zoo as the latest venue for Enclosure 44 - Humans which explores the nature of the animal within us all. Inspiration for Enclosure 44 &ndas...

A Genuinely National Theatre

Theatre :: Preview 30 Jul 2008

Michael Cox: "One thing that's vital for us is creating 'world-class theatre', or theatre which can hold its own on the international stage for us to justify being a national theatre." Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone, speaking about the National Theatre of Sc...

Fortune Cookie

Theatre :: Review 29 Jul 2008

Agata Maslowska and Gareth K Vile: St Andrews is not well known for its drama: tucked away on the coast, fifty minutes from Dundee, it is regarded as isolated. Fortune Cookie Productions, led by Richard Tan and emerging from the Fife University aims to correct this with a production of ...

Dancebase's Gift Selection

Theatre :: Feature 29 Jul 2008

Gareth K Vile: Even spending a short amount of time with Morag Deyes is to be plunged into a whirlpool of enthusiasms and informed opinions. Her Fringe programme at Dancebase is a perfect expression of her attitude- diverse, inclusive and challenging, but not without...

Al Seed

Theatre :: Preview 29 Jul 2008

Gareth K Vile: Al Seed is never good first date theatre- or family friendly, even if he does do a fine clown. He is sinister, abrasive, sometimes mysterious, frequently frightening. In previous works he evoked spectres of nuclear destruction and famine, invited the a...

The Director's Cut: Jonathan Mills

Theatre :: Preview 28 Jul 2008

RJ Thomson: DYBBUK King's Theatre, Sat 9 - Mon 11 Aug, 7.30pm, tickets from £10 "The theatre programme starts with two productions from TR Warszawa. TR Warszawa literally means Teatr Rozmaitosci Warszawa which is the old variety theatre in Warsaw. Dybbuk i...

Jonathan Mills on what an international festival should be

Theatre :: Music :: Heads Up :: Feature 28 Jul 2008

RJ Thomson: There are loads of folk out there who will readily make vague general statements about how inter-disciplinary practice, and breaking down the boundaries between things, are what they're 'all about'. But for Jonathan Mills, the Director of the Edinburgh...

Evita

Theatre :: Review 17 Jul 2008

Michael Cox: Evita may be remembered as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's masterwork; even critics of their talent mostly concede to the greatness of the piece. For the uninitiated, the musical charts the rise and fall of Eva Duarte, following her from starry-eye...

Feast @ Arta

Theatre :: Review 28 Jun 2008

Mhairi Graham: 'Bite-sized theatre to accompany Arta's delicious tapas selection', was the running line for Feast, a selection of performances by Glasgow-based organisation, Ankur Productions. And that was exactly what the audience got: a platter of theatrical bites...

A Play, a Pie and a Pint

Theatre :: Feature 25 Jun 2008

Debbie Martin: I’m not making a very good impression on the afternoon theatre regulars at Oran Mor. As I shuffle along the tightly packed rows of tables, I manage to jostle three pints of beer and almost drop my vegetarian pie down the neck of a bemused-lookin...

Top Five Theatre Events in July

Theatre :: Feature :: Preview 23 Jun 2008

Gareth K Vile: Peeping at Bosch Tramway, Glasgow10-13 July Mischief La Bas, the National Theatre and Tramway team up: medieval mysticism, broad humour and site responsive sculpture. Let the mayhem begin. Pornography Traverse, Edinburgh28 July-24 August Engaged pol...

Homecoming @ Leith Festival

Theatre :: Review 16 Jun 2008

Katie Smyth: The sanctuary of South Leith Parish Church provided an apt background to this modern day retelling of the Prodigal Son. Golden boy Harry fled the neighbourhood of his childhood, swapping sharing a ham bone with the next-door neighbours for Romanian wed...

As You Always Do @ Leith Festival

Theatre :: Review 16 Jun 2008

Katie Smyth: Battling against the cacophony of Scooter-esque tunes blasting from the funfair next door, Gappad hold their own, plunging the audience into unsettling darkness in the Duncan Place Resource Centre. On entering the performance space, audience members w...

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