Whether you’ve devoured ‘Les Liasons Dangereuses’ from cover to cover or just seen the iconic 90’s teen flick, if you’re a millennial, ‘Cruel Intentions’ will have certainly made its mark on you. The darkly funny and seductive musical adaptation of the film more than lives up to the movie that came before it.
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In 1649, the ‘Puritan Interregnum’ started in England. As a part of its rejection of lavish Catholicism, theatre performances were banned. The ‘drolls’ were then developed: illegal, secret comic performances that mingled scenes from Shakespeare with other entertainment.
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Colla Voce Theatre Company returns to the Fringe once again, after their smash hit, Buried, took the festival by storm last year. The multi-award winning company had plenty of hype to live up to, and they certainly did not disappoint.
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Mary Shelley’s classic tale of identity, social alienation, and the determined patching together of the impossible is brought to life by the Battersea Arts Centre and BAC Beatbox Academy. It kicks, it yells, it demands your attention.
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‘Ali and Alpo’ is an intellectually exciting but emotionally disengaging piece. It appears the performers were living their story so fiercely that they had little energy left to consider the art of storytelling.
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The last time I saw Nick Helm live, it was a one-off work in progress in which he ran over by about forty minutes, alienating at least half the audience, and causing the other half to walk out before the end. It was perhaps the greatest show I saw that year.
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