When I saw ‘if mouth could speak’ I could hardly believe what I was seeing. It is beyond excellent.
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Tag: Music
Madame Señorita: Espousa – Edinburgh Fringe
Possibly the best show I saw at last year’s festival was a clowning show performed to about five people in a coffee shop basement. It was so silly, and innovative, and the sheer physical charisma of the performer made the less-than-ideal venue fade away.
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A Midsummer Night’s DROLL – Edinburgh Fringe
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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Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster – Edinburgh Fringe
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 – Edinburgh Fringe
‘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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RSNO Chan Conducts The Enigma Variations – Usher Hall
Elim Chan brought the Royal National Scottish Orchestra to another level… one that I did not know existed in the world of classical music! Hong Kong’s Elim Chan is RSNO’s […]
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