Reading Time: 4 minutes“The musical magic of John Williams remains unmatched in this wonderfully evocative evening out for the entire family“ Twenty five years ago, the psyche of an entire generation was captured in cinematic gold with the release of…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you ever wanted to see Shakespeare performed on a full size Elizabethan ship? If so then this show is for you. Adapted into a sixty minute abridged version, The Tempest has been re-imagined into a site-specific (more probably site-sympathetic) promenade performance for all the ages. Just make sure you’ve got good knees and a knack for ladders.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs much a stress-test for the viewers as the characters, this brutal depiction of life in the American Frontier is a spectacular presentation of acting and cinematography Initially released in 2015, Alejandro Iñárittu’s brutally realistic depiction of…
Reading Time: 3 minutesSeventy years ago on the 4th December 1956, four of the most popular musicians of their day stumbled quite accidentally into an impromptu jam session at Sun Records’ studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins hung out for one day only and it became known as the Million Dollar Quartet. Backed up by their inimitable producer Sam Philips, whose ear for rock n roll was clearly well tuned, here we find ourselves a concept for a jukebox musical.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“When you wish upon a star, this is the kind of Disney cabaret you could only dream of. Practically perfect in every way.” Hold on to your hats and glasses, because best friends Ayesha Patel and Jordan…
Reading Time: 2 minutesCinephiles and Francophiles converge on the hill of Claude Chabrol.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInnovative and fun, this classic yet campy romcom perfectly encapsulates queer characters in a contemporary way The combination of a Voltaire and Casanova-inspired Sapphic Venetian adventure genuinely sounds too good to be true. Alas, it is not.…
Reading Time: 2 minutesJulie d’Aubigny is one of the most scandalous and fascinating characters throughout French history. So it’s only fitting that she gets her theatrical due, presented here as an Act 1 workshop. Written by Merrilea Ettia and Robbie Hébert, this is clearly an ambitious project, and one which requires an abundance of imagination to fill in the gaps.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite multiple portraits hanging on London’s hallowed gallery walls, famous actress, celebrity and
author Mary Robinson has yet to have her contemporary cultural zeitgeist. Enter stage left, Perdita.
Written by Sophie Todd, who also plays the titular protagonist, the first half of the play deals with
Robinson’s youth as a teenager wedded to drunken gambler Thomas Robinson (played by Kevin Martin Murphy). We see her follow him all the way to debtor’s prison with their newborn child Maria where her writing is so popular it neatly pays off their debt and she returns to the stage to be mentored by bringing David Garrick out of retirement. Here she flourishes, although we never really see her on stage.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOperation Blank plays at the Etcetera Theatre until 11th July before its Edinburgh Fringe Festival run.