Aireborne Theatre (Leeds University’s Theatre Group) have again sent two shows to the Fringe this year and, as usual, Workshop Theatre students are heavily involved. Both shows did much of their production work at the WT throughout June. King Arthur represents something of a departure for Aireborne in that it is a show aimed at...
Jan Perry’s multi award winning play ‘Click’ is proving as popular with Edinburgh audiences as it is with judges. Here’s a sample of comments posted at LoveFringe.com: This piece of theatre is just amazing. All actors working hard to bring the audience into Nell’s memories. Amazing and heart breaking to watch at the same time....
Congratulations to former Workshop Theatre students the Dog-Collective Collective who picked up a host of fabulous reviews over the weekend- including this five star rave from whatsonstage.com The Dog-Eared Collective: You’re Better Than This Venue: Underbelly, Cowgate Where: Edinburgh Date Reviewed: 11 August 2011 WOS Rating: FIVE STARS It’s easy to become weary of sketch...
The following review is from the Edinburgh Reporter; the original can be found here. Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – W.R.E.N.S August 4, 2011 by John Kennedy Without a doubt one of the hot-ticket certainties for this year’s Fringe has to be the quaintly named Tiny Teapot Theatre’s production of Edinburgh born, ex-Wren, Anne V. McGravie’s W.R.E.N.S....
Anarchic sketch troupe The Dog-Eared Collective want to change your life. One sketch at time. After gaining four stars from Chortle at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe for their show Joyride – The Dog-Eared Collective are back with riotous sketch fest ‘You’re Better Than This’ which previewed to critical acclaim at the Brighton Fringe: CRITICS CHOICE...
Jan Perry’s award winning show CLICK tells the story of Nell, an elderly woman, who recalls the parental battles that characterised her childhood and upbringing. As her recollections of times past unfold the play swings between past and present, from childhood to old age, the memories and secrets clicking seamlessly into place, crowding in on...
Every year the Workshop Theatre is well represented at the Edinburgh Fringe, and this year is no exception. By my count there are currently four shows with strong WT connections, but I imagine there’s a few more I’ve yet to learn about. I’ll be letting you know about them all in due course, but first,...
The Track of the Cat reviewed by ThreeWeeks www.edinburgh.threeweeks.co.uk bearplate in association with C theatre An eerie stillness consumes the dimly lit space from start to finish in this spookily compelling adaptation of Walter van Tilburg Clark’s novel, set in Sierra Nevada in 1900. The employment of an all female cast (aside from haunting music...
… this is the promo for Alcatraz. All the shows with Workshop Theatre connections are getting great reviews at the moment. If you happen to spot a review for either Clint’s Reality, Alcatraz, the Dog-Eared Collective, or Chris Fittock’s The Track of the Cat… please pass them along. Share on Facebook
“An absolute must-see in Edinburgh” by David Hutchinson for remotegoat on 12/08/10 www.remotegoat.co.uk Clint’s Reality is a hilarious new comedy from up and coming writer James Huntrods. The premise of the piece is that reality TV producer Clint has been disgraced for rigging the votes in his latest talent contest ‘Celebrity Bombshell’ in order to...
Review from The New Current www.thenewcurrent.com * * * * * Published: August 11, 2010 Alcatraz portrays a woman who works in a hotel, recording conversations of previous guests of a particular room. Not a play for the simplest of folk, it follows the deep psychotic interactions that she shares with 4 guests in particular,...
Review by Marissa Burgess from Chortle www.chortle.co.uk * * * * Having seen the Dog Eared guys’ shows for the past the last two years – and awarded them a two-star review each time – I was really hoping they would pull it out the proverbial bag this year for another star. A target, it...
Review of Clint’s Reality from AlltheFestivals (www.allthefestivals.com) by David Marren added on 07 Aug 2010 * * * * Refashioning typical British comedy farce for the 21st century ‘Clint’s Reality’ manages to resuscitate the form with not so much the kiss of life but a full on snog with tongues. It is a smoothly run, well...
Both Alcatraz and Clint’s Reality have made it into fringereview’s top ten recommendations for the underbelly. There’s also an interview with James Huntrods on the site: www.fringereview.co.uk. Or you could just listen to it here… FringeReview meets Aireborne Theatre FringeReview | MySpace Video Share on Facebook
It seems the name Aireborne Theatre carries some weight on the streets of Edinburgh. Today, for the second day in a row, audiences were queuing around the block to get in to an Aireborne production. Today saw the preview of Alcatraz, a slick, stylish and atmospheric piece of theatre, the result of a collaboration between Lucy...
