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....
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...
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...
I’ve just this second come from the preview performance of Clint’s Reality, and I’m delighted to say it was a huge success. An eager audience queued all the way up the cobbled entrance to the Underbelly (no doubt as a result of a concentrated campaign on the Royal Mile by the cast and crew) and...
And we’re off. Previews opened today in Edinburgh, but the shows that really count start tomorrow (Thursday) in the Underbelly, shortly after mid day. Clint’s Reality are up first at 12.35 in the Belly Button, followed shortly after by former WT students the Dog-Eared Collective at 15.10 in the White Belly. Alcatraz previews a day...
CLINT’S REALITY Aireborne Theatre Venue: Belly Button Clint is a media icon disgraced for rigging his reality TV shows. He has one evening to save his career, rekindle his marriage, silence his mistress and overturn the apathy of his disinterested son. Expect rushed decisions, hushed revisions and blushed derisions in a world that is anything...
ALCATRAZ Aireborne Theatre Venue: Belly Button One moment will create, destroy or alter perspectives. ‘Alcatraz’ explores the perforations and cracks in the walls of everyday perception. This new piece of writing focuses on the experiences of four very individual characters, each locked into their own world, but impacting and imposing upon one another without knowledge...
