Category: Theatre

  • Gone Full Havisham

    Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 20th August 2019 5 stars – Dramatic intensity A young Miss Havisham: orphan, cultured, about to get married… Emily’s normal life is suspended; she disappears, and her story becomes the one she tells through social media. She talks to her followers still keeping on her wedding dress, which…

  • [Untitled project] #231

    Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 15th August 2019 4 stars – magic Why has the French clown (Steve Pacek) stopped talking? A man (Davy Raphaely) tries to ask him in English, but this complicated everything. Five other clowns appear now and then to tell his playful yet moving story. Despite being mostly physical,…

  • Seeking Unicorns

    Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 15th August 2019 4 stars – alternative communication At the corner of the stage lays a woman. A white-dressed creature, she is crouched in a prone position. Her first movements are slow and shy, only later does she reveal more of herself. Gradually we start reading the proportions…

  • The Trial

    5 stars – outstanding A one-woman show of incredible power and beauty. A letter arrives to Agreste, a rural Brazilian village, and it is signed Tieta. Not everybody wants to remember her – she has left Brazil as Antonio many years ago.

  • Medea on the Road

    5 stars – Stunning experience Seen on the 22nd June 2019 Itinerant performance. Meeting point: opposite Teatro Astra A show of the ʻFestival delle Colline Torinesiʼ Medea per Strada is a play that brings us – literally – where action takes place. We get in a small van and Medea (Elena Cotugno) is the chatty…

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