This piece is presented by Traverse Theatre Company, who were established over 50 years ago to extend the essence of the Edinburgh Festival and nurture emerging talent. The play certainly fits in that spirit and I can see how it would work well in a small, dark pub room watched by an eager festival audience but it loses something of that atmosphere in the bigger more formal space of Tobacco Factory Theatres.
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Breach Theatre Company describe themselves as performance makers crossing disciplines and mashing media. Credit should go to the directors and producers of this piece for their use of video, lighting and staging; all of which are deftly blended to produce an ambitious and unnerving analysis of the events of 30 years ago, which still have a bearing on our lives today.
Read MoreIn his poem Annus Mirabilis Philip Larkin said that sex didn’t start until 1963. The individuals in this play continue to struggle with it in 1972 and the flash-forward scenes show that even today we still haven’t worked out what it’s really all about. With the actors sweating and out of breathe we reach the climax. For some there is an awakening, for others relief. One character feels let down and frustrated but I think you will be heartily fulfilled by this delightful show.
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There is birth and there is death and then there is the bit in between. In this new solo show from the Open Attic Theatre Company actor Adam Blake takes a humorous look at the inevitabilities in life. In one scene, helped by audience participation, Adam acts out a game show with the grim reaper as host. When and how would you like to die? . . .
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