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EDINBURGH '96 REVIEW: Made in America

... Made in America Pleasance Sheila McClure and Doug Cooper have filleted Bill Brysons best sell ing book, Made in America, for this gently entertaining quasMecture. It is a satirical look at the way English has developed on either side of the pond to create ...

Published: Thursday 05 September 1996
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 157 | Page: 23 | Tags: performance review 

EDINBURGH '96 REVIEW: Wright from America

... Wright from America Theatre Workshop American company Pearl Productions has produced a gem of a show here, celebrating one of the great, but most consistently over looked, figures of the Afro-American world. Richard Wright, author, intellec tual and spokesman ...

Published: Thursday 22 August 1996
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 155 | Page: 33 | Tags: performance review 

EDIBURGH '96 REVIEW: We No Longer Hear America Singing

... poverty which afflicts America today. Dance routines, songs and acted sketches depict ing the rise of the American Dream offset Brecht's political words, film footage of events during the 20th Century and slides which accentu ate America's greed. tt is stunning ...

Published: Thursday 22 August 1996
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 172 | Page: 27 | Tags: performance review 

EDINBURGH REVIEW '95: Will Durst

... Durst Assembly Rooms One of the joys of Edinburgh is, the chance to see top rated acts from overseas and Will Durst is one of America's highest rated stand-up*; His '95 show. Myth AmerfHrrs an extended monologue, a trawl through his homeland and is a clas ...

Published: Thursday 17 August 1995
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 28 | Tags: performance review 

PLAY REVIEWS: The Lost Continent

... comfortable, antiseptic space, three actors and an amusing, warm, affectionate but crit ical look at the great continent of America. Charles Sharman Cox has adapted Bill Bryson's account of his return to his homeland after 20 years of living in Great Britain ...

Published: Thursday 04 November 1993
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 342 | Page: 24 | Tags: performance review 

Lunarchy--An Eclipse

... Lunarchy--An Eclipse RICHARD DEMARCO GALLERY THE POPULACE of America arc in revolt. The homeless ('unhomed') besiege Washington. The urban poor riot in the streets. Within the inner fastness of the pres idential palace, a crazed ruler dreams up ever more ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 183 | Page: 15 | Tags: performance review 

ENINBURGH '96 REVIEW: Scrying

... American writer Eva Schegulla explores the nervy friendships of three college- educated twentysomething women in modern-day America. When one of them, a victim of a short and less than sweet mar riage, attempts to take her own life, the way the three friends ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 1996
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 27 | Tags: performance review 

LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW: Wonderwest World

... team, stages an utterly enjoyable and spectacular Carnival, based on a work) ocean cruise, with stopovers in America, Havana, China and South America, provid ing the song-anddance scena topics. This slick, bright and livery production features Willie Wright ...

Published: Thursday 17 July 1997
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 18 | Tags: performance review 

LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW: Give My Regards to Jolson

... Baldwin's natural voice just happens to be in tune with Jolson. Orginally from Hull, he has lived most of his life in America, except when he has been touring to Australia, Canada and Great Britain. He describes Give My Regards to Jolson as a variety ...

Published: Thursday 02 October 1997
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 16 | Tags: performance review 

LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW: Eliane Elias

... promot ing her new album, The Three Americas, and it was soon clear the audience members were going to get their £12 worth and more. The project is a selection of music and rhythms from North, Central and South America, but Elias scorns strict dividing ...

Published: Thursday 11 June 1998
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 287 | Page: 19 | Tags: performance review 

EDINBURGH FRINGE: Star Rock: The Movie

... talent and decibels. Set in Mid-Western Dragsville the name says everything it is a delightful fan tasy, lampooning small town America and all the space fiction you have ever seen, with right minded attacks on militarism and promptings towards 'peace and love' ...

Published: Thursday 03 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 23 | Tags: performance review