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EDINBURGH FRINGE: The House Of Doors

... which feature Surrealism taken to its wildest extremes, but, though bold and unusual, nothing seems to add up. Possibly this speaks of characters needing to escape from the constrictions of their own selves, and cer tainly they seemed trapped in a closed ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 188 | Page: 16 | Tags: performance review 

EDINBURGH FRINGE: Stalinland

... played by Catherine Escherly, contrasts tellingly with her Westernised sister an opti mist stuffed full of bright 'ad-man speak' and played equally well by Murilla Robson. While Alex, a wild eyed dissident, with a raked devouring intensity at the start ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 16 | Tags: performance review 

Opera and Dance: This one hits most of the high notes

... the opera's first performance in London at Her Majesty's with Tree appearing as M Jourdain. Donald Sindcn's return to the speaking part of the Major-dome, with his funny line in outraged dignity, helped to lift the Prologue which always seems to have too ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 324 | Page: 14 | Tags: performance review 

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL: Brilliant Traces

... long time gives both of them the possibility of facing truths they've spent their lives ignoring. The bareness of the set speaks volumes about the emotional poverty of Henry' s life, just as the exotic image of Rosannah in her wed ding dress is a foretaste ...

Published: Thursday 17 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 209 | Page: 23 | Tags: performance review 

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL: The Flight Of The Snake

... The Flight Of The Snake THE CHURCH OF THE GERMAN SPEAKING CONGREGATION THE POET wars with the world but spout ing many idealistic notions for improving humanity's lot. But his target is humanity in the abstract rather than the examples he lives with or ...

Published: Thursday 17 September 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 222 | Page: 23 | Tags: performance review 

Opera and Dance: Swan Lake

... the wicked Von Rothbart. She was at her lyrical best in the White Acts, not imposing grandeur, but prepared to let the drama speak sorrowfully through the dancing. But if the men set the standards at this perfor mance, typically at the end it was Odette ...

Published: Thursday 12 November 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 433 | Page: 16 | Tags: performance review 

Opera and Dance: Julyen Hamilton

... acknowledging Christianity, while simultaneously declaring his own freedom as a non-conformist. Every so often he paused to speak, and to question the world and its practices. He read several poems, one was about Mabel's birthday, another was about a black ...

Published: Wednesday 23 December 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 18 | Tags: performance review 

Light Entertainment News: Cardew dies

... leading comics including Peter Sellers, wrote several songs with Roger Whittaker and was in constant demand as an after dinner speak er. His last performance was in the gang show tribute, The Gang's All Here, staged at Wimbledon Theatre in front of a sellout ...

Published: Thursday 31 December 1992
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 289 | Page: 3 | Tags: performance review 

LIght Entertaintment News: Hypnotists in TV war

... rivalry would not affect their friendship. Newton admitted that he had not seen McKenna's show for several years. I did speak to Paul and he said that his act has changed quite a bit now which is fine. We are friends, he told The Stage. But having ...

Published: Thursday 04 February 1993
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 591 | Page: 4 | Tags: performance review 

LIght Entertaintment News: New show is one step beyond Madness

... go ahead without their approval. I will obviously have to speak to Cathal and remind him. I think I did send a synopsis, but it is a long time ago since the idea came through to us. I will speak to them this week to make sure they are fully appraised of ...

Published: Thursday 04 February 1993
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 4 | Tags: performance review