Writers Christopher Murray and Pablo Paredes Director Christopher Murray A nineteenth-century colonial setting allows writer/director Christopher Murray to take an unusual approach to a tale of revenge / quest for identity in Sorcery. Although thirteen-year-old Rosa (Valentina Véliz Caileo) and her father are indigenous to the remote Chilean island of Chiloé they have embraced the customs and Christian beliefs of the German colonisers and work for the settlers, farming sheep. However, they become collateral damage in an ongoing conflict between the settlers and Recta Provincia (The Righteous Province) a group of indigenous locals seeking to repel the colonisers. The farmer’s…
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Directors: Phil Grabsky and Ali Ray The National Gallery, London, holds one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world. When the Gallery was founded in 1824, it held just 38 paintings from the private art collection of the banker John Julius Angerstein. The collection has grown considerably over the last two centuries and today, holds over 2,300 works, spanning the major traditions of Western European painting. So often the stories we hear from this incredible collection are of the paintings themselves, what they depict, who painted them and why. In this new documentary, My National Gallery, the gallery…
Writer: Lewis Grassic Gibbon Adaptor: Morna Young Director: Finn den Hertog This co-production by Dundee Rep Theatre and the Royal Lyceum Theatre has played to audiences in Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness, and is now showing in Edinburgh. A fresh take on the classic Scottish novel, it tells the story of a young woman’s coming of age in rural Aberdeenshire in the years prior to, and through, the first world war. The iconic role of Chris Guthrie is played by rising star Danielle Jam. We see the seasons come and go in a timeless way, yet life is changing rapidly. The…
Written by: Alice Flynn Produced and performed by: Dogmouth Theatre Taking us into the world of girl gamers, Sluts With Consoles is a nuanced portrayal of two girls navigating a male-dominated, often toxic, culture. With references to much-loved console classics along the way, we see Player One and Player Two relive their formative gaming experiences. Their different interpretations of events ignite impassioned discussions on the best way to process the abuse and disrespect they are being shown by male gamers. The arguments resonate with personal experience, and along with some very clever use of gaming as a narrative tool, it…
Company: The Queen of Cups The Queen of Cups bring this campy cabaret comedy séance and love letter to Stephen Joshua Sondheim that will have theatre kids hooting and hollering throughout. A medley of Stephen Sondheim’s songs cut with an interview plays over the speakers, the lights are low and then we are approached by cloaked figures. Grace O’Keefe and Jordana Belaiche welcome us to their ritual: the candles are lit, his book Finishing The Hat stands propped on the table – a symbol of the deceased we wish to connect with this evening. Stephen Sondheim, regarded as one of…
Conductor: Gregor Reid Quite often, the orchestra members for a major musical theatre production are the unsung heroes. Usually at a level the audience can’t see, in an orchestra pit, they keep the whole production alive, create the buzz in the auditorium, give the stars of the show wonderful backing arrangements and yet, while they are acknowledged in the finale, they (in most cases) don’t get the bow of their own. In Some Enchanted Evening, presented at the wonderful Stoller Hall in central Manchester, that all changes, with the English Musical Theatre Orchestra taking over the entire stage and getting…
Directed and presented by: Sam Green With a film that celebrates the wonder of sound, it feels entirely apt to listen to it, as we did tonight, through a pair of headphones ; even better, to get to share this experience with a theatre of others, the film projected on a large screen, with the filmmaker himself providing live narration. It may be the perfect format for a beautifully shot, pensive and personal exploration of the audible world. 32 Sounds by Sam Green is a lyrical portrait of all the different forms of information our ears take in. It explores…
Written and performed by: Cliff Cardinal Cliff Cardinal begins his one-man show by telling us about the concept of a land acknowledgement. It’s a statement recognising that a piece of land has been taken out of the hands of the indigenous people who first lived there. This practice has become common in Canada and occurs at the beginning of events like hockey games, parliament meetings, plays and even Zoom meetings. Carter, who is of Cree and Lakota heritage, asks the question, if they’re not giving back the land, how meaningful really is this apology? With the aid of hard-hitting personal…