Titus and Andronicus by an all-female cast looked intriguing. All that assassination, murder, ravishing of virgins, maternal betrayal, slicing off of hands and the tearing out of tongues, feasting a father on the flesh of his children, lots of revenge and corruption – all performed by a female cast. Could be fun. But this was... Continue Reading →
Kierkegaard – the comedy for philosophers
A comedy about the Danish philosopher Kierkegaard? Got some balls those Danish! First they invade us with their Vikings, then their detective/crime novels and now their comedians. Claus Damgaard is the Danish funnyman, appearing at C aquilla, up by the castle, in a deadly serious, deadly funny interpretation of Kierkegaard’s existentialist approach to love, relationships... Continue Reading →
Milton Jones at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival
Milton Jones? Surely an unlikely name. Welsh I think. Jones the poet perhaps. If he writes poetry then you would have to buy it, for what he does with words, the associations between words, and the pauses between words, already makes him the laureate of comedy. You would just have to read his poems. His... Continue Reading →