103 stories by "Veronica Aloess"
It's the 40th anniversary of Tom Stoppard's musical comedy drama, Jumpers. Stoppard's work is often admired for its intelligence and looking back at this play about philosophy and acrobats, …
Killing Time is one of those plays which is bound to succeed because of its unique situation, and indeed Andrew Edwards’ play is so far and yet reverberates so near to any audience mem…
Small Narration is a performance and video art show in the form of a lecture as part of Summerhall’s Polska season. Wotjek Ziemilski’s solo show is a personal exploration of Ziem…
The fringe has been a very ghostly affair for HookHitch Theatre. Veronica Aloess finds out more about this exciting company.
Nights at the Circus, adapted from Angela Carter’s novel by Sarah-Jane Moloney and director Steve Green, is – like Fourth Monkey’s original script for The Elephant Man R…
Veronica Aloess profiles the work of Organised Crime theatre company, currently at the fringe with Simon Stephens' Pornography.
Therapy is a very odd little musical from No Shoes Theatre; from an established creative team, I can only wonder how this came to be. The first and foremost issue with a musical is probably …
The Turn of the Screw is HookHitch’s debut production, and what a confident debut it is. Benjamin Henson’s adaptation of Henry James’ haunting novel is compressed and claus…
Flâneurs isn’t a so much a show as a reaction. Months ago, Jenna Watt’s friend Jeremy was attacked. This piece of performance art aims to reverse the bystander effect, because…
Irreconcilable Differences is an ambitious play: a husband and wife (not very happily married at all) have been in a car accident, and by the end of the play, it will be up to the audience t…
Definition of misanthropy: hatred of humankind. Sam Siggs’ play isn’t quite that fervently hateful, but rather considers what lies behind our treatment of other human beings. Thi…
It was Yve Blake’s dream to come to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and all the way from Australia, here she is. In all her nipple tassel glory. Blake takes us on an adventure to slay th…
California Beach Bungalow is that age old recipe for laughs: an improvisational sketch show. These young men from California are funny. There’s the first barrier broken, but with the a…
I’m glad I can speak French to something of an intermediate level because nobody told me this was a bilingual performance, and French theatre company Theatraverse weren’t going e…
The Boy James is Belt Up Theatre at its very, very, very best. Alexander Wright’s writing is sinister and it is bravely directed by Dominic Allen. If this play doesn’t destroy yo…
This has got to be the sexiest production of A Clockwork Orange ever. Sex and violence are physical acts, something director Alexandra Spencer-Jones takes to a whole new level. This company …
Just is just awful. There’s no other way to say it. It’s like sitting through a GCSE drama performance that might get a B. Just is more a ridiculous than an absurdist play. Eithe…
I had a book of Greek myths when I was a child which I loved. Whether you like Icarus " as an adult that is " will depend upon your propensity to believe in stories like these: talking trees…
All you’d have to do is play ‘You’ve Got A Friend In Me’ and The Hand-Me-Down People could be facing a copyright battle with the makers of Toy Story. The story is ver…
The Velveteen Rabbit is one of those old children’s books that aren’t loved and cherished by children today as they were by the generation before. Children identify with the char…
Bat Boy is an absolutely wacky, wonderful musical, from Durham University Light Opera Group, a university abounding with theatrical talent. Bat Boy is about a boy named Edgar who is half bat…
I was very worried that this was one of those shows with a bad name that makes an absolute mockery of a classic novel in a way that’s not funny at all. It’s something all to comm…
Leather is a story we’ve all seen in a Hollywood movie: some drugs are hidden in something innocent looking – like a leather sofa – and said something is stolen. Unwittingl…
The Edinburgh Fringe excites me because of plays like Rainbow. By way of form it’s brave: an hour and twenty five minutes of what is essentially three monologues spoken in turn, with v…
Solo shows are a challenge: the actor has to be charismatic, the script has to be engaging. The danger of a solo show is self indulgence. On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco/Can Cause Death ar…
