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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe »

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CS Lewis’ most famous children’s novel follows the adventures of four children transported through a wardrobe to the magical land of Narnia. Directed by Mark Thomson, this imaginative stage adaption is sure to enthral. The classic tale is o...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Claire L Jarvis | Read more »

Mary Rose »

Mary Rose

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Long overshadowed in popular culture by fellow J. M. Barrie creation, Peter Pan, Mary Rose is a later, darker work. Written shortly after the First World War, in which many of Barrie’s friends were lost, it again unlocks the notion of the ageless...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

Everyday villains »

Vanished are the theatrical hero-villains. Instead, our stage villains must be taken from real experience; more and more, theatre is becoming a commentary on the threats and terrors that affect daily life. From Edinburgh graduate Ella Hickson's award-w...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

Theatrical by convention »

The Penny Dreadfuls: Aeneas Faversham Forever

Edinburgh's busy seasonThe Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe may be over but there’s no rest for the keen theatregoer. The Lyceum Theatre opens its 08/09 season on Friday 12th September with its production of Macb...

Fri 19 Sep 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

Trumpets and Raspberries »

Jimmy Chisholm

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Once again, Tony Cownie produces a well-made play- this time in the farcical mould. Dario Fo did not look kindly upon artists who made unnecessarily light work of his political drama, but Cownie has not erred on the side of caution in this respect. Fro...

Thu 24 Apr 2008 by Christopher Payne, Lucy Jackson | Read more »

Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! »

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The reason for the continued popularity of Vanity Fair, both as a book and in its various adapted forms, is that its characters are so deliciously imagined and developed. The very reason Thackeray’s long and complex novel works in Declan Donnella...

Tue 01 Apr 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

The Glass Menagerie at the Royal Lyceum »

Joseph Arkley, Antony Eden, Barbara Marten and Nicola Harrison as Tom, Jim, Amanda and Laura

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Tennessee Williams’ semi-autobiographical play ought to be a harrowing and frustrating view into the lives of a family struggling against a backdrop of the Depression. But under Jemima Levick's direction, much of the potential drama is displaced....

Thu 14 Feb 2008 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

First time for a timeless tragedy »

Living Quarters

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With the myth of Phaedra as its subtext, this UK première of Friel’s Living Quarters toys with concepts of free will, divine judgement and personal choice. Rather than adopt Racine’s more brutal interpretation of the legend, Friel cl...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Lucy Jackson | Read more »

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