Blue Beard by Emma Rice at Battersea Arts Centre
The rage and self-examination that should be prompted by the production and the tearful curtain call are immediately effaced by exit music that is not only jarringly wrong but wholly unnecessary.
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The rage and self-examination that should be prompted by the production and the tearful curtain call are immediately effaced by exit music that is not only jarringly wrong but wholly unnecessary.
The company are all multi-talented with perfect acting and dance skills plus being musicians to boot. Individually they shine, collectively they simply sparkle
The company are all multi-talented with perfect acting and dance skills plus being musicians to boot. Individually they shine, collectively they simply sparkle
Writer and director Emma Rice reimagines the folktale Blue Beard narrative with her HOME Manchester show reviewed by Mancunian Matters.
This eccentric retelling of the bloody story flamboyantly combines songs and pop culture gags but still shocks