C cubed, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Group: Attica Theatre Company In this beautifully acted piece, written by Geraldine Aron, three sisters find themselves in their old playroom of an attic on hearing their father is ill. What looks like being a parochial meander through their reminiscences is transformed as they re-enact the terrible shared secret of […]
Archives for August 2003
Trojan Women
Komedia Roman Eagle Lodge, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Group: Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Society Watching Euripides’ Trojan Women brought to mind contemporary attitudes to the idea of a just war. This young cast powerfully portrayed the aftermath of the mythical end of Troy. The women recall the ‘honourable deaths’ of their men in the face of […]