Isla Menzies
Blood And Gold
★★★★☆ Mythic
The Lyceum has given us another chance to revel in Blood and Gold. Kenyan/Scottish storyteller Mara Menzies’s interlinked set of stories fuses myth, fantasy and personal experience, exploring the legacy of colonialism and the shadows that inhabit our personal and collective lives.
Blood And Gold
★★★★☆ Entertainingly meaningful
Blood and Gold, the latest one-woman performance by Scottish Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies at the Storytelling Centre, mixes joy and tragedy in a gloriously fulfilling hour.
Nzinga – Warrior Queen
✭✭✭✭✩ Well woven tale
Entertaining and thought-provoking, Toto Tales’s premiere of Nzinga – Warrior Queen has overcome serious setbacks to become a thoroughly successful piece.
Review – I Knew A Man Called Livingstone
Toto Tales Productions’ I Knew A Man Called Livingstone is designed to fit in with the bicentenary of the birth of Scottish doctor, missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
Review – I Knew A Man Called Livingstone
There’s an intriguing role reversal in Toto Tales’ excursion into the life of Scottish explorer David Livingstone, at the National Library of Scotland as part of the Livingstone bicentennial exhibition and returning for a two week run during the fringe.
