Martyn Jacques

The Last Days of Mankind

The Last Days of Mankind

★★★★☆  A glorious mess:

The Last Days of Mankind, an international co-production at the reborn Leith Theatre, is an exasperating but ultimately worthwhile exploration of the horrors of the 1914-1918 war. Both resolutely adult and appealingly childish, it convinces and confounds almost equally.

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Edinburgh Remembers

Edinburgh Remembers

Theatres stand up to remember the Armistice:

As the centenary of the Armistice at the end of the First World War approaches on Sunday 11 November 2018, a number of plays and performances in Edinburgh are marking the event.

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New show for Leith Theatre

New show for Leith Theatre

First professional theatre show for 30 years:

Leith Theatre is to re-open on Armistice Day with its first professional theatre production for 30 years with The Last Days of Mankind, an epic anti-war satire by Viennese writer Karl Kraus with songs by The Tiger Lillies.

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