young critics scheme
Skins and Hoods
✭✭✭✩✩ Gets under the skin:
Young critics scheme review
After its world debut in the Avignon Festival last year, Cie du Veilieur brings Gustave Akakpo’s exploration of identity to the French Institute for the 2015 Festival Fringe.
Double Bill
“✭✭✭✭✩ Character-driven”
Young critics scheme review:
Theatre Alba present a double bill at Duddingston Kirk Manse of Chekhov’s Smoking is Bad for You and Tennessee Williams’ Something Unspoken.
Trainspotting
✭✭✭✭✭ Obtrusive Masterpiece
Young critics scheme review:
Visceral images, bombarding music and the classically sorrowful plot, In Your Face Theatre immerses you in Irvine Welsh’s drug-fuelled Trainspotting.
Zanna, Don’t
✭✭✭✭✭ True Excellence
Young critics scheme review:
Colourful, comical, and unashamedly camp, MGA’s production of Zanna, Don’t is a credit to the work of the original writer of the musical, Tim Acito.
Trainspotting
✭✭✭✭✭ True Excellence
Young critics scheme review:
Stepping into the underground world of Trainspotting by In Your Face Theatre, requires bravery and a very open mind.
Shakespeare in the Garden: Brave Macbeth
✭✭✭✭✩ Childish Brilliance
Young critics scheme review:
Funny, fast and exciting, Shakespeare in the Garden: Brave Macbeth is an excellent example of children’s educational theatre done right.
Release Your Inner Cartoonist
✭✭✭✭✩ Creative fun:
Young critics scheme review
Imaginative, amusing and jam packed with helpful tips, Harry Venning’s workshop Release Your Inner Cartoonist is great for any kids with an interest in comics and cartoons.
Shakespeare in the Garden – Brave Macbeth
✭✭✭✭✩ Great fun
Young critics scheme review:
Hilariously silly yet educational, Captivate Theatre’s production of Shakespeare in the Garden – Brave Macbeth for children proves a roaring success with child and adult audience members alike.
Our House
✭✭✭✭✩ House of Fun
Young critics scheme review:
Captivate Theatre deliver a smart, energetic youth amateur production Our House, performed in Broughton High School.
Shakespeare in the Garden: Romantic Romeo
✭✭✭✩✩ Family Fun:
Young critics scheme review
A cheesy, child-friendly adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Captivate Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Garden: Romantic Romeo is a fast-paced musical will appeal to all the family.
