Vision Mechanics
Quest for Oz
★★★★☆ Mysterious:
An infectious cross between an interactive game and a piece of immersive theatre, Quest for Oz sees the paths around Drummohr House near Musselburgh turned into the land of Oz.
Saving the fire-givers
Dragon adventure plays out at Drummohr:
A rare Red Dragon has descended on East Lothian, just in time for the half term break, and the Dragon Protection League needs help to look after this protected beast and ensure it doesn’t do any more damage…
Edinburgh CATS
Strong showing in noms for annual theatre awards:
Edinburgh companies and festivals make a strong showing in the shortlist for the 2016 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, announced today, Monday 16 May.
Bedfest returns
EUTC’s theatre festival at Bedlam:
The Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s theatre festival BedFest runs at its home at the Bedlam this week with six different productions and 14 workshops.
Embrace
✭✭✭✩✩ Hugger’s delight:
Taking its audience deep into the Botanics at night time, Embrace delivers a multi-artform experience with interesting but uneven results.
Aerialists at the Bots
Embracing the environment @ RGBE:
Visual theatre company Vision Mechanics, famous for its gargantuan Big Man Walking, is bringing new production, Embrace, to Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh this week.
Review – Dark Matter
✭✭✭✩✩ Beauty lacks substance:
Vision Mechanics present an exquisitely executed piece, which makes fantastic use of the beautiful and intimate surroundings of its suburban garden setting, but which disappoints in a lack of substance and emotional stakes from Chris Lee’s overwrought script.
