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You can‘t go past a bit of good old populist entertainment on the Fringe. and Malachi Bogdanov‘s production mixes all the usual ingredients well. Combining the eponymous cult film with a crowd of Shakespeare‘s characters and a gaggle of his ‘greatest hit‘ speeches is a clever idea, craftily carried out. It‘s not any more radical than the traditional Shakespeare parody, in which Lady Macbeth cries ‘Out damn‘d spot‘. and the dog leaves the stage. but it doesn‘t have to be. An up-for-it. youngish audience are brought in to a succession of 60s pop hits (none of them British. sadly. given the film) and the retro-chic fairly zips off the stage from that point on. Will Charlie (the . .. only character retaining his name from the film) develop his relationship with Juliet? In this version of -- z " -' events. she‘s Shylock's daughter. Will Falstaff hold his courage at the heist? You don‘t need me to tell you. This production contains as many daft-as-a-brush moments as you‘ll ever need to see, with a comic rendition of the Carpenters song. ‘Close To You‘, a highlight. Three full size Mini Coopers on stage are also well used. though whether they take up so much of the stage that they impede the action is a I ' point to consider. For all that, it‘s a grand and unpretentious evening‘s entertainment. (Steve Cramer) Ir; 1"}.‘1'4. 1.. » , " ' .' It, i; :' ¢ " ,- o,-'
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Telephone Book'm Book Festival 0131 624 5050 Fringe 0131 226 0000
THE FATHER ms sou ANb HOLY MOSES! Finland's answer to Mr Bean?
The Finnish Mr Bean. huh? Could well he that this physmal theatre show about communication problems between a father and son taps into that same comic vein of awkwardness that Rowan Atkinson has been so successful Wllll. Here. a patient middle-aged lather brings up an adolescent son who's also a mathematical genius ~ and we all know how difficult that is. right? Getting the little bugger to agree two plus two does. indeed, equal four. ain't no laughing matter. Except here it
Combining physical theatre With muSic. a little straight drama and not a few laughs. three prominent Fins ~ playwright Raila Leppakoski, composer and pianist Liro Rantala and theatre and film actor Martir Suosalo — tell (or rather show. seeing as there's no dialogue) the stery of the problematic co- exrstence of a father and son. and what brings them together: the tinkling on the ivories of a pianist who lives next door. Ah. sweet music. (Miles Fielder) I Gateway, 317 3939, 14—25 Aug (not 12), 8.15pm (matinee 17 Aug.
3. 75pm). £9 (£7).
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