http://www.thepublicreviews.com Theatre reviews for you, by you. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:25:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-moscow-state-circus-royal-derngate-theatre-northampton/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-moscow-state-circus-royal-derngate-theatre-northampton/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:39:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26717 Directors: Anthony Anderson, Paul Archer & John Haze Reviewer: Sue Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The first thing to say about this is – at least circuses have improved since the sinister, baggy-trousered clowns that used to give children nightmares. The Moscow State Circus, which is based on 200 years [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-moscow-state-circus-royal-derngate-theatre-northampton/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/totem-%e2%80%93-royal-albert-hall-london/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/totem-%e2%80%93-royal-albert-hall-london/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:20:10 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27462 Writer/Director: Robert Lepage Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Totem – Robert Le Page’s second production for the worlds biggest circus outfit Cirque du Soliel, returns for another month long residency following last years sell out season. As with all Cirque du Soliel productions, Totem has a loose frame [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/totem-%e2%80%93-royal-albert-hall-london/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/circa-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/circa-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:08:47 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23930 Created by: Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble Artistic Director: Yaron Lifschitz Associate Director: Ben Knapton Reviewer: Lucy Kirkwood The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Contemporary circus as a genre has seen an unprecedented rise in its popularity since the 1980s. Cirque du Soliel’s annual income is estimated to be a staggering [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/circa-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-circus-of-horrors-the-ventriloquist-st-george%e2%80%99s-hall-bradford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-circus-of-horrors-the-ventriloquist-st-george%e2%80%99s-hall-bradford/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:15:57 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23657 The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Reviewer: Rosie Revell The show that took Britain’s Got Talent by storm earlier this year rolled into Bradford last night. Now in its sixteenth year The Circus of Horrors is certainly unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Set in a cabaret club in 1920’s Berlin, the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-circus-of-horrors-the-ventriloquist-st-george%e2%80%99s-hall-bradford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slava%e2%80%99s-snowshow-%e2%80%93-festival-theatre-edinburgh/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slava%e2%80%99s-snowshow-%e2%80%93-festival-theatre-edinburgh/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:18:30 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22876 Creator: Slava Polunin Producers: Matthew Gale, Jenny King, Mark Goucher Reviewer: Edie R The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars “The child’s laughter is pure until he first laughs at a clown.” Thus spake Angela Carter in 1984, and I wouldn’t usually disagree. But ‘Slava’s Snowshow’, might have struck her as an exception [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slava%e2%80%99s-snowshow-%e2%80%93-festival-theatre-edinburgh/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slava%e2%80%99s-snowshow%e2%80%93-mayflower-theatre-southampton/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slava%e2%80%99s-snowshow%e2%80%93-mayflower-theatre-southampton/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:26:37 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22125 Creator: Slava Polunin Reviewer: Marina Spark The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars I walked into a different world when I entered The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton to see ‘Slava’s Snowshow’; the theatre was covered in paper snow, the stage cosily wrapped by blanketed walls and the air filled with a buzz of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slava%e2%80%99s-snowshow%e2%80%93-mayflower-theatre-southampton/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-du-ciel-shanghi-st-georges-hall-bradford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-du-ciel-shanghi-st-georges-hall-bradford/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:55:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21525 Director: Zhang Wan Reviewer: Audrey Pointer The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Producer Stephen Leatherland was inspired to create Cirque Du Ciel after seeing Cirque Du Soleil in London and Las Vegas. The re-imagining of traditional circus forms combining acrobatics, modern dance, martial arts and other Chinese elements, has been a feature [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-du-ciel-shanghi-st-georges-hall-bradford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/batman-live-%e2%80%93-liverpool-echo-arena/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/batman-live-%e2%80%93-liverpool-echo-arena/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:09:14 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20805 Story: Stan Berkowitz, Alan Burnett & Allan Heinberg Creative Director: Anthony Van Laast Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars This multi-million pound production is a no expense spared affair and the credit list reads more like a Hollywood movie than a traditional theatre production, with a cast of nearly [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/batman-live-%e2%80%93-liverpool-echo-arena/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-du-ciel-shanghai-%e2%80%93-forum-theatre-billingham/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-du-ciel-shanghai-%e2%80%93-forum-theatre-billingham/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:41:18 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20576 Producer & Director: Stephen Leatherland Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars This summer may have been a bit of a wash-out but the debut show at the newly-refurbished Forum Theatre had temperatures soaring as ‘Cirque du Ciel: Shanghai’, a marvellous two-hour extravaganza combining acrobatics, modern dance, original music, martial [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-du-ciel-shanghai-%e2%80%93-forum-theatre-billingham/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-the-tempest-%e2%80%93-c-eca/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-the-tempest-%e2%80%93-c-eca/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:20:25 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=19917 Adaptation: Jake Linzey Reviewer: Alice Longhurst The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Graceful aerial acrobatics and powerful physical storytelling mark out this production from the proliferation of Shakespeare performances presented at the Fringe. Backhand Theatre skilfully weaves the tale all around its audience, employing climbing frames situated behind and between the seating [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-the-tempest-%e2%80%93-c-eca/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-circolombia-intimo-urban-assembly-hall/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-circolombia-intimo-urban-assembly-hall/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:18:51 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=19862 Director: Felicity Simpson Reviewer: Val Baskott The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Circolombia are graduates from the Circo Para Todos (Circus for All) School in Cali, Colombia. Just like the music schools in Venezuela and dance academies in Cuba this circus school provides a way out of gang life in the urban [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-circolombia-intimo-urban-assembly-hall/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-%e2%80%93-just-good-friends-%e2%80%93-remarkable-arts/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-%e2%80%93-just-good-friends-%e2%80%93-remarkable-arts/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:29:33 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=19756 Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Jean-Luc Bosc greets the audience as they enter here we see him putting the finishing touched to his clown face, and openly and honestly mentions that the clown is a mere extension of it’s actor, it is a manifestation of their personality and [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2011-%e2%80%93-just-good-friends-%e2%80%93-remarkable-arts/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/le-cirque-invisible-queen-elizabeth-hall-southbank-centre-london/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/le-cirque-invisible-queen-elizabeth-hall-southbank-centre-london/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:51:49 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=19029 Created by: Jean-Baptiste Thiérré and Victoria Chaplin Reviewer: Natalie Barker The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars There seems to be a renewed interest in circus performance – now a legitimate artistic endeavour and a far cry from the tawdry big tops of our childhoods. Having attended numerous shows of this particular brand [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/le-cirque-invisible-queen-elizabeth-hall-southbank-centre-london/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dolce-via-clwyd-theatr-cymru-mold/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dolce-via-clwyd-theatr-cymru-mold/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 12:09:49 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16486 Writer: Siobhan Nicholas Director: John Ramm Reviewer: Jane Dawson The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Probably set in the 1970s when stand-up was in its infancy and dodgy jokes the norm, this play tells the story of a broken man. Freddie Tourrino is a journeyman – a man who travels from place [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dolce-via-clwyd-theatr-cymru-mold/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chouf-ouchouf-the-nuffield-theatre-southampton/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chouf-ouchouf-the-nuffield-theatre-southampton/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 10:11:57 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16008 Creators/Directors: Zimmerman and de Perrot Reviewer:  Laurie Stras The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Chouf Ouchouf, which means, “look, but take a really good look,” is an hour of offbeat dance, comedy, singing, soundscapes, beauty and extraordinary thrilling physical theatre performed by the ten men and two women of the Groupe Acrobatique [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chouf-ouchouf-the-nuffield-theatre-southampton/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shaolin-warriors-%e2%80%93-darlington-civic-theatre/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shaolin-warriors-%e2%80%93-darlington-civic-theatre/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:30:37 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15914 Producer & Director: Stephen Leatherland Choreographers: Su Dongmei, Li Chi Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Carefully-crafted choreography is combined with classic Kung Fu feats to create a dynamic display of death-defying dexterity. Indeed, the Shaolin Warriors really know how to put on a spectacular show. Phenomenal feats of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shaolin-warriors-%e2%80%93-darlington-civic-theatre/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/folie-a-deux-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/folie-a-deux-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:25:14 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15899 Director: Bim Mason Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Green Eyed Zero state they fuse contemporary circus, physical theatre and digital media to create an imaginative spectacle. Whilst this might not be to everyone’s taste, Folie a Deux is certainly an imaginative piece. The basic plot is set around [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/folie-a-deux-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-de-glace-evolution-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-de-glace-evolution-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:49:56 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15870 Creative Director: Julian Deplidge Choreographer: Cavalieri Giuseppe Arena Composers: Steve Milligan & Stu Shaw Creative Scriptwriting & Narration: Phil Waters Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 2 out of 5 stars The souvenir brochure is something of a warning of what’s to come. It’s big, shiny, and full-colour, yet lacks both style and substance. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cirque-de-glace-evolution-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-circus-of-horrors-four-chapters-of-hell-%e2%80%93-royal-derngate-northampton/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-circus-of-horrors-four-chapters-of-hell-%e2%80%93-royal-derngate-northampton/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:42:20 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15019 Reviewer: Rachael Martin The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars If you haven’t seen it, chances are you’ll know someone who has. For the last fifteen years the well acclaimed and increasingly popular Circus of Horrors has been touring the country, scaring and enthralling its audience with its freakish acts. This year, a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-circus-of-horrors-four-chapters-of-hell-%e2%80%93-royal-derngate-northampton/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-venue-cymru-llandudno/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-venue-cymru-llandudno/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:49:42 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=14554 Story adaptors: Tony Wilkie-Millar & Tian Run Min Music: Mr. Wu Jia Ji Choreography: Ms. Zhang Hongtao Reviewer: Sarah Medcalf The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The Chinese State Circus was established in the 1990s by Carol and Phillip Gandey after they had seen a group of oriental acrobats performing to widespread [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-venue-cymru-llandudno/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pangottic-full-twist-the-lowry-studio/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pangottic-full-twist-the-lowry-studio/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:29:26 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=14029 Writer : Matt Pang, Revital Gottshalk Reviewer: Laura Stimpson The Public Reviews Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Having been promised a unique mix of wacky audience participation, silent physical comedy, physical theatre, clowning, mask and contemporary circus I was quite intrigued by what I would find when going to see Full Twist by Pangottic. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pangottic-full-twist-the-lowry-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-royal-derngate-northampton/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-royal-derngate-northampton/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:26:27 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=13357 Writers: Tony Wilkie-Millar and Tian Run Min Music: Wu Jia Ji Choreography: Zhang Hongtao Artistic Director: Phillip Gandey Reviewer: Rachael Martin The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars A dynamic, colourful show combining multiple styles of performance, The Chinese State Circus’ production of Mulan is a wonderfully multi-dimensional production providing and sustaining entertainment [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-royal-derngate-northampton/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fallen-upswing-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fallen-upswing-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:17:06 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=13276 Music: Jules Maxwell Creator/Director: Vicki Amedume Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The first company to appear in the Lowry’s inaugural dance season ‘Dance Moves’ – although the venue is long-established as Manchester and Salford’s premier dance theatre – is modern aerial circus company Upswing, established by aerialist, choreographer, [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fallen-upswing-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sideshow-the-weirdest-show-on-earth-leicester-square-theatre-london/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sideshow-the-weirdest-show-on-earth-leicester-square-theatre-london/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:22:35 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=11468 Reviewer: Alex Millar The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Hyperbolic titles aside this is a very entertaining show from start to finish and the excellent MC skills of Desmond O’Connor cover any technical hiccups; of which there were unfortunately a few. O’Connor has that knack of keeping any flagging audience members attention [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sideshow-the-weirdest-show-on-earth-leicester-square-theatre-london/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2010-ray-bradbury%e2%80%99s-2116-%e2%80%93-c-plaza/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2010-ray-bradbury%e2%80%99s-2116-%e2%80%93-c-plaza/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:50:28 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=10485 Book & Lyrics: Steve Josephson Music: John Hoke Director: Steve Josephson Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars I didn’t know what to expect from this production, I have to admit to not knowing who Ray Bradbury is, and being aware of any of the work from Gallimaufry Performing Arts, [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2010-ray-bradbury%e2%80%99s-2116-%e2%80%93-c-plaza/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2010-pas-perdus-zoo-southside/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2010-pas-perdus-zoo-southside/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:14:52 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=10351 Reviewer: Val Baskott The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Proverbially laughter is the best medicine and there is plenty of it in this wonderful quirky circus show from Brussels’ Les Argonautes. Four clowns, each with their own distinct expressive persona are playing a silent hide and seek around tall wooden blocks. “Boxes [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2010-pas-perdus-zoo-southside/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/edfringe-2010-circus-trick-tease-%e2%80%93-underbelly-e4-cow-barn/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/edfringe-2010-circus-trick-tease-%e2%80%93-underbelly-e4-cow-barn/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:59:03 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=10051 Reviewer: Jeffrey Mayhew The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars These three performers – the charming, self-effacing Farhad Ahadi, the classic, false moustachioed strong man Shannon McGurgan and the redoubtable Malia Walsh (“It’s my circus!”) – really deliver. First off I was not entirely sure about the framing device; we came in whilst [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/edfringe-2010-circus-trick-tease-%e2%80%93-underbelly-e4-cow-barn/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pirates-adventure-pirates-theatre-magaluf-%e2%80%93-mallorca/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pirates-adventure-pirates-theatre-magaluf-%e2%80%93-mallorca/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 13:54:19 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=8430 Creator: Jacques Sasson Resident Show Director: Martyn Smith Choreographer: Marco Decamillis, Miguel A Elajalde & Daniella Nanova Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars For a production to reach 25 years old means something magical and special has taken place. 2010 has seen the hugely impressive multi-million pound production of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pirates-adventure-pirates-theatre-magaluf-%e2%80%93-mallorca/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-theatre-royal-brighton/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-theatre-royal-brighton/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:38:27 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=7433 Creators:Les Doigts de la Main Directors: Shana Carroll & Gypsy Snider Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Flying Entertainment in association with Theatrical Management Group’s production of Traces was a highly enjoyable, energetic show full of circus skills, acrobatics, dance and striking visual effects. The pace of the piece [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-theatre-royal-brighton/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-crucible-theatre-sheffield/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-crucible-theatre-sheffield/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:37:13 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=7345 Conceived by Les 7 doigts de la main Director and Choreographer: Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider Reviewer: Sarah Lyth The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Traces is going to go HUGE. If I could only have one word to describe this show it would be WOW. I expected an acrobatics display. What [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-crucible-theatre-sheffield/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-hot-dots-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-hot-dots-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:01:33 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=7208 Director: Kristine Landon-Smith Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Acrobatic skills combined with projection and theatre creates the story of Frank and Evie, two performers who create their own acrobatic dance act in a 1928 vaudeville theatre. Frank (Kaveh Rahnama) is a juggler with his own regular performance slot. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-hot-dots-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:18:53 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=7038 By: Les 7 Doigts de la Main Director/Choreographer: Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider. Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Traces is the second contemporary circus act from French-Canadian collective, Les 7 Doigts de la Main. First performed in Montreal in 2006, it has since enjoyed international success from London’s [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/varekai-cirque-du-soliel-trafford-centre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/varekai-cirque-du-soliel-trafford-centre-manchester/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:11:30 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=6739 Director: Dominic Champagne Composer and Musical Director: Violaine Corradi Choreographer: Michael Montanaro and Bill Shannon Reviewer: Sebastian Farrell The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Attending your first circus is always going to be memorable, doing so at the age of 26 to arguably the world’s most successful circus company, to their production [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/varekai-cirque-du-soliel-trafford-centre-manchester/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-the-curve-theatre-leicester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-the-curve-theatre-leicester/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:40:37 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=6690 Creators: Les Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers) Director/Choreography: Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider Reviewer: David Noble The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Traces is fantastic entertainment. An eclectic collection of tricks and stunts, designed to amaze, shock and ultimately impress. Just another circus then? Well, no. Traces uses an almost [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-the-curve-theatre-leicester/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-empire-theatre-liverpool/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-empire-theatre-liverpool/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:02:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=6642 Created by: Les 7 Doigts de la Main Director/Choreography: Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars There are plenty of circus style stage spectaculars doing the rounds these days the vast majority of which are stunning pieces of entertainment. But there can be a distinct [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/traces-empire-theatre-liverpool/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:07:39 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=6186 Artistic Director: Phillip Gardey Adaption by: Tony Wilkie-Millar & Tian Run Min Original Music by: Mr Wu Jia Ji & Ms. Zhang Hongtao Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rarely have I been so excited before a performance – a trip to the circus obviously brings out the child [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chinese-state-circus-mulan-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/varekai-cirque-du-soleil-royal-albert-hall-london/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/varekai-cirque-du-soleil-royal-albert-hall-london/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:32:53 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=5746 Writer/Director: Dominic Champagne Composer: Violaine Corradi Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Hitting the UK shores with their latest production Varekai, Cirque du Soleil are currently performing at the Royal Albert Hall to sell out crowds and it is easy to see why. Premiering in 2002 Varekai tells the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/varekai-cirque-du-soleil-royal-albert-hall-london/feed/ 0