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Writers: David Byrne and Dominic Brennan Music: Dominic Brennan Director: David Byrne Reviewer: Edie R The Public Reviews Rating: Glancing through the programme of “The Universal Machine”, you detect a certain defensiveness. The PIT theatre company is apparently conscious that in setting out to make a musical of the life of Alan Turing, father of computer science and [...]

Writer: Federico García Lorca Adaptor: Gareth Jandrell Director: Rachel Valentine Smith Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: In the Andalusia of Lorca’s rural tragedy, a bride and groom plan their wedding in a community still coming to terms with the scars of the past. The Bridegroom’s father and brother were killed in a feud with the local [...]

Writer: Friedrich Schiller Adaptor: Daniel Millar & Mark Leipacher Director: Mark Leipacher Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: With this, their third Schiller adaptation in two years, The Faction Theatre Company are continuing their ambitious quest to stage the complete works of one of Germany’s premiere playwrights. A new version by Daniel Millar and Mark Leipacher, and [...]

Writer: Friedrich Schiller Adaptor: Mark Leipacher & Daniel Millar Director: Mark Leipacher Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Mark Leipacher and Daniel Millar’s latest adaptation for The Faction Theatre Company is Schiller’s Mary Stuart, a powerful and entertaining play chronicling the politically and emotionally charged last days of Mary Queen of Scots. A piece which accentuates the [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Mark Leipacher Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: With a burst of enthusiasm and ambition that should inspire anyone who is already struggling to keep their New Year’s resolutions,The Faction Theatre company are launching into 2012 with a three play rep season for the next seven weeks at the New Diorama Theatre. First [...]

Doubt Week*** Apparently it has only been a week since my last blog. Apparently it is Christmas at the weekend. I say ‘apparently’ as my concept of time has become somewhat distorted with the intensity of the Rep Season. Last week it was decided by ensemble member Tom Radford (Sebastian/Mortimer/Reveller) that the company were at [...]

Writer: Friedrich Schiller Translators: Daniel Millar and Mark Leipacher Director: Mark Leipacher Reviewer: Elizabeth Davis The Public Reviews Rating: ‘Man is moulded out of dirt.’ Mark Leipacher’s production of Schiller’s The Robbers sets out to show the cruelty man is capable of and the terrifying vertigo of an amoral world. As an old Count dies, his younger son [...]