Nights at the Circus
From: Saturday, 4th August 2012
To: Friday, 24 August 2012
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Synopsis
Reporter Jack Walser is on a mission to expose Fevvers, the winged aerialist, as a fake. But will he emerge from the circus unscathed? Angela Carter's classic novel receives a new reworking from critically acclaimed Fourth Monkey. This new adaptation of Carter's literary masterpiece makes its premiere at the Fringe with this engaging and visceral circus experience.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 5 August 2012
Fourth Monkey is an adventurous new fringe company with an eye-catching, ambitious repertoire at this new venue in a well-appointed function room at the back of the Radisson Hotel on the Royal Mile.
Not only are they offering this spirited new adaptation by Steven Green and Sarah-Jane Moloney of the late Angela Carter's great circus novel (once adapted, more successfully, by Kneehigh), but also plays by Joe Orton, Ramon del Valle-Inclan and Sarah Kane, as well as The Elephant Man and a new play about Daedalus, Icarus and the Minotaur.
Nothing about Steven Green’s production is perfect, but it has the sort of loony ambition and raw energy you associate with the Edinburgh fringe but too rarely find.
And it lays out the bones of the novel – the pursuit of the freak feathered aerialist, Sophie Fevvers, by the American reporter Jack Walser, as he joins the circus and travels with them across Europe to St Petersburg and Siberia – w...
Cast
Shala Sayed (Fevvers)
Creative
Steven Green (Author)
Sarah-Jane Moloney (Author)
Fourth Monkey Theatre Company (Company)
Steven Green (Director)
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