Festival Radio Project 2006 : Week Three Reviews |
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Week One | Week Two | Week Three | Week Four Here are a selection of reviews of Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows, written by the participants of Week Three (14th - 18th August 2006) of Media Education's Festival Radio Project. REVIEW: Haözkla'Haözkla'Fringe Programme : Page 172 Venue: Bedlam Theatre (Venue 49) Address : 11b Bristo Place Reviewers : Ian **** Storytelling through the medium of puppetry does not come much better than this dazzling, original story from Pangolin's Teatime theatre company. Haözkla is the land that an old man, Japeth, discovers when he reads an old scroll. As we enter the strange land of Haözkla we meet Elzka, a seamstress, who discovers she is pregnant with the living deity. It's a bizarre plot, but it makes sense and from the first five minutes of the play it's really very easy to lose yourself in the world that is Haözkla. The puppets are deftly handled and the line between actor and puppet seems to blur as the sheer craftsmanship of the puppets keeps an enraptured audience involved. I would highly recommend Haözkla to fans of puppetry, but I would also encourage other unfamiliar with this art form to go along and be dazzled.
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