Every year in Edinburgh at the end of May there is the Bank of Scotland
Children's International Theatre Festival organised by Imaginate.
It's a great opportunity to see quality work from other countries as
well as here. The performances I saw last year and this were almost
all, extremely fine examples of a wide variety of theatrical approaches.
It is also an excellent place to make contacts with practioners and
promoters from rest of UK and Abroad. A well run festival.
Information
About the annual Festival.
2004
Reviews | Reviews
of 2003 | Reviews of 2002 | Reviews
of 2001
They also run
WYSIWYG - annual showcase of Scottish Theatre
WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) an annual showcase of Scottish
theatre for children to give people who make and promote childrens theatre
the opportunity to see shows, share ideas and create new partnerships.
Delgates packages available from July from Imaginate
+44 (0) 131 225 8050
Bank of Scotland Children's International
Theatre Festival 27 May - 5 June 2002
Reviews
Treasure Island - Wee Stories Theatre for Children (Scotland)
present their critically acclaimed adaptation of Stevenson's swashbuckling
adventure 8+ 1 hr 15 mins Royal Lyceum Theatre
Review - Swirling,
transporting currents of imagination
Walking the Tightrope - Travelling Light Theatre Company (England)
perform Mike Kenny's play with live music and energetic performances
about Esme , and her summer holiday when Nanna isn't by the sea as usual.
5-9 years 50 minutes Traverse 1
Review - Dishonest
troubling message
Buster - Cahoots N. I. (Northern Ireland) Buster lives in an
unusual house where things you can only dream of become reality. Performed
by and created by Paul Bosco McEneaney It's wordless piece of theatre
which uses music, circus, drama and dance 5-12 years 50 mins Royal
Lyceum Theatre
Review - Fails to pull
out the theatrical, storytelling rabbit
Portofino Ballad - Musician Peter Rinderknecht (Switzerland)
takes us on a theatrical journey into the land of make believe, where
cuckoos are men and double basses are clocks. 8+ years 1 hr Traverse
2
Review - Fun,
and strongly individual
A Strange Man - Teater Patrasket's (Denmark)The new man in town
is very strange indeed. He's pink. Well, everyone else is green. A topsy-turvy
story based on a Danish children's story by Mats Letens, 5-10 years
45 mins Garage Theatre
Review - Strange
and Gentle
Double Cross-Grained - Danstheater Dee (Netherlands) The Double
parlour maids have their kitchen spotlessly clean. That is until Cross-Grained
the Butler enters. This is dance theatre packed full with physical comedy.
4-8 years 45 Mins Traverse 1
Review - Chaos
delights children
Wee Witches - Wee Stories Theatre for Children (Scotland) 'Wee
Witches are wonderful, wild and free! Written by Virginia Radcliffe
and the follow-up to the successful Molly
Whuppie 3-7 years 55 mins Traverse 2
Review - Inventive
delight for young audiences.
The Song from the Sea -Visible Fictions Theatre Company (Scotland)
Josh follows a beautiful sound he hears through the household din. Written
by Mike Kenny, performed with puppets, creating a moving and magical
tale 4-8 years 50 mins Traverse 2
Review - Afloat
and moving
Cinderella - Shona Reppe Puppets (Scotland) present a new adaptation
of this much loved fairy tale, with music and dancing Cinderella's world
is created by beautiful puppets. 6+ years Garage Theatre
Review - Gorgeously
accomplished and unique style
Our Wonderful World - Meridiano Teatret (Denmark) Paul's got
a new job - working on the documentary series 'Our Wonderful World.'
But his mum's slipping away into her own world of senile dementia. 11+
years 50 mins Traverse 1
Review - Strong
dramatic core, excellently acted
Also on at the festival but only for schools
Bills New Frock - Visible Fictions & Centre Theatre Group/Mark
Taper Forum An American cast and a dramatised version of Ann Fine's
novel about a boy who woke up a ....girl. 8+yrs
Review - Bill's
strange day is vividly imaginative
Dr Korczak's Example - TAG Theatre Company (Scotland) with David
Greig's play about Dr Korczak & his orphans in Warsaw's Ghetto 12+
years 1hr 15mins Traverse 2
Review - TAG's pervious play based on Dr Korczak's King
Matt
Edited by Thelma Good.
Theatre Editor for EdinburghGuide.com Tel (0131) 453 3150.
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