The
Night Maze
seen as part of the Bank of Scotland Children's International Theatre
Festival
UK Premiere
Devised by the company
Company - Theater La Balance from Denmark
Venue - Theatre Workshop, 34 Hamilton Pl, Stockbridge,
Edinburgh
Dates - Public performances 2 June at 2:30pm and 3 June at 3pm
Tickets - From Traverse Box office 228 1404 or Theatre Workshop
Running time - 50mins approx in English for 6-11yrs
Reviewer - Thelma Good
Children don't give standing ovations, they want to talk to the actors
and touch the set. The Night Maze cast were surrounded after the show
ended by lots and lots of excited, thrilled children who had seen their
puzzling lives wonderful explored in The Night Maze. They talked to
each other and smiling with delight. Children are the best critics,
this is an exceptional show.
It's nightime and Sally can't sleep, she's had a trying day. It was
her birthday and it got spoilt. With the children sitting round the
set and two welcoming female actors, Lotte Faarup and Anne Karina Nikolajsen
La Balance are well named. This production, very well directed by Marc
Van Der Velden, treats childhood as the confusing minefield it is when
you hear best friends say awfull things and you feel tiny and unloved.
When Sally's gets to sleep she finds she has to find a treasure. She
comes across a wise Scottish sailor, an octopus and others as she moves
from land to sea and down into the depths where bits of her life dreamlike
and symbolically appear. In this work there is both story and metaphor,
balanced like the best of human tales so that the metaphore illuminates
the story and ensures we are doubly enriched and delighted at one and
the same time.
©Thelma Good, 29th May 2001
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