{"id":13311,"date":"2014-08-03T20:28:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T03:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/?p=13311"},"modified":"2014-08-04T15:30:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T22:30:54","slug":"edinburgh-fringe-theatraverses-great-artists-steal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forallevents.com\/reviews\/edinburgh-fringe-theatraverses-great-artists-steal\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Fringe: Theatraverse\u2019s “Great Artists Steal”"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Above\u00a0 L to R) M\u00e9lanie Tanneau, Siva Nagapattinam Kasi, C\u00e9dric M\u00e9rillon. Photo: Theatraverse<\/h6>\n
Review by Jo Tomalin<\/h5>\n

Wonderfully Absurdist Bilingual Play…<\/h1>\n

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Great Artists Steal
\n(L to R) M\u00e9lanie Tanneau, Siva Nagapattinam Kasi.
\nPhoto: Theatraverse<\/p>\n

New Absurdist bilingual French\/English play Great Artists Steal<\/em> written by Belfast based Seamus Collins and Directed by Joanne Allan is running at this year\u2019s Edinburgh Fringe Festival: The Space, Venue 45 on August 2-9, 11-16 and 18-23 at 8:35pm (20:35).<\/p>\n

This fascinating well acted 50 minute play is set in the future after an unknown apocalyptic event and the three characters \u2013 The Woman, The Man and The Younger Man \u2013 seem to have regressed, prompting compelling questions about relearning how to live and the importance of inventing bread and even the wheel, in the spirit of Beckett with a touch of humor.<\/p>\n

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Great Artists Steal
\n(L to R) M\u00e9lanie Tanneau, C\u00e9dric M\u00e9rillon.
\nPhoto: Theatraverse<\/p>\n

The Theatraverse company from France specializes in French\/English bilingual theatre and often teach bilingual theatre workshops or conferences with their productions. All three actors and Allan, the company director return to the Festival after a very successful and highly praised run of Theatraverse\u2019s Rhinoceros<\/em> at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe. In this 2014 production of Great Artists Steal<\/em> Allan collaborated with author Collins on the development of the play, and her staging\u00a0 and design is influenced by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, Peter Brook, and Robert Wilson.<\/p>\n

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Great Artists Steal
\n(L to R) Siva Nagapattinam Kasi, M\u00e9lanie Tanneau.
\nPhoto: Theatraverse<\/p>\n

Allan’s cast of bilingual actors are energetic, physical and precise. The Woman<\/em> played by M\u00e9lanie Tanneau, is a strong and complex character who (re)invented singing and bread. Tanneau is vibrant, bold, sensitive and at times clownesque. Siva Nagapattinam Kasi <\/em>is wonderful as The Man, <\/em>an inventor, who <\/em>is solid and strong, a bit na\u00efve but with an ego. \u00a0C\u00e9dric M\u00e9rillon\u2019s The Younger Man is smart and M\u00e9rillon plays him so well \u2013 fresh, lively, nuanced and charming. Interestingly,\u00a0 the relationships among the characters change as the characters realize they have\u00a0 feelings and inventions develop.<\/p>\n

This is a production of quality and finesse, with a bit of quirkiness. Collins\u2019s words play with language in a regressive and witty way, the actors are outstanding, and the director has created a spirited and stylish production that is ready for prime time. Go and see it!<\/p>\n

For more information:
\ntheSpace @ Venue45<\/a> (Venue 45)
\n63 Jeffrey Street
\nEH1 1DH
\nBox office:<\/strong> 0131 510 2381<\/p>\n

Theatraverse
\n<\/a>Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014<\/a>
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(Above\u00a0 L to R) M\u00e9lanie Tanneau, Siva Nagapattinam Kasi, C\u00e9dric M\u00e9rillon. Photo: Theatraverse Review by Jo Tomalin Wonderfully Absurdist Bilingual Play… Great Artists Steal (L to R) M\u00e9lanie Tanneau, Siva…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":13314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[542,546,548,538,539,537,128,245,547,534,715,536,532,544,122,545,482,535,549,483,533,540,531,543,541],"class_list":{"0":"post-13311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jo-tomalin","8":"tag-beckett","9":"tag-cedric-merillon","10":"tag-clownesque","11":"tag-edfringe","12":"tag-edinburgh","13":"tag-edinburgh-fringe-festival","14":"tag-emmanuel-demarcy-mota","15":"tag-forallevents-com","16":"tag-french-english","17":"tag-great-artists-steal","18":"tag-jo-tomalin","19":"tag-joanne-allan","20":"tag-melanie-tanneau","21":"tag-peter-brook","22":"tag-rhinoceros","23":"tag-robert-wilson","24":"tag-san-francisco-state-university","25":"tag-seamus-collins","26":"tag-sf-state","27":"tag-sfsu","28":"tag-siva-nagapattinam-kasi","29":"tag-the-space","30":"tag-theatraverse","31":"tag-theatre-workshops","32":"tag-venue-45"},"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"