Thanks to the high quality of the ensemble acting, plus the excellent marketing done by the cast every morning before they performed, audience numbers grew throughout the week with full houses for the last three shows. Many members of the audience told staff and students how much they had enjoyed the play and an excellent review appeared in the Festival paper
Three Weeks. We also saw a huge range of superb events ranging from modern dance to one-man dramas and from stand-up and improvised comedy to mime and flamenco. A fantastic week for us all!
From Three Weeks (Edinburgh Festival Fringe newspaper) – 13th August 2008. Rated: «««« (4 stars out of 5)
The direction of this highly physical production of Molière’s Tartuffe captures and ignites the frenetic energy of the original seventeenth-century French comedy. The story of the foolish patriarch Orgon, duped into giving all he owns to the slimy priest Tartuffe, was relocated very effectively into a modern executive world of suits and swivel chairs, where paparazzi constantly hounded and Tartuffe promosed not only salvation but also UN diplomacy. Inspired prop usage and a minimal but well-designed set meant that the cast’s movement was focused on and the farcical moments of the original work were highlighted. The rhyming script was funny and punchy, and the acting lively and expressive, creating all-in-all a very impressive youth production.
