I didn’t make it to all the Korea-related events at the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe, and for one of the events I did get to I didn’t feel like writing a review. So here are some links to the reviews that are out there. For completeness, I include links to my own reviews. If you spot any others, please leave them in the comment section below.
1 The International Festival
Mokhwa Repertory Company: The Tempest
LKL, 15 August
Telegraph (Paul Gent), 15 August
The List (Allan Radcliffe), 14 August
Edingburgh Spotlight
Ahn Eun-mi: Princess Bari
LKL, 2 November
Telegraph (Sarah Crompton), 22 August
Guardian (Alice Bain), 21 August
The Stage (Gerald Berkowitz) (No rating given, but very enthusiastic)
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra: Unsuk Chin, Messiaen, Tchaikovsky
Guardian (Kate Molleson) 25 August
Financial Times (Andrew Clark) 25 August
EdinburghGuide (Barnaby Miln) 25 August
2 The Fringe
Gaksi, Mago
Babbling Comedy
LKL, 16 August
Broadway Baby (Ben Blyth) 9 August
Fringe Review (Paul Levy) 10 August
Korean Drum: Journey of a Soul
LKL, (no review)
The Stage (Brian G Cooper) 12 August. “Must See”
Broadway Baby (Sujanan Upadhyay) 9 August
The List (Allan Radcliffe) 8 August
Jasmine Gwangju
LKL, 14 August
Broadway Baby (Sujanan Upadhyay) 18 August
Edinburgh Spotlight (Francois Steward)
Pop-Up! The Amazing Adventures of Moo Dong
LKL, 22 August
The Herald (Carmody Wilson) 22 August
Fest Magazine (Amelie Harborow) 9 August
Broadway Baby (Kai Sedgwick) 11 August
The List (Allan Radcliffe) 8 August
Here are a few more Mokwha reviews available online.
The Guardian ****
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/aug/15/the-tempest-review
The Financial Times ****
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3d7df9ee-c726-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1V7AG4P00
Edinburgh Festivals Magazine *****
http://edfestmag.co.uk/international/theatre/1984-201108thetempest
The Scotsman ****
http://joycemcmillan.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/the-tempest-mokwha-theatre/
Whatsonstage.com *****
http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/london/E8831313399539/The+Tempest+(EIF).html
The Stage
http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/33212/the-tempest
The Morning Star
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/content/view/full/108309
The Independent on Sunday
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-tempest-kings-theatre-edinburghbrking-lear-royal-lyceum-edinburghbrtop-girls-trafalgar-studios-london-2341098.html
TVBomb ****
http://www.tvbomb.co.uk/?p=11642
We recieved four stars from both The Times and The Herald Scotland, but neither of them are available online.