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"quite simply a show and a half, a bit much in all the best ways”
“an absurdist apocalyptic stage-disaster movie about climate change…featuring sharp Brechtian songs penned by top Scottish-surrealist writer Morna Pearson” “It’s a show that combines hilarity with devastating political satire, and enables audiences to confront, laugh and cry over the desperate future we face if we don’t can the stupidity and get our act together” “Let’s Inherit The Earth emerges as one of the most anarchic, timely and memorable shows on the Fringe” |
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“succeeds by dramatising the human consequences of global warming"”
“a blend of the absurd, the light-hearted, the mildly forbidding” "70s inspired punk karaoke, slightly camp humour, and eye-pleasingly cartoonish sets and props” “the Scottish and Swedish cast fuse and infuse their accents, national politics and personalities into the show…a satisfying blend of localism and internationalism” |
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“A boisterous romp of a production…a series of fast-paced, wryly funny songs rail at the stupidity of denial” “punchy, powerful reminder that we could be doing a whole lot more to ensure that our children do inherit the earth” |
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“a rowdy piece of popular theatre written by Morna Pearson and accompanied by an exceptionally catchy, original pop-punk score by Jonny Hardie” “an enjoyable vibrant production” |
MUNGO PARK - TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA is heading to Holland !
Our 2016 co-production with Mungo Park Theatre of Denmark played at the Copenhagen Stage Festival and other venues in Denmark last year. Now it's about to be revived for performances at the 2018 European Capital of Culture celebrations in Leeuwarden in Friesland. Performances will take place at De Harmonie Theatre in Leeuwarden on September 26-28.
Written by Martin Lyngbo and Thor Bjorn Krebs and directed by Martin, the show features Kingsley Amadi, Anders Budde Christensen and Matthew Zajac in the epic true story of the Scottish explorer's two expeditions to West Africa in 1795 and 1805 in search of the course of the River Niger. Mungo Park - Travels in the Interior of Africa is a Hollywood blockbuster on a bare stage, a tale of adventure, colonial arrogance, courage and friendship.
"As a play it really has it all: a great true story, a tragic hero, and challenging themes as cultures meet. Better still, it’s carried off with panache and superb theatricality." ***** edinburghfringeguru.com
"A triumph of political theatre, Mungo Park will not disappoint." **** Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
Our 2016 co-production with Mungo Park Theatre of Denmark played at the Copenhagen Stage Festival and other venues in Denmark last year. Now it's about to be revived for performances at the 2018 European Capital of Culture celebrations in Leeuwarden in Friesland. Performances will take place at De Harmonie Theatre in Leeuwarden on September 26-28.
Written by Martin Lyngbo and Thor Bjorn Krebs and directed by Martin, the show features Kingsley Amadi, Anders Budde Christensen and Matthew Zajac in the epic true story of the Scottish explorer's two expeditions to West Africa in 1795 and 1805 in search of the course of the River Niger. Mungo Park - Travels in the Interior of Africa is a Hollywood blockbuster on a bare stage, a tale of adventure, colonial arrogance, courage and friendship.
"As a play it really has it all: a great true story, a tragic hero, and challenging themes as cultures meet. Better still, it’s carried off with panache and superb theatricality." ***** edinburghfringeguru.com
"A triumph of political theatre, Mungo Park will not disappoint." **** Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
Dogstar is a European touring theatre company based in the Scottish Highlands around Inverness, one of Europe’s fastest growing small cities. We commission, produce and tour new plays by writers from the north of Scotland and elsewhere. We aim to present our varied audiences with engaging and entertaining theatre which combines the new and the traditional, the classical and the experimental, drawing on accumulated experience and contemporary innovation.
From its early Highland tours, the company has extended its reach, now touring across the UK and internationally, with over 170 performances outside Scotland since 2009. These include work presented at Copenhagen Stage Festival Denmark, Umea 2014 European Capital of Culture Sweden, Konfrontacje Teatralne Lublin Poland, Ivan Franko National Theatre Kyiv Ukraine, Les Kurbas Theatre Lviv Ukraine, Malmo Stadsteater Sweden, Brits Off Broadway New York USA, Adelaide Fringe Festival Australia, Societaetstheater Dresden Germany, English Theatre Berlin Germany, Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoighaire Ireland, Clwyd Teatr Cymru Wales, Birmingham Rep England, and Mungo Park AC Denmark. Dogstar continues to tour to village halls in the Scottish Highlands and Islands as well as to city centre theatres.
Much of our work springs directly from the Highlands’ defining characteristics: a stunningly beautiful and harsh natural landscape; a tumultuous and marginalised history; a shifting and changing population; a vibrant oral and musical tradition. Our productions speak to our audiences using some of Scotland’s best actors, musicians, writers, directors and designers, collaborating with international artists and partners. For us, theatre is a place for debate and celebration, for ideas and entertainment, for a few laughs, a few tears, a challenge to the mind and a memorable night out. At its heart, its about communication between the actor and the audience. It can’t exist without you.
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From its early Highland tours, the company has extended its reach, now touring across the UK and internationally, with over 170 performances outside Scotland since 2009. These include work presented at Copenhagen Stage Festival Denmark, Umea 2014 European Capital of Culture Sweden, Konfrontacje Teatralne Lublin Poland, Ivan Franko National Theatre Kyiv Ukraine, Les Kurbas Theatre Lviv Ukraine, Malmo Stadsteater Sweden, Brits Off Broadway New York USA, Adelaide Fringe Festival Australia, Societaetstheater Dresden Germany, English Theatre Berlin Germany, Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoighaire Ireland, Clwyd Teatr Cymru Wales, Birmingham Rep England, and Mungo Park AC Denmark. Dogstar continues to tour to village halls in the Scottish Highlands and Islands as well as to city centre theatres.
Much of our work springs directly from the Highlands’ defining characteristics: a stunningly beautiful and harsh natural landscape; a tumultuous and marginalised history; a shifting and changing population; a vibrant oral and musical tradition. Our productions speak to our audiences using some of Scotland’s best actors, musicians, writers, directors and designers, collaborating with international artists and partners. For us, theatre is a place for debate and celebration, for ideas and entertainment, for a few laughs, a few tears, a challenge to the mind and a memorable night out. At its heart, its about communication between the actor and the audience. It can’t exist without you.
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