Thursday, November 21

Tag: Not so Nice! Theatre company

The Sculptor – Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Scotland

The Sculptor – Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh

A fascinating introduction to the world of ‘the anatomical Venus’, we are immediately presented in glorious projected technicolour with an 18th-century reclining beauty complete with pearls, ecstatic expression and lift-out intestines. Not So Nice! Theatre company present The Sculptor, written by Charlotte Smith and Directed by Grace Baker. Fashioned from seven anatomically correct layers, life sized and made of wax, but with real hair, the Venus was a ready alternative (to cadavers) for the keen medical students of the day to pull apart: heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines, ending in a teeny foetus, curled in the womb. Our short play tonight focuses on the fascination of this era, in which the study of nature was also the study of philosophy, and where a dead body cre...
[Un]lovable A Scratch Night Performance – St Augustines, George IV Bridge
Scotland

[Un]lovable A Scratch Night Performance – St Augustines, George IV Bridge

[Un]lovable A Scratch Night Performance by Not so Nice! Theatre company is one hundred percent loveable. Each of the five scratch theatre pieces were deftly crafted: the writing was thoughtful and witty; set design simple yet apt; costumes spot on; lighting simple and the quality of acting perfectly matched the rigor of the black box. Performed in the basement of St Augustine’s, this young company is brimming with talent and has a keen following. Not subject to the delays and restrictions of bidding for a grant, Not So Nice! are free to play and create collaboratively and with vigor. Each of the five vignettes on love and the rejection of love were equally as entertaining and thought-provoking. The evening began with It’s Always a Sad Song by Will Evans. In this exploration of wants ...