Tag: The Eastgate Theatre

“Small is beautiful,” according to economist E F Schumacher, and indeed the inside of a traditional suitcase can be a beautiful vehicle for small stories. Freda O’Byrne’s suitcase tale of Nosferatu is simplicity itself. What elevates the tale is the original music by John Moore. It is perfect for setting the atmosphere and tone when all other elements are pared back to basics. Hand-sized wooden shapes represent people and houses, lolly sticks form fences, decorative bows are vultures/bats/birds of prey or even fairies, depending on your own imagination. It is a tiny sprinkling of old-fashioned, gentle, three-dimensional storytelling with a real human-being behind it rather than AI. In this era of computerisation, it is a welcome retreat into what makes us human. Aimed at children and...