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Crystal Bennes



Articles by Crystal Bennes


Review: Chalk Walk, Edinburgh
11 February 2021
Reviews • Edinburgh • National

Review: Chalk Walk, Edinburgh

8-27 February
By Crystal Bennes

Rambling conversation: Crystal Bennes writes on the nourishing simplicity of Ben Harrison’s promenade performance.


Review: Strange Tales at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
7 December 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh • National

Review: Strange Tales at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

7-21 December
By Crystal Bennes

Found in translation: Crystal Bennes on the bizarre pleasures of Pu Songling’s classical Chinese fables, adapted for the stage by Grid Iron.


Edinburgh fringe review: To Move in Time by Tim Etchells
25 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: To Move in Time by Tim Etchells

By Crystal Bennes

Crystal Bennes’ is unmoved by Forced Entertainment’s time-travelling monologue.


EIF review: Eugene Onegin, directed by Barrie Kosky
21 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

EIF review: Eugene Onegin, directed by Barrie Kosky

By Crystal Bennes

Flawed heroics: Crystal Bennes writes on a conventional staging of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-inspired opera.


Edinburgh fringe review: Anguis by Sheila Atim
12 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Anguis by Sheila Atim

By Crystal Bennes

A muddled myth: Crystal Bennes writes on Sheila Atim’s Cleopatra-inspired debut play.


Edinburgh fringe review: The Nights by Henry Naylor
11 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: The Nights by Henry Naylor

By Crystal Bennes

Henry Naylor’s play is a flawed look at the media outrage surrounding ‘Jihadi bride’ Shemima Begum.


Review: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
9 June 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh • National

Review: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

6-8 June
By Crystal Bennes

National heroes: Crystal Bennes writes on Scottish nationalism in her review of Wonder Fools’ play about four Scottish miners who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War.


Review: The Duchess [of Malfi] at The Lyceum, Edinburgh
29 May 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh • National

Review: The Duchess [of Malfi] at The Lyceum, Edinburgh

17 May - 8 June, then touring
By Crystal Bennes

Reinterpreting revenge: Crystal Bennes writes on contemporary relevance in Zinnie Harris’s retelling of John Webster’s bloody tragedy.


Review: Local Hero at The Lyceum, Edinburgh
26 March 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh • National

Review: Local Hero at The Lyceum, Edinburgh

By Crystal Bennes

Raining on the parade: the magic of David Greig and Mark Knopfler’s musical adaptation of the much-loved 1983 film Local Hero is lost on Crystal Bennes.


Review: Anthropocene at King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
4 February 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh • National

Review: Anthropocene at King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

31-2 Feb, then touring
By Crystal Bennes

Missed the boat: Crystal Bennes reviews Scottish Opera’s new commission about scientists on a research expedition to Greenland.


Review: Mouthpiece at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
7 December 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh • National

Review: Mouthpiece at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

1-22 December
By Crystal Bennes

Using a voice: Crystal Bennes writes on the ‘ethical quandary’ of representation in Kieran Hurley’s examination of class and the appropriation of stories.


Review: Black Beauty at the Traverse, Edinburgh
1 December 2018
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Review: Black Beauty at the Traverse, Edinburgh

29-30 November
By Crystal Bennes

Horsing around: Crystal Bennes and Tom Jeffreys write a rhyming review of Red Bridge’s production of Black Beauty.


Edinburgh Review: Zugunruhe at Zoo Southside
29 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Edinburgh Review: Zugunruhe at Zoo Southside

Until 26 Aug 2018
By Crystal Bennes

‘Anxious behaviour’: Crystal Bennes reviews a solo show based on the migratory instincts of the marsh warbler.


Edinburgh review: First Snow/Première Neige at Canada Hub
29 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Edinburgh review: First Snow/Première Neige at Canada Hub

By Crystal Bennes

Crystal Bennes writes on a bilingual play that explores ideas of independence, identity and duality in Québec.


Edinburgh Review: La Cenerentola at Festival Theatre
28 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh

Edinburgh Review: La Cenerentola at Festival Theatre

24 – 26 August 2018
By Crystal Bennes

A frenzied, facetious production: Crystal Bennes reviews Opéra de Lyon’s performance of Rossini’s Cinderella.


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