The Sunday Telegraph London, February 5th, 2006
THEATRE 2
With bold sleight of hand Kneehigh Theatre raises the shimmering gold-dust, sawdust world of Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus from the floorboards of the Lyric, Hammersmith. For the first half of this production by their artistic director, Emma Rice, I was so borne away with enchantment it felt more like being drugged than watching a performance.
It is the eve of the 20th century and Fevvers (as in 'feathers'), the winged Cockney Venus of the music hall, is being pursued by Jack Walser, a reporter in search of 'the truth'. Does this woman really have wings? Or is she a gigantic...
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