I, THE DICTATOR
Teatr Wiczy
New Town Theatre,George street. Venue 7
JUST THREE people turned up to see this woeful production. Perhaps I ought to have taken this a warning. A man clad only in underpants stood centre-stage clutching a length of celluloid film. He’s Charlie Chaplin, apparently preparing to shoot the last scene of his film, The Great Dictator which satirised Hitler’sGermany and Mussolini’sItaly.
There were elements of tapdance, jazz and mime but your reviewer was past caring by this time. I was startled back into wakefulness when the solo performer stood bullock-naked in front of me with his trousers around his ankles. I couldn’t see any relevance to the plot. Great Dick-tator perhaps? Mercifully the end came and three intrepid theatregoers were able to make our escape out into the heavyEdinburghrain.
Reviewed by David Kerr
** Two Stars
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