Theatre review: The Music Box, Paradise In The Vault (Venue 29), Edinburgh
The Music Box
Paradise in the Vault (Venue 29)
Star rating: * *
Not that this summation helps much in deciphering either writing or action, the former characterised by lines like “We spirograph against an alien equation”, the latter a portentously cryptic muddle of broodingly romantic dream sequences and scenes from some kind of nightmarish children’s nursery, all apparently (maybe?) framed by a drug-induced coma. At least one of Stirling’s lines resonates meaningfully, though: “There’s no comfort in empty games.”
• Until 27 August. Tomorrow 6:10pm.