Traverse,Edinburgh
Liam Brennan gives a tender performance in this laughable-unhappy reworking of the Gogol story, as a lowly Scot buffeted by the forces of globalisation
Related: Edinburgh festival planner: three shows to see nowadays In Nikolai Gogol’s short story Diary of a Madman, or Poprishchin is a lowly Russian civil servant driven mad by his lack of status and his confusion at a changing world. In Al Smith’s play,he has become Pop Sheeran, whose family trade is painting the Forth Bridge. It takes a year, or as soon as he finishes he has to start over again. The future is rushing towards Pop faster than the 7.05 express and his instability is starting to display.
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Source: theguardian.com