The Overcoat, Barbican, London By Paul Taylor for The Independent
People are rarely at their best when they are on their best behaviour. You're reminded of that by The Overcoat, a show brought by the Canadian Stage Company to the London International Festival of Mime. It's fluent, accomplished and involving.
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The Overcoat By Donald Hutera for The Times
UNQUESTIONABLY the biggest attraction of the 2004 London International Mime Festival is this co-presentation for the Barbican’s BITE season.
The Toronto-based Canadian Stage Company’s adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s titular short story features a cast of 22, most essaying multiple roles, on a handsome set dominated by a vast wall of opaque, mullioned windows.
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An unfortunate outbreak of niceness Ismene Brown for The Daily Telegraph reviews the mime performance of The Overcoat at the Barbican
A Canadian staging of Nikolai Gogol's 1835 story The Overcoat is the main attraction of this year's London International Mime Festival, a generously well-styled, 90-minute production with 22 people playing 65 characters, splendid designs and music by Shostakovich.
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