Today was a true Edinburgh festival day. After walking a long way to see a disappointing free show I then saw two successive five star shows. Whatever came next had some hard acts to follow and Backhand Theatre's " Tales from Edgar Allan Poe" wasn't up to it.
It didn't help that we walked straight past the venue and arrived a few minutes late. I suspect we didn't miss much as a doctor was still showing a sanitorium inspector around his mental asylum. This was their premise for the show with each inmate relating a well-know Poe story. "The Raven" had the bonus of a good performance from Sally Preston, the voice of a famous Shakespearean actor but the disadvantage of a ridiculously amateurish (and huge) paper-mache Raven ( which oddly was partially obscured to anyone sitting to the right of the audience). "The Pit and the Pendulum" was well performed by Gavin Maxwell but the advertised "daring circus" generally involved wobbling in, out and around a hoop.
There was another goor perfomance by Davey Kelleher but unfortunately the play also featured the worst acting I have seen at this festival. The idea itself was fine but the execution needed tightening, the ending was predictable and sadly, the show was boring.
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