A Mind's Journey in search of destiny

FRINGE REVIEW

A Mind's Journey in search of destiny

Anwesha Company

C Venue, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

August 5th-3st 2009 £9.50- £11.50

Reviewed by David Kerr

According to a pleasant Indian man in the Royal Mile who invited The Carrick Biz along, this was the must-see highlight of the Fringe: a multimedia fusion of Indian and modern dance with wonderful music and drums. Sounds great. Sounds interesting. Don't be deceived. It's neither.

An attractive young Indian girl takes to the stage. As she dances she wails about how confused she is. The action then switched to a projection screen showing another Indian dancer in traditional costume travelling and performing on the London Underground. By this time the original girl was not the only one in the room to feel confused. Two other dancers who had been lying flat on the stage came to life. One of these was pictured on the back screen going up and downstairs. After what seemed like four hours of torture we finally came out of the theatre where one perplexed punter was heard to ask 'What on earth was that?'

This reviewer had two regrets: firstly I didn't take a seat nearer the door so that I could end my pain sooner; secondly I turned down an invitation to a Scottish celidh evening in St Gile's Kirk to see this baffling stuff.

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* One Star