WIN FOR ALESSIJA LAUSE AND NOMINATION FOR NIKOLAUS SZENTMIKLOSI!


Alessija Lause and Nikolaus Szentmiklosi were both nominated for Best Actress and Best Actor by "The Stage" for their Award for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Fringe 2011.
We're very proud to say that Alessija Lause won the Award for Best Actress!
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BEAUTIFUL **** REVIEW FROM THE SCOTSMAN TODAY!


'This play is performed by 8 (Ocho) of Berlin with a searing intensity, in what must be two of the finest acting performances on this year's Fringe, from Alessija Lause and Nikolaus Szentmiklosi.'
The music is by David Gärtner, but our shows in Edinburgh are being performed by Ivica Vrgoć!














NOMINATION FROM "THE STAGE" FOR BEST ACTRESS/BEST ACTOR FOR ALESSIJA LAUSE & NIKOLAUS SZENTMIKLOSI AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE 2011

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**** from "THE BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE" for DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA!


WE'RE NOW OFFICIALLY A "MUST SEE" AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE!

John Patrick Shanley's 1983 two-hander is one of a cluster of similar American plays of the period in which an improbably romantic man struggles to convince a sceptical woman of his sincerity.

Here the pair are working-class New Yorkers with complementary emotional wounds, he bursting with passions he has no tools except violence for expressing, she aching with loneliness and need, both of them convinced they are undeserving of even an ordinary degree of contentment in life. In the reverse formula of the genre, they go to bed first and discover they're in love after, and the power of the play lies in our hope that they will fight the habits of a lifetime and overcome their fear of happiness.To have Italian-Americans played by a German-Croatian and a Hungarian-Romanian almost sounds like a joke, but Alessija Lause and Nikolaus Szentmiklosi not only master the sound and rhythms of American speech but capture and convey the tragicomic insecurities and yearnings of the two characters, he conveying a vulnerability even in moments of belligerence while she lets us see that the woman's hard front is actually brittle and fragile.Together with Andreas Schmidt's sensitive and perfectly paced direction, they deliver all the sweetness of Shanley's surprisingly delicate romantic fable.
Review by Gerald Berkowitz for "The Stage"






FIRST AUDIENCE REVIEW AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE

“Roberta’s a looker, but tough, did somethin’ real bad years ago. She’s nursin’ a glass of red when Danny comes in the bar. Danny goes at life hard, swinging with both fists whenever anyone crosses his line. He mighta killed a man earlier – he’s sure got the cuts from a mean fight – but now he just needs a beer. Maybe Roberta and Danny don’t want nothin’ to do with each other. But then again maybe they really do. Over the three short acts of Danny And The Deep Blue Sea, John Patrick Shanley’s 1983 play, Alessija Lause and Nikolaus Szentmiklosi put bruised flesh on the bones of these characters. Their performances are vibrant and rounded, ensuring that Roberta and Danny retain their grit yet compel our understanding. All in all this is a satisfying modern romance with all the sweet rumbustiousness of a Tom Waits ballad. Recommended."
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