Conversations: Elevator Repair Service

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John Collins and his company, specialists in adapting 20th century American literature for the stage, talk about the world premiere of their production of Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. Supported by Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust

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The Sun Also Rises

15 Aug 2010

Overlong and unsympathetic Hemingway adaptation

This bloated, gargantually overlong production from US company Elevator Repair Service should, at over three and a half hours, really provide its audience with a shower and a change of clothes as part of the ticket. An adaptation of Hemingway’s classic…

New York stories: The Sun Also Rises and Vieux Carré hit Edinburgh 2010

16 Jul 2010

Elevator Repair Service and Wooster Group head up International Festival

If the world of theatre was like a finely crafted china shop, then two very impressive bulls are preparing to charge at this year’s International Festival. As leaders of the experimental pack, Elevator Repair Service and the Wooster Group perform, not…

John Adams and Lee Breuer among Edinburgh International Festival 2010 highlights

22 Mar 2010

As the programme is launched for this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, we cast an eye over the highlights

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Comments & ratings

1. Carolann – 17 Aug 2010, 8:37am Conversations: Elevator Repair Service Report

My companion and I thoroughly enjoyed the production of the Sun Also Rises at the Lyceum. It was very long but held our attention all the time. The only criticism was the casting of a girl as the bullfighter. Although Susie Sokol acted very well it was hard to see her as the sort of macho person who would attract Brett Ashley.

This adaption of a Hemingway novel was brilliant.