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In association with the National Theatre of Scotland, David Hughes Dance will once again be joining forces with the Artistic Director of Conflux, Al Seed, to bring you Last Orders, the stunning follow-up to 2009's Herald-award winning The Red Room. Taking the tale of legendary 16th century Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean as its inspiration, this original and enthralling work of dance theatre will lead you on a hallucinatory journey down the rabbit-hole through subterranean caves and derelict nightclubs, where nothing is ever quite what it seems.
The talented performers give it their all, but for a show inspired by cannibalism, I was left hungry, wanting more.
Last Orders dance piece based on Sawney Bean
Eat your heart out, Hannibal
Last Orders in Musselburgh this weekend
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday August 16, 2011, until Sunday August 28, 2011. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
On Tour, from Thursday September 22, 2011, until Saturday October 8, 2011.
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