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Chamber Wins Fringe First in Edinburgh Fringe Festival


CoisCéim has taken Edinburgh by storm. Winning a FRINGE FIRST for the UK premiere of the hotel-bedroom show CHAMBER MADE, the company has wowed the critics. CHAMBER MADE was performed in Room 206 of The Caledonian Hilton Hotel Edinburgh from 20 - 27 August and was a sell out success. This production formed part of The Traverse Theatres' off site programme for the festival and recieved the following reviews from the critics:

The Guardian
****
David Baldwin, Metro
"David Bolger's choreography is wonderfully energetic...the dancers sweating with sexual passion and vitality"
Joyce Macmillan, The Scotsman
"Profoundly inventive and moving"
The Scotsman
****
Edinburgh Guide
"a raw mixture of fresh funky talent with brilliant choreography that culminates with a poignant stillness"
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
"playful and sensual...sheer precision and emotional eloquence is outstanding...thrilling athletic zest...wonderfully witty and wistul..."

Liam Steel has pushed CoisCeim into new territory, physically and emotionally....

Knots - 2005

Irish Theatre Magazine