Ellen Thorpe, ArtERY live: Edinburgh Village Hall 2012

Name of company	Dugout Theatre
Name of show	Inheritance Blues
Genre	Theatre
Venue	Bedlam
Date	24.8.12

Review Inheritance Blues is an excellent show, a great atmospheric piece of work.  The band booked to play for a gig are edgy and not enjoying the prospect of being 'locked in' the pub in a snow storm in Dorset at a daytime wake, which few people have attended and the remaining 3 being the 3  sons of the deceased.  All this sounds downbeat but is very funny and highly entertaining.    We learn more about the brothers and their relationships.  What's remarkable about this is the cast of 6 are all equally great actors, singers and musicians, they work well as an ensemble, sing well together, accapella and blues songs and are also fantastic musicians playing a range of instruments and the sax duet is wonderful.  Not for rural touring but watch those people, each individual performer is good in their own right and sure to be doing exciting work in future.

Why is the work suitable or not suitable / ready for rural touring ?	Not suitable, it would be expensive and difficult to stage.
Why would you book them ?  or  Why wouldn’t you book them ?	No, not appropriate work.
Why would it be worth pursuing this company to consider work in the future? Or not  ?	Possibly