Camilla Greene

Perhaps there’s something about sipping a glass of wine by the fireside in mid-winter that makes <i>The Bear</i> – a Brian Friel re-write of Chekhov’s vaudeville piece – a unique theatrical experience.

Unwitting audience members lounging in the sunshine co-star as villagers alongside established festival performers, Bheki Mkhwane and Ellis Pearson, in this hilarious take on an impending wedding in Sinako village.