Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir; The Rape of Lucrece; Mies Julie – review

Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre; Royal Lyceum; Assembly Hall, Edinburgh"We have waited 48 years to come to the Edinburgh international festival," said Ariane Mnouchkine. Audiences have waited too, and it has been worth doing so. Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir, the latest enormous creation of Mnouchkine's inspiring Théâtre du Soleil – the company founded in the early 60s and based in a former munitions factory beyond the Bois de Vincennes east of Paris – is a tale of utopian visions and w...

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