Theatre review: Tröll, Summerhall, Edinburgh
Tröll, Summerhall (Venue 26) ***
It’s a piece that doesn’t delve too deeply into what the internet was versus what it’s become, but instead offers a light-hearted and at times melancholic musing on childhood obsessions
and how these are replaced by the need to grow up. Beyond the snake-like
cables of the old-school technology, a troll of a more mythological kind is drawn in – one that Otto’s Icelandic grandmother is strangely familiar with.
While the story’s leisurely pace gets in the way of anything too dramatic happening, the decision to side-step the darker elements of the Web makes for a family friendly show, even though the unusual mix of fantasy and reality hints at something more unsettling in the shadows. - Sally Stott
Until 11 August.