When the Marquise du Châtelet and Voltaire take opposing sides in a controversy over Newtonian physics, sparks fly. Part of the 2018 Dream Up Festival.
Read more Show lessSee it if You are into the intricacy of feminism and science in the 1700s. And ... the intelligent dialogues & costumes...Classic and yet contemporary
Don't see it if You prefer musical. Still, everyone deserves to see a good show like this.
See it if you like historical drama.
Don't see it if you find it difficult to follow a story where one actor plays various parts.
See it if you would like to know about a gifted 1700's philosopher, mathematician, physicist and author who persisted through sexism and jealousy.
Don't see it if you expect a play about Voltaire. Read more
See it if Never heard of Emilie du Chatelet, but what a character! Lovely costume drama of 18th century French aristocratic intellectuals.
Don't see it if David Beck's music at the piano/harpsichord added atmosphere to the play. Jonathan Tindle was a deliciously arrogant Voltaire. Read more
See it if Great Story about a Lady who was very smart with a sharp mind. Place in French.
Don't see it if If you want fast plat drama, If you do not like the time period. Read more
See it if you enjoy historical dramas & period pieces;are interested in Voltaire & French Enlightenment;want to learn more about a female scientist.
Don't see it if you dislike "talky" plays,historical dramas & period pieces,plays in which the narrative is kept going by reading letters from a character.
See it if you are interested in period pieces and women's issues
Don't see it if you need a contemporary plot and a lot of action
See it if you would like to see how women scientists have been overlooked in history and particularly the obstacles faced during the Enlightenment
Don't see it if You find Newton, Voltaire, Leibniz and their concerns too esoteric-much of play is theoretical discussion of physics, rest is romantic tngl