Bark Bark

What an interesting and entertaining show. It uses a combination of acting, design, puppetry and camera work, supported by an intriguing and unpredictable story, to provide a really unique performance. Highly recommended!

Beautiful show, incredibly well executed and delivered, and just a joy to watch -- this is what live theatre is about! (I also found it hilarious; dreaming dog was a favourite of mine)
Well crafted sets, and really enjoyed the live underscoring too.

An absolutely beautiful and heart-breaking show. With all the charm and clarity of an animated Wes Anderson film, and using a fascinating blend of film and theatre, this show is a memorable and moving experience I'd recommend to anyone.

Bark Bark covers a weekend in the life of a dog, being looked after by a couple for the weekend while its owner is away. This is done by four performers projecting dioramas and puppets onto a screen using a mobile camera, with another providing music and sound effects. There is also dialogue involving the dog sitters. Although there isn't much to the story and some of it isn't clear, there is something magical about the show, which is always engaging. It is good to see such an innovative and technically adept show, especially as roles had been changed at short notice for the performance I saw. Although the show is currently sold out for most remaining performances, Summerhall shows sometimes have tickets available an hour before, so it's worth checking with the box office for anyone wanting to see something different and possibly unique.

The ideas in this little show are original and thought provoking. However it very much felt like a work in progress: something that students were working on for exam assessment for example. They really need to have one of the team to sit in the audience with a critical eye to see that attention to detail was often lacking and the effect was spoilt. The little legs made by fingers was a great idea but they needed to actually make contact with the floor rather than float across the set. The puppeteers fingers and hands could be all too clearly seen when the 'forest wheel ' was being spun and the sight of the radiator fins behind the open garden gate was very clumsy. Throw a coat over it at least please. I am sorry if this seems over critical but if you are performing for a paying public it all needs more work and care.
The storyline had real potential but was muddled and over complicated in the telling. There are some truly wonderful shows at the Fringe. This, sadly, was not one of them.

Astounding. Amusing. Curious. Mysterious. Saw it on Aug 15 and will recommend to many. Ending is...well, you'll have to see it for yourself!

We partly see the story through the eyes of the dog, and it's really CUTE! The way they switch cameras on the fly to change from a long shot to a close-up is pretty cool. The story is a bit out there.

We saw the premiere performance of this show (which had a number of technical difficulties which I'm sure they've ironed out). The concept and puppetry design (using two different sized dogs, switching to overhead cameras with life-size objects, etc.) were really creatively achieved. Thematically the show felt a little confused: the murky, poetic, cinematic element of the show was in tension with a banal, plot-driven scenes that were trying to turn it into a relationship drama. In the end it fell somewhere in between and didn't have a clear tone (I would cut the relationship element and focus on the symbolic, sensory side). With more fine-tuning of the tech (to avoid incorrect camera cuts and hands being seen in the background) and some cleaning of the script, it could be a real triumph.

Me and the macrobert went to go see, it was so good! It included the tiniest little details, and the sound effects aswell are spot on. Would recommend seeing!

Slightly mysterious, beautifully made show, I would even use the word artisanal. Wonderful puppetry, poignant story, definately recommendable.
(I was there on August 1)