Rêves

A show-stopping, jaw-dropping, sensational powerhouse of a production that had me hooked from start to finish, with gut wrenching stories, told through dance and physical movement, of Ukraine. It’s so good I’ve had to break my rating system for this show — ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (6/5 stars)

Wow, just WOW!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This show is without doubt my pick of the Fringe for 2024, and I have seen a lot of shows this year. It traces a journey from childhood, innocence and promise, to adulthood, heartbreak and violence, but never loses hope. A highly skilled group of five men who, with great skill, managed to turn 60 minutes into something completely magical. You should see it while you can.

I think some of the descriptions of this show have sold it short. It is fast paced, energetic, athletic and artistic. Excellent entertainment and a must see for this year's Festival.

First it makes you horny, then it brakes your heart

A work of art! Exceptional physicality and moving themes, just captivating. Myself and other audience members around me were simply wowed. I couldn’t recommend this show enough. Just go see it, you won’t regret it.

A beautiful and moving show from enormously talented young performers. A combination of contemporary dance, physical theatre and acrobatics and a meditation on childhood, aging, masculinity and much more. Beautiful. See it if you can.

A wonderful wonderfull show - just believe all the ecstatic professional and audience reviews below and try and catch this befor the run ends. One of the very best I have seen in years of Fringe show attendance.

Visually stunning, beautifully choreographed and skills of the highest standard. This show deserves to be full, it is absolutely the kind of performance that the fringe was made for.

A truly remarkable show! You will be stunned by the strength, agility and gracefulness of the performers. The best thing I have seen at the Fringe in 2024!

DON’T MISS THIS SHOW!!

I have already been to see Rêves twice, and of the 56 shows that I have seen at this year’s Fringe, this is the absolute best.

The beautiful and moving story of dreams, memories and struggles is told in memorizing and gorgeous physical theatre, movement and amazing feats.

I can’t recommend this enough!

Mesmerising performance from a professional energetic group of performers. Loved the show which was way too short.

Thank you for bringing this amazing show to sunny Edinburgh please come back next year

Please go see Rêves, you won't regret it.

The performance art is of the highest order, displaying an uncompromising pursuit of perfection. It's the kind of virtuosity that reminds me how much a human is capable of.

This very virtuosity, I imagine, what inspired its theme of "dreams". If we, as individuals, commit ourselves whole-heartedly, can we achieve what we hope for, in spite of the odds? It's not an innovative or refined message. But considering the troupe is Ukrainian and the finale of the show, it is nevertheless a deeply affecting and effective one.

Also, the show eschews heavy-handedness, instead largely letting the performance speak for itself, and I think it's the right approach. There was so much beauty in the performance itself, and in the camraderie between the performers, to leave me speechless at times.

A Fringe highlight for sure, and probably one of the best dance, or dance adjacent, performances I've seen.

This is a beautiful show which mixes incredible physicality with lovely storytelling and some juggling!

STUNNING SHOW! what ever you go see, don't miss this one!

These guys made a fantastic show. Incredible how they control their bodies in these marvellous acrobatic acts.
Go and see this performance. It's also a way to show support for Ukraine's struggle for freedom.

Literally the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen. Incredible skill, talent, passion and emotion. Every moment is full and my jaw was on the floor. Not to be missed!

Beautifully sculpted, impossible to take your eyes off of, undeniably strong. And that's just the performers. The most lay circus person might say "That's a lot of juggling" but this show does have quitw a few balls in the air. The design is beautiful and lulls you into that liminal space between dreaming and awake with theatrical haze reminiscent of clouds (or maybe concrete dust?) and monochromatic production design in stark blacks and white. As much dance as it is cirque the truly devastating element of this show is that the dreams of all of these boys. and so many more, have been turned to smoke. жити Ukraine.

To see our 5 star review of this " visually stunning, exhilarating and profoundly moving" show check www.darkchat.co.uk

Marvelous! They are Olympians! What a touching, mesmerizing performance. Full body control. Hearts and souls exposed on stage. Should be sold out every night! What incredible performers.

It was criminal that the show didn't have a full audience, marketing issue maybe?

The dancers were incredible, so much talent on the stage, so thought-provoking and inspiring.

Each performer bought a new skill, with special shout for the third performer - who defied bodily physics in their movements.

Amazing show, well worth a watch,

I loved this show! Wonderful mix of dance, acrobatics and juggling. Each dancer is so talented.
And the message: everyone has a dream - we don't all get to live it - especially in Ukraine right now.
I left in tears.
Beautiful and so well done! Go see this show and support these amazing artists!!!

The beginning of this performance felt quite slow (too much running around picking up and putting down juggling balls, far too little actual juggling). But once the contortionist took the stage... it was absolutely breathtaking. Some more directorial tact and subtlety would have benefitted the show as a whole (the repetition of "have you ever had a dream" almost became humorous; the clown number was a very strange choice). But the performers had absolutely gorgeous technique and when they actually performed their skills they were visually stunning (it doesn't hurt that they were, to the man, model-level sexy). Their commitment to and achievement in their art forms in defiance of the war alone made this performance moving.

Just saw this beautiful show. I am stunned by the artistry and musicality of the performers. They act, dance, juggle and are acrobats of the soul. Go see them!!

BUY A TICKET AND SIT ABSOLUTELY TRANSFIXED. THEY'RE SUPERB.

This is unbelievably good. They really want and deserve support because their publicity says there are seven members, but only five could travel outside Ukraine. They're hoping if this is going well the others will be able to join them. Let's help that happen.

This is the best Fringe show I have seen so far. These men are so talented and the show is beautiful. Highly recommend!!

Absolutely brilliant! Highly recommend! The dancing, circus skills, and dramatic message were all superb!