Richard Strauss was surely playing when he wrote this, a rich man toying with artists, setting high art against low and poking fun at the whimsical world of patronage. In this new Glyndebourne production director Katharina Thoma shifts the whole to Britain… Read more →
Anyone who loves fairy tales would adore The Girl with the Iron Claws. Using a mixture of acting and puppets, this enchanting play told the mythical story of a girl who ran off with a bear she met in the woods. The… Read more →
Luisa Omielan is the biggest worst kept secret around. With no TV work, it’s pretty much word of mouth and social networking that has seen this show rise in its profile to it’s sell-out stature and excited buzz. The room had a… Read more →
Varmints was a minimalist, but beautifully staged production with countryside and cityscapes projected onto a screen that looked like woven paper. The sparse set – strips of grass to denote the country and giant tyres for the city – and few props… Read more →
Big Boys Don’t Dance is a comedy dance show from two very talented South African brothers, Ash and Bradley Searle. With Ash’s wedding only a week away, the boys engage in various activities leading up to the big event which not only… Read more →
Once again, the audience is beautifully entertained with five ten-minute plays, all unforgettable because each is a commentary on the human experience. The play selection for all three menus (at Theatre Royal and The Latest Musicbar) is superb. We are given literary… Read more →
Presented as part of the £5fringe, Seven Studies in Salesmanship comprised seven comic vignette’s exploring various aspects of the dubious business of convincing others to buy ‘product’. The sparse set and simple lighting were brought to life by bright, hilarious characterisations; the… Read more →
Staged, reading, work in progress, showcase… This new work by Jonathan Cash (The First Domino) given voice for the first time by director Faynia Williams certainly provoked a response – some good and some vociferously outraged. For me it was the start… Read more →
A repeated theme of Stone’s show is ‘synchronicity’, or as it appears to others; ‘extreme coincidence’. A combination of mind-reading, hypnosis, and everyday showmanship, bit by bit Stone drew us all in – he had to in this intimate theatre and the degree… Read more →
Joined on stage by Norman Cook, the man himself, and Skint Records’ Damian Harris; Adam Buxton hosted a retrospective of Mr Slim’s music videos that, while not completely extensive, was never less that breezily entertaining. Augmented by Buxton’s own musings on his… Read more →
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