Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. For a solidly entertaining hour in a low-key environment, City Slices & Country Crumbs serves well. New writing by four women around the country makes this an interesting look at contemporary English theatre. At the Hen and Chickens Theatre. These plays are full of an … Continue reading
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Cosy contemporary playwriting: City Slices & Country Crumbs
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. For a solidly entertaining hour in a low-key environment, City Slices & Country Crumbs serves well. New writing by four women around the country makes this an interesting look at contemporary English theatre. At the Hen and Chickens Theatre. These plays are full of an … Continue reading
Beautiful Nightmare: review of Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty for Quite Irregular.
Jem Bloomfield offered me the chance to present some thoughts for the Quite Irregular blog on Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty which aired recently on the BBC. I’m not sure what he thought he was in for, but I presented him with this: So to begin: once upon a time[1], a sad king and queen couldn’t … Continue reading
Shining Darkly: Mucky Kid at Theatre503
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated the full review here. Richly tragic viewing, Mucky Kid uses the tale of an escaped convict to explore themes about child protection, abuse, mental illness, coming of age and fear of the unforgivable impulses within. At Theatre 503. Like a pop-up diorama this thoughtful début play by Sam Potter … Continue reading
Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. In Perfect Nonsense Matthew Macfadyen, Stephen Mangan and Mark Hadfield serve up – on a silver platter – an evening of dulcet-toned, dinner-jacketed fun. Robert and David Goodale provide a fresh and lively take on the much beloved Wodehouse characters Jeeves and Wooster. At the … Continue reading
A Rave for Beats at the Soho Theatre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. A thoughtful, imaginative and minimalist Glaswegian production, Beats asks us to consider the meaning of music in all its resonant layers. At the Soho Theatre. The impetus for this story is the 1994 Criminal Justice Act banning public gatherings around amplified music characterised by ‘the … Continue reading
Powerful Contemporary Relevance: Blue Stockings at Shakespeare’s Globe
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. In a time when young women are still shot in the head for pursuing the right to an education, the conflicts explored in Jessica Swale’s first play, Blue Stockings, could not be more urgent. John Dove directs a witty and rousing production at Shakespeare’s Globe. … Continue reading
Powerful Contemporary Relevance: Blue Stockings at Shakespeare’s Globe
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. In a time when young women are still shot in the head for pursuing the right to an education, the conflicts explored in Jessica Swale’s first play, Blue Stockings, could not be more urgent. John Dove directs a witty and rousing production at Shakespeare’s Globe. … Continue reading
A Beautiful Dream: Go to Sleep, Goddamnit! at Camden People’s Theatre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. The Krumple’s inaugural offering in London is sweet, touching and very funny. Here’s hoping it won’t be the last. Go to Sleep, Goddamnit! is their first show and it roars onto the stage without speaking a single word. At the Camden People’s Theatre. Founded by … Continue reading
A Beautiful Dream: Go to Sleep, Goddamnit! at Camden People’s Theatre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. The Krumple’s inaugural offering in London is sweet, touching and very funny. Here’s hoping it won’t be the last. Go to Sleep, Goddamnit! is their first show and it roars onto the stage without speaking a single word. At the Camden People’s Theatre. Founded by … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 