When cash is deleterious to creativity: The profligately staged Miss Saigon.
By E. L Hardy "I don't want realism, I want magic!" (Tennessee Williams, A Street Car Named Desire) I'd never seen Miss Saigon before,...
The Great British Musicals in Concert "could charm even the most hardened of hearts."
By Helena Payne In the United Kingdom we are fortunate to have a real theatrical heritage. I can trace through performers, teachers and...
This 'Richard III' made glorious summer viewing, by Iris Theatre
(image © savannah photographic) By Sophia Longhi With its summer production of Shakespeare's Richard III, the Iris Theatre offers us...
Is a kiss with a fist better than none? Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel: From 1945 to 2014
By E. L Hardy I know what you want me to do. You want me to write a review – to churn out something interesting and witty about Morphic...
Everything and Nothing: Alfred Jarry's 'Ubu Roi.'
By Ewan Stuart Ubu Roi is a fantastically orchestrated tour-de-force. That's a pretty provocative way to start a review... but there is...
Puritanical and Stark: Enduring Song, Southwark Playhouse
By Helena Payne I've been in two minds about this show since seeing it last week. Illness and other responsibilities took precedence over...
Too clever for its own good: Adler & Gibb at the Royal Court
By B. Evans Adler & Gibb is daringly experimental, and I applaud that. The people involved are clearly intelligent, skilled creatives. I...
Forging a new path in familiar territory: a tale of love, loss, and no redemption in East of Berlin
by Eva Jackson The Holocaust narrative is one that has been explored myriad times across countless creative mediums. It is a theme that...
Edinburgh Fringe Preview: Winky - "I haven't laughed so much in weeks."
By Helena Payne Winky is the most peculiarly brilliant theatrical experience to which I’ve had the good fortune to be invited for quite...
Literary history and fiction are brought to life in this sparkling re-imagining of a familiar tale:
By Megan Prosser As with so many plays where the majority of the action takes place in a claustrophobic space – a courtroom, an office,...
