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A fine cast sent adrift: SALT – fEast Theatre

“This strip of saltmarsh, not quite the land, not quite the sea”: the wet, uncompromising North Norfolk coastline forms the setting for Jeremy Page’s 2008 novel Salt, newly adapted for…

April 22, 2018 in Theatre.

Vice! Humour! Horror! And a happy ending… Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, RoughCast

One of the best things about Shakespeare is his endless capacity to surprise you. This is partly because he simply wrote so much: they may be more than four centuries…

March 19, 2018 in Theatre.

Marauding before teatime: The Sagas of Noggin the Nog

“In the lands of the North where the black rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the dark night that is very long, the men of the Northlands sit…

February 19, 2018 in Children's, Theatre.

Clean, clear, and at a canter: Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, Cambridge University Gilbert & Sullivan Society

On a clean, largely clear stage, dotted with a few barrels and benches, a tidy vegetable stand to one side and a pub sign, The Four Bears, to the other,…

February 16, 2018 in Amateur, Gilbert & Sullivan, Operetta.

Vivacious, Victorian, and very good fun: Ruddigore, Gilbert & Sullivan, Southgate Opera

We tend to think of Victorian society as morally strict, judgemental, and socially tense: and Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddigore, while confirming all the above, savagely pokes fun at Victorian ideals…

February 11, 2018 in Amateur, Gilbert & Sullivan, Operetta.

Making more monsters: Blood and Ice, Liz Lochhead, Sewell Barn Theatre

“Feminism is like the hoovering: you just have to keep doing it,” once said Liz Lochhead, former Makar (poet laureate) of Scotland; and Lochhead has been true to her word, with a…

January 15, 2018 in Theatre.

The life lesson of sharing: The Selfish Giant

Giant snores reverberate across Westacre Theatre’s wide stage as we settle down for Andy Naylor’s bespoke adaptation of The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde’s heartfelt fairytale about selfishness, loneliness and love.…

December 23, 2017 in Children's, Theatre.

Oh, yes they did: Dick Whittington and his cat, Ben Crocker

The Fisher Theatre has developed an enviable reputation over the last few years for putting on an excellent pantomime at Christmas, and I’ve seen tired London theatregoers light up when…

December 23, 2017 in Children's, Theatre.

Plum pudding, puppets and psychic renewal: A Christmas Carol, Spinning Wheel Theatre

A Christmas Carol, Dickens’ 24-hour tour into the mind of a damaged, embittered and miserly soul who is on the brink of total isolation, but whose spirit is revived by…

December 20, 2017 in Theatre.

Cold snap: The Wolves of Willloughby Chase, Maddermarket

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children’s novel, rather than a play: accordingly, the Maddermarket’s Christmas staging, using an adaptation of Joan Aiken’s book by Russ Tunney, keeps our…

December 18, 2017 in Amateur, Children's, Theatre.

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