Ian Hallard takes on the role of Alan Turing in this surreal and highly emotional play, directed by Matthew Parker, Artistic Director at the Hope Theatre, in this production of Snoo Wilson’s text. The play is an eye-opening original look at the life of Alan Turing. Beginning with the news of his death, a quiet and serene Turing is revealed from behind a sheet onstage: holding a bright red apple with a bite missing. The calm atmosphere is soon interrupted by the arrival of his beloved childhood … [Read more...]
Muswell Hill is a cleverly written and well-acted production
Following a sold out run at the White Bear Theatre. Muswell Hill by Torben Betts has now arrived at the Park Theatre. Two seemingly different and opposite worlds are the focus of the play, which looks at both the after effects of a devastating earthquake in Haiti alongside a 1970s style evening in leafy and affluent north London. While the after effects of the earthquake will stay in memories for years, those in London worry about whether or not any of them will be remembered, and if so, … [Read more...]
Review of Wicked at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre
Wicked is the ‘other’ story about Oz: what happened to the witches before Dorothy arrived. Based on the novel ‘Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West’, it follows the lives of Glinda (later Glinda the Good Witch) and Elphaba, who goes on to become the frightening and feared Wicked Witch of the West. Wicked goes back to when the two witches first meet at school. Glinda is immediately popular and well-liked, easily accepted by the other students. However, while Glinda is … [Read more...]
Review of Macbeth in the Judi Dench Playhouse
The Questors Theatre production of ‘Macbeth’ focuses on the supernatural elements of the play, in a seemingly timeless setting. The stark and simple staging uses minimal colour and props to focus attention on the characters themselves. A primarily grey set evokes a stark and bleak environment for Shakespeare’s characters. The use of sharp, broken lines also suggests that all is not in order here. A white mist drifts across the stage and gives an ominous feeling that seems appropriate for … [Read more...]
Review of Soften The Grey at The Hope Theatre London
What happens after you die? That’s the question asked by 6 Foot Stories in their latest production. Soften the Grey focuses on a man who, having assumed he has died after a diving accident must try to work out via a surreal ‘Wonderful Life’-esque tour of his past which afterlife is the one for him. Soften the Grey is set in a strange Citizens Advice Bureau, where a diver (Nigel Munson) finds himself after dying. Here he encounters an eccentric and enigmatic receptionist (Jake Hassam), who … [Read more...]