Timothy is a one-act dark, yet amusing, four-handed play. Annette (Hannah Sinclair-Robinson) has summoned her two long-time friends, Susan (Beth Eyre) and Yvonne (Amani Zardoe) to her cellar to tell them some important news. When the two friends arrive before their host they begin to try to guess what this news could be. The four-strong cast all show great comic timing. Eyre is excellent and amuses throughout as the ditzy Susan, portraying the character’s nervousness and gullible sides well. … [Read more...]
Review of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em at Richmond Theatre
Written and directed by Guy Unsworth, this hilarious play is a reworking of a classic episode of the BBC sitcom and I have to admit the sound of the show’s iconic theme at the start of the play transported me back to my childhood where I watched the programme with my family. Set in the 1970s at the Spencer’s house the play tells the story of Betty's (Sarah Earnshaw) attempts to tell husband Frank (Joe Pasquale) that a baby is on the way. The play’s five strong cast are excellent. Joe … [Read more...]
Review of Trestle at Southwark Playhouse London
Winner of the 2017 Papatango Award Stewart Pringle’s Trestle is a two-handed play which through subtle, well-paced storytelling explores love and aging. Set in the Temperance Hall in a small Yorkshire town; widower, Harry (Gary Lilburn) is chairman of the Billingham Improvement Committee and Denise (Connie Walker) is a Zumba teacher. The pair first meet when she arrives to prepare for her class as he is packing away his meeting. Their first meeting is awkward; however, the two soon look … [Read more...]
Review of Moments at The Hen and Chickens Theatre
Part of this year’s Camden Fringe and written by and starring Julia Cranney; Moments is a witty, one-act play which explores loneliness in a big City (London). Twenty-six-year-old Ava (Julia Cranney) has recently moved from the North of England to London where she works in a Call Centre. Daniel (Simon Mattacks) is 52 and works a security guard who has recently separated from his wife. It is during their daily bus commute to their various workplaces that they first meet. Following several … [Read more...]
Review of Body & Blood at the King’s Head Theatre
Written by Lorraine Mullaney and set in rural Ireland/London in 1956, Body & Body considers whether we should sacrifice personal happiness for family duty. Twenty-two-year-old Aileen (Pamela Flanagan) has left her strict family behind and has headed to London to find her younger sister. A sister who has fled the family home in an attempt to avoid an arranged marriage to an elderly farmer who has “a face like the Turin Shroud!” On arrival, Aileen heads to her Uncle Colm (Luke McGibney)’s … [Read more...]