Teechers was written by John Godber in 1984, and like most of his plays, it is for a small cast and a minimal set. The actors playing the three main parts of students Gail, Hobby and Salty are performing a play within a play to their favourite teacher who, like them is leaving at the end of … [Read more...]
Spiders at Tristan Bates Theatre | Review
The stage of the Tristan Bates theatre is transformed into a squat so realistically grubby that I have to resist the urge to scratch! Even my children's university accommodation has never looked as bad as this. Graffiti covers the walls; rubbish is strewn across the floor and the mattress that is … [Read more...]
Gag House Comedy Superstars G-Live, Guildford
Nick Wyschna welcomed us to the opening night of this year’s Guildford Fringe Festival and gave us an insight into all the wonderful events taking place during the festival. Guildford Fringe includes comedy, opera, poetry, theatre, cinema, art, spoken word and everything else in between. There … [Read more...]
Review of Much Ado About Nothing at the Rose Theatre Kingston
Director Simon Dormandy has set this production in a luxury spa hotel in contemporary Sicily. I have been to several less successful productions where the action has taken place in randomly selected conflicts around the world; this production cleverly puts it back in Sicily where Shakespeare himself … [Read more...]
Review of Suffragette City at WSPU Café – London Pavilion
It is 100 years since the partial granting of the vote to women, and Suffragette City is here to remind us what life was like for women in those days. The London Pavilion that serves as The Women’s Social and Political Union’s (WSPU) headquarters for this project is historically important as it was … [Read more...]
Review of Muso at The Grant Museum
Have you ever been to the Grant Museum? No, neither had I before this evening. You really must go; it is one of London’s hidden gems, a treasure trove of fossils, bones and preserved specimens. This is certainly wasn’t going to be a normal theatre experience! Philip Pellow got the evening started … [Read more...]
Review of Romeo and Juliet – Guildford Shakespeare Company
Guildford Shakespeare Company are a site-responsive theatre company and often their venues are among the stars of the production. Holy Trinity Church is the largest Georgian Church in Surrey and its rich and beautiful style is the inspiration for the look and style of this production. Neil Irish’s … [Read more...]