“Exit, pursued by a bear,” was what came to mind at the end of the very opening scene – and this production of The Hound of the Baskervilles pulls it off even better than some productions of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, from which that stage direction derives. The ‘hound’ of the show’s title is more of a mythical being than an actual small hunting dog, and this production makes no attempt at visualising it, relying instead on a combination of characters’ fears and some decent sound … [Read more...]
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Absent Friends – OnBookTheatre – OSO Arts Centre
Snobs and high brows may dismiss Ayckbourn as a mere lightweight, light entertainer of suburbia an ache bore, you might say, but for me, he is England’s Chekhov as well as being our most prolific - he’s written 89 plays and still going - and most undervalued and scandalously under estimated contemporary dramatists. But in a week that has seen the death of Martin Amis, another victim of England’s penchant for cutting down tall poppies, that shouldn’t surprise us. But as Amis so wittily put … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Sunita! at Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch
You know those plays where a major family occasion occurs, such as a funeral, a wedding, or a milestone birthday, and various people who haven’t seen each other in years if not decades suddenly find themselves spending a lot of time with one another? Sooner if not later, the penny drops and they realise quite why they’ve avoided having anything to do with each other for so long (to put it mildly, they don’t get along) but various proverbial skeletons in proverbial closets make their appearance … [Read more...]
GODZ at The Brighton Spiegeltent
Melbourne-based Head First Acrobats have arrived at this year’s Brighton Fringe with an adults-only only mix of story-telling, physical prowess and often hilarious circus skills. The plot, such as it is, provides a sneak peek into the lives of the Gods on Mount Olympus in Ancient Times. We follow Hercules, God of Strength, as he moves from demi-god to his rightful place: eating ambrosia with Cupid, God of Love, and Dionysus, God of Wine! But if I were you, just forget the plot and marvel at the … [Read more...]
The Whistling Kite at the Hen and Chickens Theatre Bar
Above the Hen and Chicken Theatre Bar, Elle Robertson-Phillips performs a new kind of times-up tale. In the one-woman show The Whistling Kite you are given a dynamic performance from Elle. The show takes place entirely in an appointment with a therapist who is only referred to as David. He is presumed to be sitting across from her, where the audience is. Elle appears to be a ‘fleabagesque’ characterization of the ‘messy woman’ archetype. It’s hilarious but intentionally depressing. She … [Read more...]