The Ten Commandments – Pulse Fringe Festival, McGintys Pub
The Ten Commandments is a clever concept, perhaps a bit more variety in the format of the sketches would benefit the show but the cast work hard to provide an hours fast paced comedy.
The Ten Commandments is a clever concept, perhaps a bit more variety in the format of the sketches would benefit the show but the cast work hard to provide an hours fast paced comedy.
There are some shows you just have to shrug your shoulders on and just admit they are not for you. Sadly for me The New Wolsey Young Companies latest offering Woyzeck falls into that catergory. While you have to admire the enthusiasm and courage to try something different, the sum of the parts just didn’t…
There are not many Shakespeare plays I haven’t seen over the years but for some reason Measure for Measure has escaped me – until now that is. In his first Shakespearian production as Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre, Michael Attenborough tackles what is seen as one of The Bard’s ‘problem plays’. It may be…
The Bard has been a bit like buses lately, a glut of Hamlets (Tennant, Law, Simms and Kinnear) followed by a rush of King Lears. Sir Ian Mckellen gave us his Lear a couple of years ago, Sir Derek Jacobi is about to play the role at the Donmar and currently at the RSC Greg…
There is always a danger when a show’s publicity machine has ramped up the hype to such a level that expectations will not be met. Ghost Stories advertising material boldly carries a health warning about the show’s extreme terror and advises those of a nervous disposition to stay away. This pre-show tension is further enhanced…
Is a theatre show ever ‘locked down’ or does it develop over time as the cast dig deeper and gain more of an insight into the piece? Theatre practitioners will often tell you that a show is never finished and that it matures over time as the company become more aware of each other’s timing…
Recent productions from Graeae have been somewhat a hit and miss affair. Flower Girls had dramatic potential that was lost in a confusing production while last year’s Snow White never quite hit the mark. Thankfully with Signs of a Star Shaped Diva, Graeae have returned to top form. In this comic and moving piece we…
The Ten Commandments is a clever concept, perhaps a bit more variety in the format of the sketches would benefit the show but the cast work hard to provide an hours fast paced comedy.
A National Theatre of Greece and Cyprus Theatre Organisation production in association with British Theatre company Imitating the dog performed in French – confused? Tales from the Bar of Lost Souls is visually impressive but somewhat confusing. Using a mix of film, mime and a French soundtrack to follow the life of a dying man…
After the glut of Sondheim stagings, concerts and celebrations to mark his 80th birthday last year, Southwark Playhouse has waited until the glut died down to produce Company as their first ever musical. It’s an inspired setting as the bare brick of London Bridge railway arches easily conveys Manhattan loft living. Company really works well…
Those living along the east coast often have a love/hate relationship with the North Sea. On one hand it provides a vital source of income, traditionally through fishing but, nowadays, increasingly through tourism. On the other, for every calm there is a storm just around the corner that can easily claim lives. This complex relationship…
If you think you’ve seen all of Tennessee Williams’ work think again. 27 years after the author’s death the National Theatre stages the London transfer of Northampton Royal & Derngate’s European Premiere of Spring Storm. The play, written in 1937 lay forgotten in papers until its rediscovery in the 1990s but this is the first…
Life is a Cabaret old chum, come to the Cabaret. Sally Bowles has never been to a Cabaret quite like Cabaret Whore though. Four of Cabaret’s most celebrated divas have been brought together on one bill to celebrate the splendours of the art form. Each has their own unique take on Cabaret, each desperately trying…
It’s one of the most hotly anticipated shows in years, has received just as much coverage for the negative reviews online as for the show itself and has split critics down the middle. Andrew Lloyd Webber himself has gone on record to say that people should wait a month before seeing a new musical so…