The route from film to stage is now a well-established one but, for The King’s Speech, the journey is slightly more complex. Originally written as a stage play, it was never produced but instead jumped straight to the big screen. Following the huge success of the film, the journey has now gone full-circle with the…
Back in October 2011 I reviewed Chichester Festival Theatre’s sell out production of Sweeney Todd. It was clear then that this show was destined for a life beyond its Sussex run; the star casting of Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton just one clue to its future potential. As widely predicted the show has now landed…
Beware the quiet ones. The most chilling and dark murderers tend to be those you would never suspect and, in Jonathan Kent’s sublime revival of Sondheim’s Gothic opera, Sweeney Todd, the demon barber journeys from the everyday to maniacal with alarming quiet. Sondheim’s darkest musical takes a look at a wronged barber who quietly plots…