Problems in Wonderland
Two short plays, three people, each with a cloud hanging over them. Three icons of the literary world featured in these short glimpses into their private lives. Each with a…
Two short plays, three people, each with a cloud hanging over them. Three icons of the literary world featured in these short glimpses into their private lives. Each with a…
For the most romantic time, Cyrano dressed in modern rhyme. James McAvoy is dazzling. ★★★★★The Playhouse Theatre, until 3 Feb 2020.Posted in Theatre
Henry VI is not a play I’ve seen often, usually skipping from the previous Henry plays to Richard III without passing go.But the new production at the Sam Wanamaker Theatre…
Girl Power Posted on August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 by mcreighton A day out at Stratford-upon-Avon to see a couple of Restoration plays at the Swan RSC Theatre and, surprisingly (to me at…
There have been plenty of plays where women have taken the roles usually played by male actors. Legends Sarah Siddons (in the 18th century) and Sarah Bernhardt (in the 19th…
Roger Allam is an actor worth seeing. When it was announced he would be playing the Edwardian patriarch at the centre of a glass manufacturing dynasty in this revival of…