Review: STONES IN HIS POCKETS, Salisbury Playhouse
by Cheryl Markosky - October 03, 2024
The Irish are renowned for good story telling. From James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett and George Bernard Shaw, to simply a good yarn over a pint in a pub. In a long line of cracking good tales, you couldn't get much better than the new immersive revival of Marie Jones' tragi-comedy Stones in ...
Review: MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL, Mercury Theatre
by Jess Ashley - September 30, 2024
“In death we are the same” – a phrase which Kelly Jones’ captivating play (…within a play… within a play) beautifully dissects. My Mother’s Funeral: The Show was first developed by Jones through the Mercury Theatre’s Playwrights Development Programme, before being picked up through an open call by P...
Review: THE KING'S SPEECH, Watermill Theatre
by Mica Blackwell - September 30, 2024
The King's Speech achieves something other screen to stage adaptations struggle with: staying true to the spirit while feeling like its own entity. Anchored by a still compelling script and captivating lead duo, the Watermill's production is a beautiful tribute to David Seidler's magnum opus....
Review: WAR HORSE, The Lowry
by Sarah OHara - September 25, 2024
More than 17 years since its onstage premiere, The National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse is providing yet another unforgettable theatrical experience for audiences on its current UK and Ireland tour....
Film Review: THE CRITIC
by Cindy Marcolina - September 09, 2024
The Irish writer Brendan Behan described critics as “eunuchs in a harem; they know how it’s done, they’ve seen it done every day, but they’re unable to do it themselves”. Quite a damning characterisation. Anand Tucker introduces an ageing critic, Jimmy Erskine, whose name and ruthlessness are the st...
Review: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - August 12, 2024
If you're after certainty, then you should certainly steer clear of the revival of Harold Pinter's unsettling The Birthday Party at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath. However, if you're up for an intriguing evening of comic surrealism mixed with creepy horror – think the Coen brothers meet Wes ...
Review: PERICLES, Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
by Debbie Gilpin - August 08, 2024
'‘Tis time to fear when tyrants seems to kiss.” It’s true that most of Shakespeare’s most well-known works remain perpetually relevant, particularly in the difficult times that continue to afflict populations worldwide, but sometimes it’s worth shuffling the pack and pulling out a lesser played work...