Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning To KIll a Mockingbird is said to be the most widely read book dealing with race in America, and since its publication in 1960 it has become a classic of modern American literature. But Academy Award and Emmy-winning screenwriter, director and…
There is no better way to celebrate the Lyceum’s 60 years of Chekhov than with this beautiful production, directed by the theatre’s new artistic director James Brining. If this is a taste of what he has to offer we have a lot to look forward…
I have had a lifelong love of theatre. And for the last 15 years one performer has been at the top of my list of favourites…Joey, the star of War Horse! Of course, he is only there because of the amazing award-winning Handspring Puppet Company…
Those of us who saw the 2024 version of Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller on Netflix will no doubt remember the beautiful Italian locations. So you’ll be disappointed to know that there isn’t even a Mediterranean-type backdrop in this adaptation by director Mark Leipacher. Instead, banks…
Although folk tales about Tevye the milkman first appeared at the beginning of the last century, the message they carry couldn’t be more timely. For Fiddler on the Roof is about Jews being persecuted in Ukraine or, as it was then, tsarist Russia. So while…
As a theatre reviewer I’m ashamed to say I’ve never seen Guys and Dolls. But the well known critic sitting next to me, who was able to compare this new show with the many versions he had seen, applauded enthusiastically, shouted bravo on several occasions…
This morning I decided to try out one of the Free Fringe shows, where performers are totally reliant on the kindness of strangers to pay for their venue and accommodation. Azalea Slade’s audience members weren’t strangers for very long, however, as she cajoled them into…
When Antonio Forcione first came to the UK from Italy he used to busk in London. Now he’s an award-winning guitarist and composer who has played with Paul McCartney and is performing elsewhere in the Fringe with Willem Dafoe’s wife. He hasn’t been around for…
So I am wondering just how this production manages to bring in its set and dismantle it in 10 minutes! The miniscule stage is chockablock with the equipment you’d find on a spacecraft, and when that spacecraft begins to fail the two astronauts stick duct…
With well over 3,000 productions to choose from, seeing two shows by the same actor is a bit of an indulgence. But indulge myself I did after seeing Sam Blythe’s stand-out performance in Method in My Madness. As I left the auditorium I was already…