Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tobacco Factory, BristolHistory can be a slippery old business. It's not just the contrasting versions of the past, but a question of how we relate to the big events and key dates. These iss…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:44PMWednesday, May 11, 2011
Bristol HarboursideIn the bustle of the harbour, two figures face each other across 500 metres of water, enacting a semaphore soap opera. Between 11am and 1pm each day, they communicate sile…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45PMSunday, May 8, 2011
Torch, Milford HavenIn the programme notes, writer Lawrence Allen describes dementia as "a foreign country", and it's this idea that shapes his 2005 drama about a woman slipping into somethi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMTuesday, May 3, 2011
Chapter, CardiffA woman plays violin on a neat lawn and the decorous strains of English Country Garden fill the air. Then she stops to spit mouthfuls of water across the stage. So begins Wak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45PMTuesday, April 26, 2011
Bike Shed, ExeterIf ever a performance space was made for Pinter's menacing and hilarious early one-act play, the subterranean Bike Shed is it. Stiflingly warm on a balmy evening, the window…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMTen short tales with the theme of love worked hard and fast to flesh out their charactersA clutch of writers and 10 short tales made up yesterday's Afternoon Play (Radio 4). The theme was lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMTuesday, April 19, 2011
Omid Djalili tells Joan Bakewell his fascinating life story and explains why his comedy routine can be offensiveWhat a fine fellow Omid Djalili sounded on Belief (Radio 3). Articulate and en…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMFriday, April 15, 2011
Chapter, CardiffIan Rowlands's new play, set on trains and buses across a "small country", certainly captures the feel of a long journey on public transport. There's anticipation, frustratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:43PMTuesday, April 5, 2011
Tobacco Factory, BristolFrom the opening moments, cordially announced by a violin and piano, there's an air of restraint about Andrew Hilton's approach to Shakespeare's early, and rather boi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMTuesday, March 22, 2011
Aberystwyth Arts CentreWhat a vexing novel this is for anyone adapting it for the stage. Richly written and doused with passions that simmer for decades, Emily Brontë's novel is a gift and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMWednesday, March 16, 2011
New Theatre, CardiffFrom the opening moment of this exhilarating co-production between Clwyd Theatr Cymru, the New Wolsey Theatre and Salisbury Playhouse, you know you're in confident, chari…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45PMThursday, March 10, 2011
Torch, Milford HavenParallel worlds shape the content of this new show from NoFit State, in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, but they also sum up its challenges. Can you blend cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:40PMThursday, March 3, 2011
Exeter PhoenixThe themes in this new show from Theatre Alibi are hefty, with their focus on the horrors of war, an artist's responsibility for the consequences of a creation, and the human s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PMThursday, February 24, 2011
Barbican, PlymouthFor its inaugural Flourish festival, showcasing the work of fledgling theatre companies in the south-west, Plymouth's Barbican is dedicating its main space on Friday nights…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:59PMTuesday, February 22, 2011
Tobacco Factory, BristolShakespeare's greatest plays have a knack of being timeless and yet thrillingly topical, too. So it is with Andrew Hilton's commanding production of Richard II, which…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:20PMMonday, February 7, 2011
Bike Shed, ExeterIt's the end of the world in Neil Bebber's new play, as an approaching asteroid will soon make smithereens of the Earth. Meanwhile, Bebber shows us how three couples – nei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:10PMThursday, January 13, 2011
The Brewery, BristolDylan Thomas's 1954 radio play is suffused with voices articulating their dreams and desires in "lulled and dumbfound" Llareggub, the fictional Welsh village that spells …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01PMWednesday, January 5, 2011
Tobacco Factory, BristolIn the foyer before the show, all talk is of how they will "do" the nose. It's testimony to Andy Burden's wonderfully spirited production of Carlo Collodi's fairytale…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45PMFriday, December 17, 2010
The Egg, BathThe Egg's modest size and fun, curvy lines make this a great venue for children's theatre. You see the value of this intimacy from the first moments of Lee Lyford's exubera…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMMonday, November 22, 2010
The Provincial, CardiffSherman Cymru has relocated to a temporary venue for its production of Shakespeare's "problem" comedy, while its own building is closed for redevelopment. And what an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM 
