New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeShould we sympathise with Hayley Carmichael's irascible radio soap star as she risks being axed, or condemn her as she bullies her young vulnerable young lover? As lead characters go, June Buckeridge is an odd one. In the 1965 play by Frank Marcus, she is the leading light of a soft-centred radio soap opera (it is set in Applehurst but it might as well be Ambridge) and is loved by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM on April 26, 2023