Hampstead; Duke of York's; Almeida, LondonRunners surge endlessly along a white beach, and it is this victorious image, from the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, that continues to blaze in the mind. Surely this could not work in the theatre? It seemed, in advance, foolish even to be attempting to squeeze Hugh Hudson and Colin Welland's cinematic masterpiece into a play. But if director Edward Hall was ever daunted there i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10PM on May 26, 2012