Thursday, September 13, 2012
Nuffield, Southampton: Tim Crouch's Lear, pared down mainly for primary school audiences - the RSC's fourth show in its Young People's Shakespeare series - becomes the story o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMWednesday, July 18, 2012
Soho Theatre, London: It must be quite stressful to be the one student selected by your drama school to compete against 20 others from comparable drama schools for a major prize in front of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AMMonday, July 9, 2012
Theatre Royal Margate: An eight hander with terrific energy, lots of charm and Olly Fox's beautiful folksy music (no fewer than four fine fiddlers in a talented cast of actor musicians)…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMFriday, June 8, 2012
Unicorn, London: Imagine a show in miniature in which all the conventions are reversed. Backstage is fully on view at the front behind which a story about dealing with grief, bereavement and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMThursday, June 7, 2012
Swan, Stratford-upon-Avon: Inspired by A Winter's Tale, commissioned for The World Shakespeare Festival and intended as an introduction to Shakespeare for two to four year olds, In a Pi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMWednesday, May 30, 2012
Threesixty theatre, Kensington Gardens, London: Spectacle is the star of this show. From the huge wardrobe which rises out of the ground to the atmospheric circular projection, the stilted r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:11AMTuesday, May 29, 2012
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch: This fresh, imaginative new version of Peter Pan is conceived as a game of make believe in Kensington Gardens and makes ingenious use of the Italianate steps and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMTuesday, May 15, 2012
Criterion Theatre, London: This slick, well-planned showcase gives us a nice mix of comedy, tragedy, monologues and some pleasingly paced dialogue. Its 21 items showcases in 60 minutes, the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMMonday, May 14, 2012
Waterloo East Theatre: The first play commissioned by Blackeyed Theatre, was the winner of Pulse, the company's new writing initiative. It tells the story of the troubled, angry relatio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AMWednesday, May 2, 2012
Unicorn, London: Purni Morell, Unicorn's new artistic director, is certainly not short of original programming ideas. The Greeks season of which this play forms half is quite an inspira…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMUnicorn, London: An elegant, witty reworking of a comedy which is nearly (but not quite) a tragedy, Harris's script makes the Philoctetes backstory very clear to young audiences. The gr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMFriday, April 27, 2012
Criterion Theatre: So high is the standard in this enjoyable showcase that even the experts had real difficulty choosing just two students from a base of such strength. And what a joy - so u…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:52PMWednesday, April 25, 2012
Soho, London: The incorporation of acting musicianship students with their 'straight' acting counterparts always makes for a potentially very eclectic and entertaining showcase and…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMMonday, April 16, 2012
Lyric, Hammersmith: Interpreting Julia Donaldson's story about a snail that hitches a lift on a whale's tail as a story within a story about a little girl (Rhiannon Wallace) who ma…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMWednesday, April 4, 2012
Unicorn, London: Captain Crow's teeth are submerged rocks which, occasionally, gleam and flash near a caravan site where Will (Alasdair Hankinson) and his family have spent their holida…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:14PMMonday, April 2, 2012
Fortune Theatre: Some casting directors and agents don't bother to attend showcases of devised work. In this case it is definitely their loss because the range of material and talent wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:44PMMonday, March 19, 2012
Soho Theatre: This showcase comes with an upside and a downside. The framing, unaccompanied chorus numbers - beautifully sung in harmony - are a definite plus. So is the opportunity to see e…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMTuesday, March 13, 2012
Criterion, London: Showcases aren't always good theatre. That isn't, after all, their purpose. But the 28 students in this graduating group, a pretty even male/female split, presen…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMFriday, February 24, 2012
Garrick, London: Barmy Britain is the usual Horrible Histories blend of historical facts (you could be hanged for 160 different crimes in the 17th century and a total of 50,000 people were …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:48PM 
