17 stories by "Tom Evans"
Reverend Production's Nerve, playing in a double bill with Jekyll and Hyde at The Greenwich Theatre, is a show that seems to lose its way at times, yet intermittently good writing and some s…
Concerning the lives of two Nigerian toilet attendants working at the fictional but oh-so-familiar 'Club Paradise', Counting Stars is an intriguing, thought provoking and funny production. R…
A peculiar sort of show, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall concerns the story of (one) Hans Pfaall and his endeavour to reach the moon in a hot air balloon. This production is ch…
The final show to be staged at this incarnation of the Union Theatre, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright is a truly quality production that showcases a fine array of talent …
Concerning the true story of the last man to stand trial in England in the 1800s for blasphemy, John Osbourne’s A Subject of Scandal and Concern is an hour-long examination of the inca…
For those who are unaware, Iphigenia in Aulis is a Greek tragedy by Euripides concerning the sacrifice of the princess Iphigenia by her father King Agamemnon (spoiler alert: of Troy-conqueri…
Fables For A Boy at the Lost Theatre is, according to the programme, “A Different Kind Of Musical”. Whilst I confess that I’ve not seen that much like it at the theatre bef…
‘Twas a month before Christmas, when in some theatrical place, a man put on a dress and an inch of make-up on his face. It is, without a doubt, a singularly peculiar custom. If you…
I am filled with admiration when watching how the relationships between men and women functioned in the time before colour television. It must have been indescribably difficult for the w…
Following the trials and tribulations of the eponymous Stick Man, this hour-long performance at Leicester Square Theatre is a good shout for those with young children. The Stick Man is a pup…
At some point, all of us will find ourselves languishing in the waiting department of A&E, six hours and thirty coffees away from bellowing at some poor nurse. As a nation we seem perfec…
There are moments of brilliance in Empty Vessels and moments that… aren’t so brilliant. Leaving the Rosemary Branch Theatre after this hour and half long performance, I felt a to…
Twelfth Night at the Rose Playhouse is a classic example of what you can achieve with a small budget, good direction and some talented actors. In this bare-bones production of one of Shakesp…
Take the plot of Glengarry Glenross, fast forward 25 years and change slightly the commodities being fought over (bonds instead of property), and you’ll have a good idea of what happen…
I was 11 in 2001, and I vaguely remember headlines at the time about the foot and mouth crisis. Despite the fact that I’m from West Country rural Dorset, it always seemed like it was s…
Speak to 95 percent of actors and they’ll tell you that improvisational theatre is the one of the most difficult forms to do well. It’s incredibly tricky to sustain the drama of …
When Jim Leonard was an English major at Hanover College in the late seventies, where I was running a one man theatre department, he responded to a request I issued for “extras” …
