★★☆☆☆ This is the first full length show produced by the team behind the regular Nincompoop nights at the Wardrobe theatre. They describe it as “combination of storytelling and game show with a dark twist”. The show is due at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.
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★★★☆☆ The piece is full of idiosyncratic individuals from the fictional seaside town of Llareggub who guide us through their day. The young players of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School have chosen this much-loved grand old master to showcase their voices and talents during a tour of the West Country, which started at the Backwell Playhouse last night.
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★★★☆☆ The Island is played in the round on a sparse stage set with plain lighting; we feel like voyeurs looking down into the cell. The two actors have nothing to hide behind and thanks to strong performances by both we get a real sense of the relationship between the two prisoners.
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★★★★★ It’s clear that Theatre Témoin have done their research for this piece and are passionate about the themes it tackles. Their program notes and website list the organisations they have collaborated with and include quotes from the homeless and those with mental health issues, and they have organised symposiums around the topics as part of this play’s touring programme.
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★★★★☆ CellarDoor Theatre’s production of the classic horror story Frankenstein opens with a near bare arena. The creature is alone, wrapped like an embryo in the translucent film that hangs from a scaffold frame. It awakens; breathing, writhing and choking. There are no grand machines or lightning strikes; the creature stands, stumbles and falls over and again…
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