★★★★★ Sometimes you see a play and you feel bad for the cast because the audience is so small. This is one of those nights; when you wish you could grab people off the street and cram them into this little performance space because this is a story that deserves to be told. This is perfect modern theatre, unafraid to shy away from difficult conversations about dreadful things going on in the real world.
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★★★★☆ The notion of a one-person show can go either way. When I’m looking for ideas for a show to see, I usually prefer something with more than one person on stage – I like a bit of dialogue; the way two or more people play off each other. However, I had faith in Bea Roberts. Having seen last year’s excellent and memorable And Then Come the Nightjars, I knew that she could write something that would hold a room in thrall
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Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Scrooge, and I suppose when it comes to Christmas theatre, I can become a bit Scrooge-y; I have no patience for pantomime – give me a nice true-to-the-book adaptation of A Christmas Carol, and I’ll be happy, but try throwing in some ‘O, yes, you did’, ‘O, no, I didn’t!’ banter and I’m out of there.
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John Betjeman always feels like a safe pair of hands. His poems flow, seemingly classic in style, but then broken up by a little twist of humour. Sand in the Sandwiches echoes his poetry – nostalgic without being twee and sentimental, and dashed through with moments of laughter. Hugh Whitmore has written the play to celebrate the life of Betjeman, and he’s judged it perfectly – managing to honour the Poet Laureate without placing him on a pedestal . . .
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Amidst all the furore of indecency and scandal which surround the history of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, the romantic element of this story is often ignored or forgotten. This play chooses to emphasise that this is a love story, and Hedydd Dylan and Jonah Russell as Lady Chatterley and Oliver Mellors have a very tender on-stage chemistry . . . if you fancy an interesting retelling of a classic story, you’ll certainly enjoy this.
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