★★★★☆ This is an expletive-ridden and motor-mouthed dive into the unscrupulous world of real estate agents battling to close deals in the 1980s. It is a look at the salesmen who embody all the most exploitative and seedy tactics inherent to the American Dream. It is a look at the salesmen who embody all the most exploitative and seedy tactics inherent to the American Dream.

★★★☆☆ Caroline’s Kitchen charts the evening of Caroline Mortimer (Caroline Langrishe), renowned TV chef and bulwark of upper middle class aspirational values, as she tries to enjoy a family dinner upon the return of her son.

★★☆☆☆ The Verdict is an archetypal example of a legal procedural with a smattering of dysfunctional-but-endearing male protagonist tropes thrown in. Frank’s a bit of a drunk, he’s separated from his wife, he’s got a sad past but ultimately he knows he has to do the right thing

★★★★☆ Within the continuum of Godot productions, director Paul Milton’s take is certainly a traditional one. The air of this staging is not so much deference though, more an attitude of if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it. The set and set-up go fairly unaltered from their textual outline: the tramps, the tree, the traveller and his slave.

★★★☆☆ It started as a film, before becoming a TV series that itself had a spin-off, a stage musical, and rounded out by a cinematic remake. Selladoor Productions brings the stage version back to the UK with all the leg-warmers and poppy 80s vitality you would expect from the fictionalised attendees of the High School of the Performing Arts.