★★★★☆ The somewhat gloomy title of his play belies the optimism and resilience that sits at the heart of this African road trip to freedom. The story puts a human face to that difficult land of western imagination that lies between ‘economic migrant’ and ‘’refugee’.
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The new theatre will allow a wider diversity of plays and entertainments to be both produced ‘in house’ or received from touring companies. Artistic director, Mike Tweddle is keen to establish working relationships with other theatres having similar programmes of work . . .
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★★★☆☆ The play consists of interlinked monologues by three generations of Irish women bound together not merely by the love found in familial ties, but also by hardship and fortune. This is not a dysfunctional family, quite the opposite, yet each woman faces challenging circumstances not entirely of their own making.
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LA CENERENTOLA ★★★★☆
Rossini’s fabulous crescendos and Ferretti’s witty onomatopoeic texts were further amplified in this version of the age-old tale with Disneyesque colour from designer Joan Guillén that would not have looked out of place in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory . . .
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★★★★☆ The production is conceived as a communal trip, an Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, with a bunch of late-sixties hedonists deciding to ‘do’ the play somebody had left lying around. It is a clever device, which nicely sets up the inspired pick ‘n’ mix casting. The resulting ‘trip’ delivers a burlesque on love, desire, gender-identity, class and self-deceit.
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