★★★☆☆ In prospect Rigoletto offers so much: sex, debauchery, murder, love and satire on the ruling classes explored in the working out of a curse. The story in its mechanics is full of delicious ironies, mistaken identities, malice and deceit . . . This is a solid production with a strong cast of voices and a top class orchestra
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★★★★★ Bea Roberts’ freely adapted version of the Hans Christian Andersen story is certainly child friendly and being staged in Bath’s cauldron of creativity that is the Egg, we might be tempted to leave it at that. Yet this is a show that could sit happily on any of our stages. Big in imagination, big in talent and big in ambition,
Read More★★★☆☆ Actors will either understand the style of acting required or they’ll find themselves unprepared by drama school and feel a little naked in terms of technique. All of which brings me to the delight one has in a performer such as Jon Monie, a regular at this time of year (‘by popular demand’) whose performances are as welcome as a hot toddy against the gathering chill outside.
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★★★★★ Once again The Tobacco Factory Theatres are out of the seasonal traps with a huge dollop of comfort and joy for all the family, proving, as if we needed reminding, that it’s not what you show but the way that you show it.
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★★★☆☆ All the ingredients look tasty enough; a talented cast, a director with all the experience one could want and an award-winning playwright. The designer too has a list of credits as long as your arm. And yet … Sadly no yeast was applied to the ingredients and despite a few moments of breezy turnabout, the mixture failed to rise.
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