As I have written elsewhere, Bristolians are well served for theatre. Balletomanes fare less well and must devour what crumbs come their way and be thankful. Last night the Redgrave Theatre (a gem of a place if ever there was) played host to the graduates of the Central School of Ballet whose touring arm, Ballet Central, performed what could almost be described as a guide to dance for anybody unfamiliar with the medium.
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Chicago uses the same kinds of provocative dance moves that Bob Fosse used in the night club sequences of Cabaret. Where some lesser musicals leave you wanting the numbers to stop and the action to continue, in Chicago the music and wonderfully choreographed dance numbers are the driving force and leave you wanting more and more . . . This is a show fizzing with sexual energy and some standout performances, but above all a number of very slick and provocative ensemble routines delivered with wit and sophistication.
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Travelling Light brings us theatre at its most raw, most basic, most creative. No smoke and mirrors, just light and music…and fine acting. It sucks the goodness out of story and myth, and reforms it in theatrical form. TÍr na n’Óg in Irish mythology is a kind of Never Never Land which exists in ancient mounds or under the sea . . . Invention doesn’t get better than this.
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Samuel West swishes around the stage, comfortably at home in a silk dressing gown. Under Stephen Unwin’s direction he keeps the play bubbling along, never letting the ball drop in the perpetual, sophisticated, verbal tennis that characterizes a Coward play. Mr West shows us a light touch without being vapid. Full of his own self-importance, with just enough self-doubt to keep him human, the attitudes and poses are all characteristically and recognizably Coward . . . The supporting cast all add their own touch of gloss to a show which does great service to the wit of ‘The Master’ and has that elusive quality of ‘style’.
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If one may make so bold as to remark that Ms Delaneuf lends a certain glamour to the discipline she embellishes by her participation I do no more than convey an evident truth. We were struck, for example, by her willingness to remove all her clothing, save for the barest minimum acceptable to defend modesty . . . The talk is highly recommended to any and all seekers of knowledge (however disturbing may be the truth) and whose horizons will surely be expanded in the company of this singular lady.
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