“…Simon Reade’s exquisite adaption and direction brings out the full human value of a life so carelessly squandered for ‘an example’. …Everything about this production is so achingly perfect. It is bravura storytelling and consummate acting with depth, sensitivity, emotion and a highly developed sense of moral outrage.”
Read More“…The play covers a lot of ground in its one act, all of which adds to the intensity of mood we might expect with a punk theme and director, Rosie Mullin, has done a good in keeping the disparate themes from becoming a jumble…This is an engaging and ambitious play, ideally suited to the Wardrobe Theatre and will help cement the venue’s growing reputation as a place for imaginative theatre…”
Read More“…Jack Dean’s monologue (or poem or play for one – take your pick) is, like Beckett’s Not I, a flow of consciousness. Using classical mythology for its structural timbers it is a lament for the fall of Icarus, for the loss of innocence, for the crushing of aspiration and a dark, frightened gaze into a slightly tongue-in-cheek dystopian future in which the UK has become something of an American supermarket…Dean has a good and expressive voice, the sine qua non of the monologist and without too much bother could turn his show into something quite memorable!
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“…Set at the beginning of the recession, the play does hold out the possibility of an interesting perspective on the subsequent effects of the cupidity and incompetence of the financial sector on people’s lives…all credit must be given for setting up such a venture in unlikely surroundings and providing a raw gem which given a little polishing could yet sparkle.”
Read MoreThriller – Live is more than just a simple tribute act, it is a highly charged complete show. Inevitably we have the potted chronology starting with the Jackson Five, which leads into a few of those early numbers like I...
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