★★★☆☆ We are first introduced to Gus and Ben, two hit men, as they lounge around on two beds in a basement. There is a pause. A rather long pause. This is to be expected, because after all it is Pinter, although the production avoids the temptation to overdo them. The characters are gradually introduced through a series of physical comedic moves.
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★★★★★ Dazzling theatricality will always win the day if combined with great pace and energy and The Lion King has it in abundance, with sharp as a razor scene changes. At the finale the audience rose as one and roared their approval. The latest version of The Lion King roars again.
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★★★☆☆ Told by Nell and Oscar the action rolls over a 400 year period, with each character popping up on the same Dorset beach. Annabel Baldwin as Oscar is a recent graduate, bounding around in a puppy like state; a would-be poet and swimmer . . .
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★★★★★ Unicorns, Almost tells the story of Keith Douglas, an almost unknown poet who fought on the Western desert as a tank commander and was killed three days after the D-Day landings aged just 24 . . . packs a punch as heavy as a kitbag and we learn that there is more to be said about war after all.
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★★★★☆ Summer Rolls, like the dish, reveals more than is suggested at first bite. It is in fact a fascinating insight into a family’s struggles with identity. Although the themes covered are ambitious, it is fantastic that the voice of the Vietnamese community is at last heard in UK theatres.
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