★★☆☆☆ Shaun Richie was perfectly cast and entirely convincing in a not terribly demanding role which played to his strengths, allowing his comic timing to supplement his dramatic interventions . . . There were moments of genuine horror in set pieces when the audience physically shuddered
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★★★★★ Following successful seasons in London and Bristol Pink Mist returns to BOV before embarking on a UK tour. Authentic voices resound throughout the piece, testament to Owen Sheers’ interviews with returning servicemen and their families. His crisp dynamic verse is complemented by precision stylised movement as it takes us from a homespun Bristol with numerous local references to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.
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Is the spoken word a gift or a curse? Does it allow us to richly articulate our innermost thoughts, feelings and emotions, or does it mask what we really think? Lemons… is based on the premise that the government introduces a draconian law limiting everyone to using only 140 words a day.
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Danny is a frustrated, thoughtful, charming young man, and over the course of an hour we learn a lot more about him than meets the eye and, more pertinently, much more than he would imagine anyone would care about. He has a mum and some mates, but what he really wants, is someone to take an interest in him and help him make sense of his place in the world . . . Danny may not yet be a champ, but the play is a knockout.
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The Pretend Men present a phrenetic pastiche of American 1970s TV cop shows in a cinematic, physical theatre production, squeezed into just over an hour. The scenario is a familiar one; genuine, honest Jimmy Johnson is determined to avenge his brother’s death by taking on the bad guys with the help of a renegade cop coaxed out of retirement for one last chance at redemption. Along the way we meet parodies of world-weary Police sergeants, wise cracking barmen and assorted low life . . .
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