Author: Michael Hasted

ERIK SATIE: MEMOIRS OF A PEAR SHAPED LIFE at the Parabola Theatre, Cheltenham

Part of the CHELTENHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL. Satie was a true eccentric who meticulously catalogued his life and thoughts in words and so it was an easy, and maybe obvious, choice to combine the writings with the music. Meurig Bowen who devised and wrote the show took us chronologically through the composer’s life and times and the presentation was itself, befittingly, a little eccentric.

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MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION on tour

Like The Importance of Being Earnest, Mrs Warren’s Profession is a play about the social mores of its day but while Wilde is, on the surface, frivolous, Shaw has larger fish to fry than whether cucumber sandwiches should have their crusts cut off. . . This production addresses important issues but addresses them in a way that is palatable and very entertaining with some outstanding performances.

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Emily Woodward star of MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION

Emily Woodward is appearing in the Cheltenham Everyman production of George Bernard Shaw’s MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION. In this exclusive interview she talks to Michael Hasted about her role in the play and about being a member of a distinguished theatrical family.

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