Author: Mike Whitton

DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol

Bob Kingdom has won considerable acclaim for the one-man shows in which he has created vivid portraits of, amongst others, Truman Capote, Stan Laurel and The Duke of Windsor. However, in Dylan Thomas: Return Journey it quickly becomes clear that he was surely born to play the Swansea boy whose extraordinary capacities as a writer were matched by an equally formidable capacity for self-destruction.

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ELIZABETH I: Virgin on the Ridiculous at The Brewery, Bristol

“After their acclaimed Six Wives of Henry VIII Living Spit are back with another romp through Tudor history. . . There is throughout much rudery, buffoonery and outright absurdity. . . I expected to be amused by Elizabeth I – Virgin on the Ridiculous and I was not disappointed; what came as something of a surprise was how genuinely informative it is. . . . Elizabeth I – Virgin on the Ridiculous is a hoot – go see it.”

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KAFKA’S DICK at Bath Theatre Royal

“Matthew Kelly is splendidly physical in this role, bullying his delicate and hypersensitive son into accepting his bear-like embraces. Amid the far-fetched chaos that ensues Bennett offers some thought-provoking insights on a wide range of topics, particularly our current obsession with biographies that salaciously speculate on the private lives of authors…the best moments of Kafka’s Dick are very funny indeed…”

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LONDON ROAD at the Bristol Old Vic Studio

“…In Nicholas Bone’s production for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School twelve actors play the residents of London Road, ordinary people who have had to come to terms with the knowledge that a serial killer has been living in their street…This is a very entertaining, unusual and thought-provoking production. Strongly recommended.”

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