“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.”
Read More“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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This imaginative interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s most problematic plays is well worth...
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“…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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“…takes us back to Cambridge in 1896. Girton College has been the first to admit women students, but though they are permitted to study they are not necessarily welcome at lectures and they do not have the right to graduate…BLUE STOCKINGS is full of astonishing information about the prejudices women had to overcome in the past, but it also serves to remind us that inequalities remain. Go see it. You will be entertained – and educated!”
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