★★★☆☆ Last year would have been Cornish playwright Nick Darke’s 70th birthday. Sadly, he died in 2005, but his works, particularly his plays produced by Kneehigh Theatre in the 1990s, which chimed so closely with their anti-establishment Kernow roots, have become iconic illustrations of Cornish life, Cornish politics.
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★★★★☆ In Louis de Bernières’ epic tale of love and war set in the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, he seeks to make the social every bit as important as the political history. Within the grand sweep of military operations are the lives of ordinary people caught up . . . .
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★★★★☆ What astonishes most about this RSC production of the well-known Roald Dahl story are the razor-sharp performances given by the children in the cast. Tonight, it was Olivia Juno Cleverley’s turn in the spotlight, in her debut professional role as Matilda.
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Joyce El-Khoury’s visceral performance as a scorned Elizabeth I provided the flame throughout this WNO production of Donizetti’s dark tale of unrequited love, jealously and pride. El-Khoury raged across the stage, portrayed as a lethal spider at the centre of her own web.
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★★★★☆ People singing about shoes? Not a particularly auspicious subject for a night’s entertainment you might think. But following a sluggish start, Kinky Boots tears off the humdrum and delivers a mad musical, peeling away prejudice while serving up a thunderingly good time.
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