★★★★☆ Plunged into a long sleepless night of self-reflection, Lewis is ‘visited’ by three generations of male forebears each bearing harrowing chapters from a story that climbs from the privations of slavery and a harrowing lynching to drunkenness and early death from drug overdose.
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★★★★★ After welcoming the audience personally at the door and offering everyone a cup of tea and a hobnob biscuit, Lockyer begins his story. He was a successful actor for the RSC, playing Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at Stratford. He had some hours to kill before a performance.
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★★★★☆ A hit when it was released in 1988, the original American comedy drama road movie won four Oscars, one going to Dustin Hoffman for his portrayal of the autistic savant Raymond Babbitt. In this revival of Dan Gordon’s stage adaptation of Barry Morrow’s screenplay, there is virtually no actual ‘road’ . . .
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★★★★☆ Star Flower is Whispering Woods’ new show – this time featuring Nina Bambrey and her creative performance partner Rory Bennett, who explore a dreamlike journey, a compassionate shared adventure, using aerial acrobatics, circus, dance and puppetry within a theatre environment.
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★★★★☆ Working in the round, between four of the supporting columns that hold the old factory aloft, the Borrower family do their best to live their lives under the thunderous footsteps of the human ‘beans’ above them. . . The play’s lightly addressed message of tolerance, kindness and resilience, no matter what size you are, seems a very suitable Christmas takeaway.
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