Anita Dobson, beloved by many for her appearances as Angie Watts in EastEnders and in Strictly Come Dancing stole the night with her hilarious entrance as the bedraggled, soaked and much-duped mother of the very naughty Tony. Michael Pennington seethed nicely throughout as Mr Hardcastle, and a very chirpy Catherine Steadman as Kate connived effectively to win her somewhat dubious (you’d have to say) man.
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Originally commissioned and broadcast as part of BBC Radio 4’s More Than Words listening festival in 2012, Owen Sheers’ uncompromising piece about three young men from Bristol who enlist in the army, and the ensuing price they and their partners and relatives pay for that decision explodes onto the Bristol Old Vic stage with a young cast on top of its game. This is a tour-de-force worth catching, and surely the antidote of antidotes to all war games-style army adverts.
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The Bath audience greeted Suchet’s entrance with warm applause. By the end they clapped long enough for repeated sweeps to the front of the stage with the entire cast and a final triumphant solo pose and flourish. A long run starting in London later this month at the Vaudeville Theatre looks likely.
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Hereford might seem an unlikely setting for a revival of Jacques Brel’s work, but thanks to resident singer Tim Brown, who hails originally from New Jersey, alongside singers Alison and Steve Allan, pianist Jon Weller and flautist Esther Kay, a two-set cabaret revue of 20 of Brel’s chansons, using Mort Shuman and Eric Blau’s 1968 English adaptations and translations, makes for a pleasant surprise package at the intimate Alma Tavern Theatre in Bristol.
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Sometimes it is worth studying the qualities of a logo. It can sometimes tell you more about the soul of an artistic production than anything else. The new Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games emblem glints like a metallic nameplate that wouldn’t look out of place on the bonnet of a Chevy or Buick truck – hard-edged, shiny and macho.
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