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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“. . . This production is peppered with some titanic performances, notably Cory English’s full-on portrayal of the deeply amoral producer Max Bialystock and David Bedella’s splendidly vain Roger de Bris. Phill Jupitus’s very solid pigeon-fancying old ‘Jerry’ Franz Liebkind got some belly laughs as did Louie Spence’s ultimately camp Carmen Ghia, while the very leggy Tiffany Graves’ Ulla impressed with high kicks and splits . . . Cory English literally physically threw himself into this performance as Max. If he had any gaskets left to blow at the end of the night I’d be surprised and impressed. . . “
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“This compassionate and delightful romantic comedy from the Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Oscar-winning author of Doubt will win many hearts. The great appeal in John Patrick Shanley’s play lies in one woman’s fight to overcome spectres of isolation and barrenness by staring down what stands in her path, and in its final message of tender reconciliation . . . Set in rural Ireland, Outside Mullingar is, at heart, an essay on the redeeming qualities of love and forgiveness . . . “
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