Author: Simon Bishop

Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936 at Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Posted by Simon Bishop | 27 Sep 2023

★★★★☆ Tracy-Ann Oberman is likely to be in her career-defining role as the first female in the role of the money-lender.

Review: BINGO AT TIFFANY’S WITH AUDREY HEARTBURN at Tobacco Factory Theatres

Posted by Simon Bishop | 16 Sep 2023

★★★★☆ Any lingering reticence in the audience was effectively blown away by the exuberant madness taking place before it.

Review: ABIGAIL’S PARTY at Bath Theatre Royal

Posted by Simon Bishop | 18 Jul 2023

★★★☆☆ All Leigh’s plays and films have, at one level or another, dealt with the tension between conforming or being your true self, between following the rules or breaking them

Review: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN at Great Eastern Hall, SS Great Britain

Posted by Simon Bishop | 5 Jul 2023

★★★★★ Director Lucy Bradley’s vision for the piece has injected this ‘Dutchman’ with a searing new relevance – a contemporary take on our ideas of state, home and those seeking shelter.