★★★★★ It’s clear that Theatre Témoin have done their research for this piece and are passionate about the themes it tackles. Their program notes and website list the organisations they have collaborated with and include quotes from the homeless and those with mental health issues, and they have organised symposiums around the topics as part of this play’s touring programme.
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★★★★★ Most enthusiastic Shakespeare fans are familiar with The Reduced Shakespeare Company by this point. Their fast-paced skit-based pastiches of Shakespeare and other major literary figures have been delivered since the late 80s with pleasing consistency . . .
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★★★★★ Visually the performance has been called ‘a cross between a Beckett play and a Monty Python sketch’ and certainly the Beckett comparison rings true – think Happy Days, where Winnie is buried to her waist and neck in a mound of earth, or That Time, where the character sits silently and his own voice is heard recalling his past . . . A must-see!
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★★★★★ In the interval, I thought that To Sir, With Love was going to remain as a fine, if unmemorable show for the remainder of its running time. But the first half was secretly masterful, as it deftly set up a second half that (repeatedly, I’m unafraid to admit) left me in tears, warmed and surprised. What a production this was . . . the emotional power of the show bests that of any other show this year..
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★★★★★ Luke Wright is a swaggering fop (and I mean that as a compliment). His clothes are a modern take on the threads of a Georgian dandy and he’s tall, but it’s not this that makes his presence too big for this small stage. He’s a poet, but his show isn’t a traditional poetry reading, where an anxious wordsmith shares sheaves of earnest verse.
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