HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT on 21st May

★★★☆☆ This is a poetic, optimistic and magical story, set in circumstances that are all too grimly real. It tells the story of a man in his thirties, Jimmy, who has lost his job in Newport and who has very little prospect of finding a new one.

★★★★☆ Through a series of realistically authentic vignettes we see how the effect that sexual pressures have on the young and vulnerable.  Updated contemporary references help underline how confusing the subject continues to be.    

★★★★☆ Baal is the picaresque story concerning the history of a dissolute anti-hero, an outsider who through a particular genius gains a mythical cult status – something which no doubt attracted David Bowie to the role for the BBC production in 1982. . . The show manages to pull off the double hit of being both engrossing and entertaining with consummate artistry by all concerned.  

★★★★★ Not everything is easy to understand, but there is power in ambiguity as the audience is allowed to make up their own mind and not be spoon fed explanations.  Gecko manage to pull off a stunning show, with breath taking dance composition, ingenious stage design and first class acting ability to craft a thrillingly dark, funny and ultimately uplifting piece of modern theatre

★★★★☆ It would be easy to read the play as merely a critique of the South African apartheid regime, but that comfortable option would be to overlook the ever-present dangers that seep out with depressing regularity from the dung pit of far right factions