Tag: Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

Hattie Briggs in the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

“Hattie Briggs was playing first-up in Corin Hayes’s annual Buzz, Buzz, Buzz celebration of the art of song-writing and acoustic music. She plays nice, simple unpretentious guitar or piano and was, last night, accompanied by a cello, as often as not played pizzicato to provide a bass line. But what is outstanding about Hattie is her voice. It has a rare, pure quality that moves and excites. She is also no mean song-writer. . . I hope she wrote in her diary last night that she had made a dedicated new fan. I liked Hatti Briggs, I liked her a lot.”

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AN EVENING OF DECEPTION at Cheltenham Everyman Studio

” . . . The bulk of the second half was taken up by Peter Clifford whose warm, engaging and self-effacing performance created such a relaxed and happy atmosphere that audience members who would normally dread being called up on stage were almost clammering to be selected. Nearly all of Peter’s tricks were familiar – the interlocking steel rings, the restoring the cut-up rope – in fact all the things I had in my boyhood conjuring set. But Peter brought to each illusion a new and exciting twist. . . “

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SERIOUSLY FUNNY at Cheltenham Playhouse

“. . . Wink Taylor is right in his element playing Kenneth Williams. He is an extraordinary and impressive impressionist and has the voice, mannerisms and persona off to a tee. . . Messrs Taylor and Barton are to be congratulated on SERIOUSLY FUNNY for their writing, insight and performances. Iain Barton’s performance as Hancock was sympathetic and sensitive while Wink Taylor’s Kenneth Williams was almost as good as the real thing.”

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INCLUDE ME OUT at the Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

” . . . Lewis Cowen and the Northgate Theatre Company have recognised and tapped into a rich vein of material with Goldwyn’s life and sayings and their one-man show, Include Me Out, is a fond, respectful and eye-opening tribute to one of Hollywood’s greatest producers. . . . If you have the slightest interest in films or show business in general, this is all riveting stuff . . . This was a good, absorbing and fascinating performance which I thoroughly enjoyed. I would certainly recommend it as a jolly good, intelligent evening’s entertainment.”

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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE at the Everyman, Cheltenham

” . . . All the performances were superlative and impossible to fault. Jonathan Guy Lewis was painful to watch as a man destroying himself and all those around him, craving the respect which he no longer deserves . . . Michael Brandon, as the lawyer Alfieri, tells the story and takes part in the action. He brings a calm authority and sanity to the proceedings but his entreaties are unable to remove Eddie’s finger from the self-destruct button . . . this is a must-see, tour-de-force play with some outstanding performances.”

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