★★★★★ The National are at it again; knocking out a huge crowd pleaser with international appeal and bringing it home skipping as light on its feet as ever for a return national tour. I first reviewed the production a couple of years ago when it was stretching its legs at the Bristol Hippodrome. My original assessment after last night’s viewing has not changed
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★★★★☆ This is comedy of manners toughened up for the twenty first century. The tone is set by Jean Chan’s bleak modernist set against which, like animals pacing out their neuroses in an old fashioned zoo, the characters are paraded for our amusement . . . The Ustinov has done it again in presenting us with outstanding European theatre that deserves and ought to get, wider public recognition.
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★★★★★ Doing the classics can be a bit like navigating a minefield laid out by the keepers of the culture: deviate from the path of authenticity and woe betide you. Approaching without reverence on the other hand, can have an effect equivalent to a cold shower – invigorating, getting the blood circulating to parts otherwise in danger of atrophy.
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★★★☆☆ Daniel Jameson’s current offering is a morality play. The moral is a simple one: a suspicious mind can eagerly twist innocuous and innocent behaviour into something nefarious, so don’t judge on supposition. It is the mindset of the conspiracy theorist – if you look for harm you will find it.
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★★★★★ With Bourne’s work cresting with his current production of Red Shoes, following his stunningly successful interpretation of Sleeping Beauty, it feels entirely appropriate to revisit the original crystals sparkling in the crucible of Bourne’s modus operandi.
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