Review: THE DEEP BLUE SEA at The Ustinov Studio, Bath
Tamsin Greig’s visceral portrayal of a woman looking into an emotional abyss is exceptional. ★★★★★
Tamsin Greig’s visceral portrayal of a woman looking into an emotional abyss is exceptional. ★★★★★
A play which touches on fascinating topics but never quite transports the audience into its imagined world. ★★★☆☆
Frantic, frenzied and farcical fun. ★★★★☆
Emma Rice’s sparkling stage adaptation and direction creates a stirring and heart-lifting production ★★★★★
Despina’s entreaties for women to realise pleasure for themselves is the curved ball in this otherwise very male experiment. ★★★★☆
Soap Soup Theatre, a leading theatre-maker for families in Bristol, have launched a Crowdfunder to bring Minny Stynker, their brand-new project, to children with long-term health conditions across the Southwest.
Tackling fundamental questions that face any actor – What makes performance better? How do I create a space for my character to live in?
For non-actors, this book offers a window on the actor’s art; for the actor both an interrogation and a call-to-arms from a director whose passion for the theatre has clearly never dimmed.
In this 1st Folio Quatercentenary year, it is appropriate that we should be reminded that The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, and Macbeth are just some of the plays that were only preserved thanks to the astounding labour of love that went into creating the first collection. Reviewed by Andrew Hilton
“We will make a theatre which is for our whole community. Not a passive place but one of activism."