★★★☆☆ The mixture of humour and brutal honesty created some inspired moments that stood out, and showed the strength of their creative vision. Using a coffin as a centrepiece that functioned as storage and a versatile prop itself, seeing what would appear next or how it would be contorted was rather intriguing.
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★★★★☆ Harrisson greets the audience as they enter and straightaway we get the impression that this is a personal story. He seems an affable, friendly chap. The sort of guy you might want to have a drink with; he smiles as he starts to tell you his tale: “I’m gonna tell you a story of a land that used to be…”
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★★★★☆ Without words the actors explore the aftermath of loss with acute observations of body language and memory. In a final act of love, the deceased partner returns, in spirit, in an attempt to free her surviving soul mate from the grip of nostalgia – a highly sensitive piece that left some in the audience wet-faced by the end.
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★★★★☆ This one will no doubt be familiar to many theatre-goers . . . Private Lives is his esteemed comedy of manners concerning a pair of divorcees who happen to run into each other on their second honeymoons. The play is one of his most polished pieces in terms of its venomous repartee and acutely risqué wit.
Read More★★★★★ Physical theatre performed this well is rarely seen and when combined with breath-taking originality, theatrical verve and laugh aloud wit, the production delivers a stunning assault on the senses. Gecko Theatre’s artistic director Amit Lehav believes in allowing productions time to grow and his shows have a long gestation period.
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★★★☆☆ In prospect Rigoletto offers so much: sex, debauchery, murder, love and satire on the ruling classes explored in the working out of a curse. The story in its mechanics is full of delicious ironies, mistaken identities, malice and deceit . . . This is a solid production with a strong cast of voices and a top class orchestra
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