★★★★★ The Weir, like so many great plays, is simple and intimate but has real depths to it. And with such a skilled cast, you quickly forget about the artifice of theatre through which it is rendered. You honestly just feel like you are sat in the same bar with these people as they wax lyrical on a cold and windy night.
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★★★☆☆ After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Stephanie is unable to play her violin and unwilling to accept what her condition has taken from her. Persuaded by her husband, she visits psychologist Dr Feldmann, who tries to help her face a future she had never expected. . .
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★★★☆☆ Bob Kingdom’s fascinating one-man show, in which he takes us from Capote’s chaotic childhood through to his years of prodigious creativity and success, and on to his final years as a booze-addled celebrity.
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★★★★☆ The ingredients of Tosca are easy to identify. But the emotional roller-coaster they can produce when performed with true artistry and passion is something else. So I’m glad to report that this Russian State Opera production, dug deep into the well of feeling that is Puccini’ genius . . . The aching beauty of Larisa Akhmetova’s aria “I lived for art, I lived for love” will long remain with me.
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★★★☆☆ As one of six women in the family, Man struggles to maintain her own integrity when put under constant pressure by her parents and her five sisters. From career choices to relationships, nothing in her life is safe from scrutiny . . . Plays like this are important in reminding us that we aren’t as progressive as we like to think.
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★★★★☆ This takes as its starting point the idea that Bram Stoker’s famous novel is a romanticised version of real-life events. Professor Van Helsing is furious with Stoker and is determined to put the record straight, so he has hired three actors to help him explain what really happened.
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