★★★★☆ A single act, it’s the story of an old boxing coach, Jimmy, taking on a girl, Jo, as his apprentice. As the training proceeds, Jimmy reflects on the news of Muhammed Ali’s refusal to serve in Vietnam in the light of his own conscience objection in WWI, whilst Jo must face more contemporary struggles in her home life.
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★★★★☆ The play revolves around a family reunion and the presentation that Dougie has prepared for his fiftieth birthday. Through the presentation, he unearths the family’s dark past as he seeks to gain the support from his ex-wife Arlene, her husband Lorenz, and their children.
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★★★★☆ Parody is nothing new in comedy circles. Ever since the Airplane movie in the 80s, and it’s like, film, TV and theatre have sought the comic gold at the end of the pastiche rainbow. Multi-award-winning trio Sleeping Trees have a stab at the Mafia genre in the first instalment of their “live movie trilogy”. . . The audience loved it and were treated to a thoroughly entertaining evening. Well worth a watch.
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★★☆☆☆ We are about to watch a thriller. We know this because the play is called A Judgement in Stone, and the company is called The Classic Thriller Theatre Company. Here we have the wood panelled drawing room, police tape covering a crime scene, a strange ‘outsider’ and a couple of detectives. What could possibly go wrong . . . ?
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★★★★★ Although this play is melancholic in many ways, Cookson has scattered comic relief throughout to counteract the heavy, intense aspects of the play. The lighter moments came in the form of Pilot, Mr Rochester’s dog, played convincingly by Paul Mundell.
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★★★☆☆ Adge Cutler’s life was tragically cut short in a car crash in May 1975 just as his group The Wurzels were being booked out across the West Country and were on the verge of international fame. This musical seeks to honour his legacy and tells the story of ‘The Somerset Bard’
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