Although strictly speaking this is not a theatre book, it is the first novel by one of British theatre’s brightest hopes, Barney Norris.
The title refers to the muddy confluence at which Salisbury was established and the story relates the lives of five people in that city who are brought together by their connection to a road traffic accident. Although they do not know each other, their lives have touched, albeit fleetingly, before.
Continuing our Dutch sojourn we had the opportunity to see a spectacular and dramatic event in Delft. The back of the stage was dominated by a huge screen onto which grainy old black and white photos and juddering film from Russia in 1917 were projected. The Prologue was delivered by actor Thom Hoffman, best known for his starring role in Doktor Tinus, the Dutch version of the British TV series, Doc Martin.
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★★☆☆☆ This is the first full length show produced by the team behind the regular Nincompoop nights at the Wardrobe theatre. They describe it as “combination of storytelling and game show with a dark twist”. The show is due at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August.
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★★★★☆ An interesting choice of play to kick off the summer season . . . It is a play, primarily of ideas, that whilst it may have lost some of its bite, has lost none of its depth, which in this production is brought out by all-round excellent acting being facilitated by sensitive and penetrating direction.
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★★★★★ ‘13’ is as stiff a challenge as you could imagine for this year’s BOVTS graduates. With multiple scene changes and cross-over conversations in a first half alone that stretched to almost an hour and a half, this ensemble were always on top of the material
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Offbeat Fringe Festival has returned to Oxford for its second year, and this time, it’s even bigger than before. Based in the Burton Taylor Studio and the Old Fire Station, this year’s programme has a great selection of musicians, actors, comedians, and other artists bringing their craft to Oxford from 23rd June to 2nd July.
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