ENGLISH TOURING OPERA at the Everyman, Cheltenham

ENGLISH TOURING OPERA at the Everyman, Cheltenham

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Don Giovanni is one of the opera canon’s most dramatic works. You have hardly got your hat and coat off and taken your seat before there is a rape and a murder. It has one of opera’s most dastardly villains whose sole raison d’être is to lay as many women as possible in the shortest possible time and to hell with the consequences . . . All in all a hugely satisfying evening. English Touring Opera is a joy to behold and I genuinely look forward to every visit.

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THE HERBAL BED on tour

THE HERBAL BED on tour

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Peter Whelan’s successful 1996 play, which had its first outing as an RSC production and is here revived for a tour, takes the marital problems of the bard’s daughter, Susanna (Emma Lowndes), as it’s starting point. Susanna made an apparently enviable match with a certain, Doctor John Hall, a moderate Puritan, but an ecclesiastical court record of Susanna’s trial for adultery is enough to suggest that all was not well within the Hall’s marriage bed.

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TWELFTH NIGHT at the Birmingham Rep

TWELFTH NIGHT at the Birmingham Rep

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This production is unlike any other Shakespeare you are likely to see. There are great moments of audience interaction, and you feel that no performance would be exactly the same as the next – the performers all showing they are able to adapt and mould themselves to the situation and audience that day. With live musicians to complete the atmosphere this production of Twelfth Night is a fast, furious and raucous evening at the theatre which would be a great introduction to Shakespeare for teenagers and adults alike.

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TRAINSPOTTING – Tobacco Factory at The Loco Klub, Bristol

TRAINSPOTTING – Tobacco Factory at The Loco Klub, Bristol

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Trainspotting is, strangely, given its darkly comic depiction of utter depravity and tragedy, a play of hope. A hope that however lost a piece of humanity seems, there lurks within a yearning for choosing life over nihilism . . . Fans of the book and film will not be disappointed with this compelling example of ‘immersive’ theatre.

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END OF THE RAINBOW at Malvern Theatres

END OF THE RAINBOW at Malvern Theatres

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Lisa Maxwell gives the performance of a lifetime with her tribute to Judy Garland in the wonderfully captivating End Of The Rainbow . . . Her visual, physical and vocal mimicry is breathtaking as she gives us an insight into the tragic personality of this gay icon, battling with drug addiction and alcoholism and the resulting crippling anxieties. . . End Of The Rainbow is engaging, powerful and funny.

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HETTY FEATHER on tour

HETTY FEATHER on tour

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There is a sense in which ‘children’s theatre’ is the most important kind there is. Waiting for the show to start and gazing at the circus big-top setting one can relax knowing that in Sally Cookson the responsibility could not be in better hands. Katie Sykes’ inviting set presages the usual Cookson 3-D extravaganza. There is no disappointment . . . If there are young ones in your family this will be one of the best chances you will have of getting them hooked on live theatre. Go See!

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