StageTalk Magazine is two years old. Our team of fourteen has reviewed nearly 500 shows at around thirty venues between Birmingham and Bath and Oxford and Cheltenham. We have seen magnificent productions in some of the country’s biggest theatres and have seen two-handers in tiny 50-seater fringe theatres. Our reviews are often quoted by theatres and producers alongside those from the national press. Thanks to all who have supported and encourage us.

A languidly sensuous Sumaya (Sara Sadeghi) in traditional costume, is apparently passing time by inspecting piles of documents scattered over the floor. The overall picture, with the set of soft geometrical shapes (a fissure symbolically dividing the large circle of the floor panel) looks like a typical Russell Flint watercolour depicting a North African hot afternoon. An impression of heat pervades. Behind a screen the shape of another woman, Marie, a French girl (Lou Broadbent) is in a state of agitation . . .