SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER at the Oxford Playhouse

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“…Hilarity ensues as identities are mistaken, the audience is let in on secrets which the players don’t know, and Kate Hardcastle stoops to conquer the man she wishes to marry….Mr Hardcastle, played by Howard Chadwick, is a blustering squire who wishes nothing so much as his daughter’s happiness in love. There is something of the pantomime dame in Gilly Tompkins as Mrs Hardcastle, who seems to have no real aims in life beyond being wealthy and fashionable, and controlling her wayward son…”

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George Orwell’s 1984 at the Everyman Cheltenham

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“…This production is gruesome, truly frightening and above all disturbing stuff and not for the feint hearted. But the second half is also brilliant, thought-provoking theatre. Visually it is jaw-droppingly good with Chloe Lamford’s visuals capturing the essence of the piece and Natasha Chivers’ atmospheric lighting adding light and shade….Tim Dutton was excellent as the suave, be-suited and chilling O’Brien.”

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The Importance of Being Earnest at Bath Theatre Royal

The Importance of Being Earnest at Bath Theatre Royal

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There is a certain frolicsomeness of intelligence and sensibility we have come to enjoy and expect in Irish born playwrights (Congreve, Sheridan, Shaw, and of course Wilde to name but four). What to the English pre-television mass audience had been a bitter pill of intellectualist theatre, in Irish hands had become sugared with a delight in language, prose at that, which still has the power to charm.

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DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol

DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol

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Bob Kingdom has won considerable acclaim for the one-man shows in which he has created vivid portraits of, amongst others, Truman Capote, Stan Laurel and The Duke of Windsor. However, in Dylan Thomas: Return Journey it quickly becomes clear that he was surely born to play the Swansea boy whose extraordinary capacities as a writer were matched by an equally formidable capacity for self-destruction.

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ADRIAN’S WALL at Malvern Forum Theatre

ADRIAN’S WALL at Malvern Forum Theatre

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“Inspired by a primary school project and personal issues, mild mannered, Adrian (Robert Temple), decides to embrace his midlife crisis and walk the length of Hadrian’s Wall. . . . Wilkes is an eloquent writer and has a great sense of comedy and storytelling, which is perfectly executed by the performers . . . this is a funny and heart-warming production and definitely worth seeing. Nick Wilkes is a credit to Malvern Theatres and deserves the following that his is achieving with his writing.”

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BARNUM at the Bristol Hippodrome

BARNUM at the Bristol Hippodrome

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“As you would expect, and want, this is a big, bold and brassy show with all the stops pulled out. The ensemble work is really excellent with the boys and girls not only providing all the singing and dancing but displaying lots clever circus skills as well. . . the stars of the show were the ladies. Linzi Hateley as Barnum’s wife was excellent as was Landi Oshinowo whose big voice and presence dominated the stage for her two spots. . . The most successful song of the evening was Love Makes Such a Fool of Us All sung from a trapeze by Kimberley Blake.”

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