The Lillies make this tableau of grotesques sizzle with two sets of blisteringly well-constructed story/songs based on Wedekind’s original words. The music has a sultry tangoesque feel to it, and we are constantly taken to new places by the ethereal swooping of the Theremin, the clacking of coconuts, or the scraping of cymbals.
Read More“… we meet Malachi and Demi on a number 11 bus as they strike an unlikely friendship, meanwhile a mother watches as her daughter fights her inner demons to leave an abusive relationship … The stand-out performance really comes from Janice McKenzie as Phyllis …There is a great deal of grit in her performance; the down to earth portrayal hits just the right spot.”
Read More… is a new play, written for the World War One centenary. The title, taken from Philip Larkin’s poem MCMXIV, evokes the prevalent frivolous feeling among young men as they signed up for war in 1914, not realising that many of them were signing their own death warrants.
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“… AS YOU LIKE IT is Rosalind’s play and Dorothea Myer-Bennett left nobody in any doubt that that was the case … her exciting, faultless performance was a tour de force, being self-assured, pushy and vulnerable all at the same time … an excellent, sophisticated production and one which I highly recommend.”
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“… it is very much Spats’ band and his virtuoso musicianship is astounding. His playing of a couple of Django Reinhardt tunes was breathtaking as was his adaptation of an old Jo Privat French accordion tune. … they are all wonderfully accomplished musicians playing authentic tunes from the first four decades of the last century. They do it with style, finesse and a great deal of humour. I loved them.
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Seeing Birmingham Royal Ballet is a rare treat. Luckily not too rare as they make regular visits...
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