KAFKA’S DICK at Bath Theatre Royal

“Matthew Kelly is splendidly physical in this role, bullying his delicate and hypersensitive son into accepting his bear-like embraces. Amid the far-fetched chaos that ensues Bennett offers some thought-provoking insights on a wide range of topics, particularly our current obsession with biographies that salaciously speculate on the private lives of authors…the best moments of Kafka’s Dick are very funny indeed…”

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The Bristol Shakespeare Festival – ROMEO & JULIET

The Bristol Shakespeare Festival gets under way with an all male production of this Bard favourite from The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. A few murmurs of concern recently from highly respected actresses regarding all male casts have left a feeling that any such productions had best have something special to justify the gender bias.

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A TASTE OF HONEY at the Everyman Cheltenham

When it first appeared in 1958 A Taste of Honey was a sensation. Shelagh Delaney was hailed as a wunderkind and the Zeitgeist was perfectly captured. The play arrived hot on the heels of the Look Back in Anger and was instrumental in the kitchen-sink achieving a place in history.

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