… 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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Tachowa Covington likes to live his life outside the normal rules of engagement. It’s not everyone...
Read More“Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play, based on Thomas Keneally’s, Playmaker, is a work that for the most part preaches to the converted (theatre-goer), having at its core the idea that literature and theatre in particular, can be a humanizing and civilizing medium … What the play does well is to bring these ideas to the stage without being reduced to clunkingly dull set pieces of polemic. The characters are all vivid and well drawn by the strong, gender and colour-blind casting.”
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