ETO deserves all the accolades that are bestowed upon it. The company is innovative, exciting and original. And, what’s more, they take chances. They bring to provincial audiences obscure, rarely seen works with such skill and daring that one might wonder what one ever saw in Madame Butterfly or La Traviata. Here we review their season of PAUL BUNYAN, KING PRIAM and THE MAGIC FLUTE all of which were outstanding and all of which earned ★★★★★
Read More“… this closely textured play is well served by sensitive direction and compelling performances from the uniformly strong cast. The result is a play which seems as fresh to us today as it must have been to those Royal Court audiences of half a century ago. The rich tapestry of emotions stretches from the sensitivity of singer to a …”
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Stoppard’s Arcadia is multi-layered cake of a play. Take some Classical and Romantic attitudes to...
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Brian Friel’s 1980 play Translations is a marvellous piece of writing and tonight at the Oxford...
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“…The performances are excellent, pitched at just the right level to engage first-time theatre-goers. I greatly enjoyed Roddy Peters’ energetic portrayal of King Minos, full of rage, spite and vengefulness. Malcolm Hamilton is a convincingly compromised, wavering King Aegeus; and Jack Holden in contrast is suitably noble and brave as his young son Theseus…”
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Propeller’s visit to the Everyman certainly started with a bang. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS is perhaps one of Shakespeare’s most farcical plays – or at least has the potential for farcical presentation. Edward Hall and his company took no prisoners with their production which was the proverbial helter-skelter, roller-coaster, non-stop, breathtaking ride with, it must be said, elements of pantomime.
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