★★★☆☆ ‘Light and airy’ could serve to describe the pervading mood, for this production of Dial M For Murder does not have darkness at its heart. In an attractive and nimble performance, Tom Chambers portrays Tony as a fast-talking charmer whose increasingly desperate, last-minute escapes from detection are masterpieces of quick-thinking under pressure.
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★★★★★ Contemporary dance, like contemporary theatre can take many guises. To the unfamiliar it may appear baffling or overly technical or even, dare whisper it, pretentious. It can also be thrilling, challenging and downright entertaining. Thank goodness the Mark Bruce Company falls firmly in the latter category.
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★★★★☆ I warmly recommend seeing this play – it’s rich and nuanced, and a fascinating entry point to Dickens’s world of the courts and the poverty and fog of the London streets. You might even, like me, be inspired to pick up a copy of the original novel (after all, you are in a bookshop).
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★★★★☆ The story is set in a family home and a secondary school in Ballinatoom, a fictional small town in West Cork, Ireland. The first half introduces us to the characters and sets up the key event, the rape of 18-year old Emma, played by Lauren Coe. It is a hot, hopeful summer of sport and sexual awakening . . .
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★★★★☆ The final tour is made up of several newer works, remaining true to its origins by concentrating on classical pieces with the odd relatively contemporary one.
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★★★★★ This show is a hoot, or perhaps that should be a honk or a quack. Yet it all starts very quietly, for we are presented with the romantic vista of a tranquil lake, edged by silver birch trees . . .
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