I found The Miser at the Manchester Royal Exchange theatre very funny. The audience became very involved throughout and there was a very humerous moment of audience interaction when Dame Claude, the maid servant, starts to polish the audience members. Derek Griffith’s played the Miser with wonderful timing and lots of energy. The plot was straight forward and…
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This was an excellent production. It is a two hander which is lyrical and wonderfully played by Louis Emerick and Sean Shorte. There wasn’t an interval and this was a really good decision, because the narrative is brilliantly structured and takes you through the events starting with the life of the photographer Styles and ending up…
Read more Sizwe Banzi is Dead (Stephen Joseph Theatre, 24th September 2009)
The Takeover Festival at York Theatre Royal is a breath a of fresh air. The programme is really interesting and inviting. However, I was wondering after seeing The Factory’s experimental Hamlet and Seagull Project that the regular audience at York Theatre Royal had the impression that the festival is not only run by young people but…
Read more The Factory's Hamlet and Seagull Project (York Theatre Royal, 23rd, 24th Sept)
Julie Raby 