How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients

How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients This play written by Romanian Matei Visneic has an intriguing title. Visneic’s influences are Kafka and surrealist literature. Knowing this will give an idea of the play’s style. The … Read More

Like A Virgin

This play by Gordon Steel was first performed in 1995 by the Hull Truck Theatre Company, and I witnessed their performance in The Assembly Rooms that year. The major difference with this production was the lack of acting space … Read More

The Phone Book Live!

Ok why bring in guests to read out of a phone book?  Apparently "they say truly great performers can read the  phone book and make it entertaining" so Stage D’Or productions have done just that! On Friday 25th August … Read More

Steel Magnolias

With the current vogue in staging plays based on major movies, it is no real surprise that this ‘Chick-Flick’ has also had the treatment. This play written by Robert Harling, is set in Truvy’s beauty parlour, set in a … Read More

Wasp

Some performances have a sting in the tail, this one had it lived up to its name ‘Wasp’ should surely have been one of those! Sadly all I was left with was a Pain! I overheard the comment “ … Read More

Andy’s Promise

NUTS are a group that attend the Fringe on a yearly basis and it is assured that their performances are always of a high quality, and this years production written and directed by Edward Berresford is certainly upto previous … Read More

Chanbara

Not that I am usually in to films but I did watch ‘Kill Bill 2’ with a friend and admit to laughing from start to finish at the improbable fight scenes. The star killed hundreds of people with only … Read More

Equus

Cancelled!

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I Can’t Believe it’s not Goddard

The scene is in place as one enters the space, a film company with no budget is filming, or not, an epic and we the extra’s, or should that be background artistes are primed to be part of this … Read More

Lolita

This is more like the Act Provocateur International I have become used to. Never afraid to take a chance, Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial piece has been adapted into 55 minutes by Victor Sobchak and Andy McQuade and given a late … Read More