Theatre 2007 Archives - One4Review
Arnold Wesker’s The Mistress
August 8, 2007 | adminAnyone reading my reviews knows I admire those performers who can carry a show on their own shoulders. You will also be aware of my admiration for director and performer Guy Masterson. Once again there are numerous shows under … Read More
A Dependable Marriage
August 8, 2007 | adminNUTS hail from Newcastle University and for years have been bringing good quality entertainment to the Fringe. Their offering this year is the Caroline Wood written A Dependable Marriage. Alice, Margaret Clunie, has discovered that her sister Lucy’s, Edwina … Read More
40 Feathered Winks
August 8, 2007 | adminThe title of this play might suggest a quiet, peaceful representation of time spent in bed. It is quite the reverse. It makes huge physical demands on the five young performers, three female and two male. The play for … Read More
Land on my Tongue
August 8, 2007 | adminContradictions abound in this comedy of the absurd, written and directed by Hugh Jordan. There is the girl (Helen Plummer) who is fishing in a pond with no fish and who is much older than she looks; there is … Read More
Night Time
August 8, 2007 | adminNight Time is the work of Scottish based Croatian-born writer Selma Dimitrijevic. Holding the whole piece together is the splendid Kananu Kirimi as Christina, a married woman in her thirties. Ms Kirimi is ably supported by John Kazek as … Read More
Rosebud: The Lives of Orson Welles
August 8, 2007 | adminIn looks, manner and voice Christian McKay is a convincing Orson Welles, but it is his superb one man performance which brings Welles to life – his acerbic wit and his driven nature to succeed artistically in his own … Read More
The Atheist
August 8, 2007 | adminRonan Noone’s one man play set in Mid-West America is a morality play for modern times. Those who ruthlessly seek fame at all costs may find themselves in a situation out with their control with disastrous consequences. David Sullivan … Read More
Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup
August 8, 2007 | adminFrom the title of this show I was half-expecting a sugary-sweet, twee production which would concentrate on the life-affirming. I wasn’t too reassured when the opening number was ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’. However, as the … Read More
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