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Theatre 2009 Archives - Page 9 of 12 - One4Review

Austen’s Women

August 8, 2009 |

We are invited to be a fly on the wall of a Georgian Ladies dressing room where we encounter the narrator Bex Vaughan sitting at her vanity table preparing for a night out.   Perhaps the voice of the writer … Read More

Cross Purpose

August 8, 2009 |

Finda Penny Theatre Company’s production of Cross Purpose by Albert Camus is a most impressive debut as a new company. Given the limited acting space available, Sophy Westendarp’s direction is precise and inventive. The play is a dark drama … Read More

Killing Me Softly

August 8, 2009 |

Welcoming us to the party, Micky Higgins, thanks all her friends for coming to the welcome home party-barbecue-karaoke for Sylvia his wife who is being released from hospital today. Micky then proceeds to tell the back-story of his life … Read More

Pan Pa’ Tim

August 8, 2009 |

Not having seen Stomp I can’t compare it with ‘Pan Pa’ Tim’ but all the literature describe it as  "a Latin American Stomp the whole family will enjoy’ and enjoy it I did.  Primate Theatrical Percussion from Venezuela present … Read More

Susie Baxter’s Guilty Women

August 8, 2009 |

Susie Baxter successfully carries off her solo performance play written in association with director Michael Birch. She plays an array of female characters, interweaving the parts to give a continuous story. Providing the narration is Muriel, the cleaner to … Read More

Balloon Boutique

August 8, 2009 |

Balloon Boutique is mime theatre with the characters portrayed by actors wearing masks. Naturally, balloons as props form an integral part of the action. All manner of ingenious ways are employed, with a particularly innovative final scene. The story … Read More

Doctor Faustus

August 8, 2009 |

Zig Zag Creations return to the Fringe with their production of Doctor Faustus. Utilising the burlesque and cabaret forms of theatre displayed in the costumes and movement. We see Faustus being tempted by the devil and Seven Deadly Sins … Read More

Knuckleball

August 8, 2009 |

I have seen a couple of William Whitehurst’s plays in the past and was well aware that the guy could create an excellent piece, but I had somehow missed this production in the Fringe programme until I was pointed … Read More

Party

August 8, 2009 |

Party written by Tom Basden is a hilarious and sharp satire exposing the many hypocrisies in modern Britain. Anybody who has served on a committee will recognise the entrenched, pompous attitudes, the petty enmities and the sudden wandering off … Read More

Sweeney Todd:  His Life, Times and Execution! 

August 8, 2009 |

The story of Sweeney Todd is a tale I thought I was well aware of, or so I thought!! But, in this version devised by the company the story has a definitely different interpretation. The slant they have set … Read More