Jubilate! by Rosalind Adler

4 Star

**** 

There is no doubt that Rosalind Adler is an excellent character actress and this play gives her plenty of scope to showcase these skills as she portrays five women whose life interlink with each other.

Anna, the … Read More

Breathing Corpses by Laura Wade

***

Breathing Corpses is a thriller acted out in five scenes. The opening scene shows a young hotel maid who discovers a dead body of a man covered in a sheet, who has presumably committed suicide.

As the scenes are … Read More

How’s About That Then?

**

Garry Roost plays Jimmy Savile in Bernie C Byrnes play. For me, it was a superficial treatment. Attired in garish gear, Garry Roost does make a passable impression of sounding and looking like Jimmy Savile with his mannerisms and … Read More

A Strange Wild Song

****

The story is set in two time zones. It begins with three boys playing in the ruins of a French village early in World War II. This is played for its full comedy value and displays the antics of … Read More

Unmythable

****

Temple Theatre’s concoction of Ancient Greek myths and legends is crammed full of dynamic action and imagination. The result is a fun show for all ages. Throughout their performance, Troels Hagen Findsen, Paul O’Mahony and Will Pinchin successfully meet … Read More

Monkey Bars

*****

The concept of this production is deceptively simple: children’s words about their lives are spoken by adults acting out adult situations. There’s the interview of the famous person, the date, the job interview, the politicians speechifying. There … Read More

Swamp Juice

*****

In the wondrous finale of Swamp Juice, shadow puppetry is taken to a big, big scale in a way I have never witnessed before. It is breath taking, but let me take you back to the beginning. Jeff Achtem, … Read More

A Donkey and a Parrot

****

Sarah Hamilton’s solo performance play is charmingly and ingeniously performed. She is Australian and one branch of her family tree goes back over 300 years. Her story begins in France during the Huguenot persecutions, moves to London and Maryland … Read More

A Dirty Martini

****

A Dirty Martini is a light comedy which puts a smile on the audience’s faces. We are taken back to the 1920’s and the upper class party set. The action takes place in a cabaret bar and the venue … Read More

Exterminating Angel – An Improvisation

****

This is a mysterious play. There is no plot as such but rather situations which develop. The play’s opening could not be more banal. Tom and Chrissie are holding a dinner party for a few friends – James, his … Read More