Just a Gigolo

**

There are times when a play has a good performance but the play itself lacks dramatic content to sustain interest. Maurice Roeves solo performance cannot be faulted but the play has little to recommend it.

It is set in … Read More

The Showstoppers Family Matinee

Four Star

**** The Showstoppers are back, and this time it’s swear-free. This was the Showtoppers team’s first foray into family friendly, but I hope not their last. Using the usual Showstoppers format, the team used audience suggestions and host … Read More

People Show 121: The Detective Show

****

The ingredients of a good detective story are a murder victim found in mysterious circumstances, unexplained clues found at the scene of the crime, an obvious suspect, a denouement and a surprising twist at the end. All of these … Read More

Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut

****

The play opens with a company of three performers about to go on stage on their first night to present a stripped down version of the iconic film. Thus what we are about to see is a play within a play.

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by Mike Daisey

****

Grant O’Rourke’s completely enthralling performance as Mike Daisey is chilling. He exposes how capitalist America is in league with communist China in a conspiracy of global dimensions.

He opens in a light-hearted way. He is a young man of … Read More

Educating Rita

****

Willy Russell’s Educating Rita began as a stage comedy in the early 1980’s but it is the film starring Michael Caine as Open University English Literature tutor Frank and Julie Walters as Rita, his mature student, that is best … Read More

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

***

Based on John Gray’s best-selling self-help book, Ian Houghton’s witty discourse brings out the essential differences in the mental characteristics between men and women in long standing relationships. Located in a university lecture theatre, this is entirely in keeping … Read More

As Ye Sow

***

Stewart Pringle’s play will leave the viewer with more questions than answers. It is set in a home for the elderly where Clifford (Jeffrey Mayhew), a retired farmer, is a resident. The action takes place in his room.

The … Read More

Dr Seuss I Love You

****

This show is brought to you by The American High School Theatre Festival. It centres around a shy student who rarely speaks but who has her head forever within the pages of her beloved Dr Seuss books. The … Read More

The Half

*****

Richard Dormer’s solo performance play is an intimate and dramatic study of a 50 year old actor about to take the stage on a first night performance. Guy Masterson as the actor gives a commanding performance under the direction of … Read More