Theatre Archives - Page 5 of 108 - One4Review
Meet Me by The Stranger 3***
August 8, 2023 | one4reviewA play about relationships in a small Yorkshire town, with the characters choosing to meet under a statue of a woman called The Stranger, who stares out forlornly at the pub opposite, her exact story unknown. Is she looking … Read More
Salamander 5*****
August 7, 2023 | one4reviewSalamander is set just after the real-life murder of Sheila Anderson in 1983. Sheila was a wife, a mother, and a prostitute.
Four sex workers from Leith find themselves at a group hosted by Prostitute Liaison Officer Pat Elliot and … Read More
Pleasure Little Treasure 4****
August 7, 2023 | one4review 1I’m sure the almost full auditorium didn’t know what to expect with this one. At the beginning the small TV on the stage draws your attention to events in the Soviet Union, it’s 1991 and the collapse of the USSR … Read More
Enquiry Concerning Hereafter 4****
August 7, 2023 | one4review 1A play about the final days of David Hume and Adam Smith, written by Duane Kelly and set in the Lecture Room at Panmure House, Adam Smith’s home for the final 12 years of his life, where he completed … Read More
I Love You. Now What? 4****
August 6, 2023 | one4review
A debut play by actor and comedian Sophie Craig, directed by Toby Clarke (director of the Olivier-nominated Warheads) and produced by The REcreate Agency. The play is a three-hander – Ava played by Sophie Craig, her boyfriend … Read More
Life with Oscar 4****
August 6, 2023 | one4review
A one-man show written and performed by Nicholas Cohen, based on a true story (although we are advised that the names have been changed to avoid multiple lawsuits!).
Nick is brought up by … Read More
The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project – 4****
August 6, 2023 | one4reviewThis play, written by John Jiler, recounts the amazing connection between the seminal Billie Holliday hit ‘Strange Fruit’ and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg – the couple sentenced to death for passing on top secret documents regarding atomic bombs to the Russians. … Read More
Shortlist – 5*****
August 6, 2023 | one4reviewTwo writers, Houghton and Higgins, are authors in town for the annual book festival, but most importantly they have both been shortlisted for the annual book prize.
What ensues is an hour of razor-sharp erudition, as Houghton, … Read More
Appraisal – 4****
August 6, 2023 | one4reviewAs the strains of Sheena Easton singing 9 to 5 dwindle, Tim Marriot (actor and writer) appears on the stage and grabs a golf club to practise his swing in the privacy of his executive office. A knock … Read More
Polko – 4****
August 4, 2023 | one4reviewPolko is a play set within the confines of a car. There are three main protagonists – Joe, the car owner, Emma his erstwhile schoolfriend and Peter the previous owner of the car. Of the three, Joe appears to be … Read More
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