Pleasure Little Treasure 4****

I’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****

A 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****

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****

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****

This 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*****

Two 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****

As 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****

Polko 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

Yippee Ki Yay (The Die Hard Parody) 4.5****

This show title needs no introduction or perhaps I’m being biased towards a certain age group. Obviously based on the Hollywood blockbuster Die Hard but with a cast of one (Darrel Bailey), playing all the main characters. The question was, … Read More

24, 23, 22 – 4****

Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up with the well known acts at the big venues and miss some excellent performances at the smaller venues, this show certainly falls into that category.

On arrival the cast were already on the … Read More