The Inventor and The Escort 4 Star ****

This charming well written play for me is staged at a really strange time of the day. A noon start time? Yeah Really!

Jeffrey the once overweight inventor of sex appliances has set up a date with high class call girl … Read More

Inspector Norse

****

There is a beguiling charm about this parody of things Swedish in this detective comedy written and performed by Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding. There is one aspect of this production which makes it unique. Never have I seen … Read More

Minnie and Mona Play Dead

***

Minnie and Mona are two young adolescent girls who play games of ‘what if’ and use their vivid imaginations to take on scenes of fantasy, some life affirming, others evoking mental distress. As such and despite the dark humour, … Read More

Robert Golding

****

Not having seen the play Richard Parker, I have to take this Owen Thomas sequel on its own merits. It begins in a straightforward manner and fully engages as it builds up to a remarkable and chilling conclusion.

Robert … Read More

Faileontology

*

Put together a script which is unfunny, predictable, obscure and padded out along with clichéd characters and unconvincing acting and you have the ingredients for a show which fails to impress.

Set in place whose location is unknown and … Read More

Devil in the Deck

****

Paul Nathan takes on the persona of Jack Swindle from the American South in this engrossing combination of story- telling and card manipulation magic. Giving atmosphere to the show is the live music composed by John Anaya on guitar. … Read More

Birdhouse

***

Inspired by Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’, Birdhouse is a curious and intriguing concoction of scenes and live music. It opens with the four female performers dressed to appear as elderly women similarly attired in two piece outfits and wearing dark … Read More

Mother F

**

A mixture of styles, including puppetry, sketches, and dance are used in this production with motherhood as the central theme. Sisters Susan (Susan Swanton) and Isabel (Isabel Ford) make their first appearance as talking baby dolls in a humorous … Read More

Oh My Irma

****

Haley McGee gives a compelling performance in her own darkly comic, violent and complex drama as a young woman who has a strange and disturbing appearance. Her hair has a wild look; her large glasses have been taped because … Read More

Losing the Plot

****

John Godber’s play is a lively and contemporary take on the common themes of the battle of the sexes and the mid-life crises of couples in their late forties with teenage children. Steve Huison as Jack and Susan Cookson … Read More