Dead Man’s Curve Ball

The Actas Company present “Dead Man’s Curve Ball” by D. B. Folkard.    It is 1963, the inaugural meeting of a support group for teenage victims of tragic automobile accidents. Is all as it seems? As Laura (Michelle Faure), … Read More

The Dating Game

Review

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A Dark and Stormy Night

We are transported back to October, 1944. We, the audience, play the role of a studio audience to witness an evening’s entertainment – 3 Halloween playlets interspersed with some songs and commercials. Despite the flaws in the production, it … Read More

Danton’s Death

This is the first time I have seen this work by Georg Buchner written in 1835 when he was only 22 years old. I am left with two deep impressions. Firstly, it is an amazing drama written by someone … Read More

DAI (ENOUGH)

The scene is get in an Israeli cafe with a whole host of characters being interviewed by a TV journalist. We meet an actress, a proud father whose son is about to join a crack regiment, a New York … Read More

Curse of the Werewolf

There’s been a murder at Gargoyle House.  Lord Algernon has died in mysterious circumstances; was it murder or something altogether more sinister?  Join a cast of oddballs as they struggle to find the murderer and make it through the … Read More

Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions is a teenage version of the classical French ‘Les Liasons Dangeruses’ by Laclos, which was later made in to a cult film also called ‘Cruel Intentions’. The action has been transferred to a contemporary private American College … Read More

Crave

The first point to make about ‘Crave’ is that it is not conventional theatre with a storyline and character development. Rather it is a blend of words almost musical in the way that they are delivered. Four actors, two … Read More

A Couple of Blaguards

The two actor format, in which a whole host of characters are portrayed, places tough demands on the performers. Unfortunately, the actors involved in this play did not meet the challenges successfully. Too many fluffed lines and missed cues … Read More

A Conversation with Edith Head 

This is a class production. It is so spot on in many different ways. Take the choice of venue for a start. The Studio in Hill Street Theatre is big enough to seat I suppose around 100 people. Therefore, … Read More