Articles Archive for May 2008

Wolves at the Window
By Stephe Harrop | 31-05-08

Wolves at the Window is built around the satiric tales of Saki (or Hector Hugh Monroe), who delighted in savaging the facade of Edwardian respectability, contrasting nature’s tooth and claw with…

DryWrite
By Stephe Harrop | 23-05-08

The upstairs room of the George Tavern is one of those places you read about in books when you were a kid…

Midnight Matinee
By Stephe Harrop | 21-05-08

So where were you in the wee hours of this morning? In bed? Oh dear. All the cool kids were at the theatre. The Midnight Matinee is pretty self explanatory:…

Under Milk Wood
By Jens Peters | 19-05-08

The first night of Malcolm Taylor’s production of Under Milk Wood was a truly heart-warming experience. Already before the play had started, Taylor locates the audience in a relaxed, humorous, and…

My Name is Rachel Corrie in Sydney
By admin | 15-05-08

My Name is Rachel Corrie is currently in a new production in Sydney, Australia (read the review here). The play was co-written by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner based on material…

Rapunzel’s Last Midnight
By Stephe Harrop | 15-05-08

Rapunzel’s Last Midnight is an ambitious attempt to combine modern-day tragicomedy, old-fashioned fantasy and musical theatre. A shambolic, scruffy coterie of singers and musicians congregate at Ruby’s cafe, most of them…

Spring Awakening
By Jens Peters | 14-05-08

Can actors convincingly portray characters of a much older or younger age? I think it’s possible, but it is an exception. All too often, young actors will play the caricature…

Stages of antiquity
By admin | 13-05-08

See this site for a brief overivew of some of the most well known ancient Greek and Roman ampitheatres. Whilst the information is fairly basic, there are some interesting photographs…

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
By Jens Peters | 11-05-08

Stephen Adly Guirgis’ play is the epitome of cool. From the outset is oozes stylistic panache, but by curtain call, there’s a sense that it falls short of the theatrical…