Endgame Ellie Buchdahl 07/03/2016 A tragicomic masterpiece, but… sometimes seen as a ‘difficult’ and alienating play. I couldn’t have put it better than the programme notes in issuing ...
Kafka’s Monkey Ellie Buchdahl 18/06/2015 Olivier award-winning actor Kathryn Hunter delivers a remarkable performance of one of Kafka’s most Kafkasque musings about an ape who ‘becomes’ a hum...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Ellie Buchdahl 07/11/2014 The genre-smashing, cliché-bashing success that was Maxine Peake’s Hamlet was always going to be a hard act for the Royal Exchange’s to follow. Sure e...
Around the World in 80 Days Ellie Buchdahl 25/07/2014 The beating, 28 degree sunshine cooled down to a breezy summer evening with not a cloud in the sky. There were many things I wanted to do with my even...
Pests Ellie Buchdahl 19/03/2014 You know when you’re at school, and you’re forced to read a play and analyse every word to death, and it’s not until way later that you see it onstage...
The Way You Tell Them Ellie Buchdahl 15/03/2014 There’s something appealingly childlike and vulnerable about comic Rachel Mars – she made her name on the small fringe stages of London by turning up ...
Orlando Ellie Buchdahl 28/02/2014 A bubbly bunch of fresh, fun actors and Max Webster’s beautiful production add up to an absolute treat at the Royal Exchange Theatre. It’s light, musi...
Kodo: One Earth Tour 2014: Legend Ellie Buchdahl 22/02/2014 Primeval, beautiful, visceral, explosive, bone-shaking, spine-thrilling, mind-freezing… just how many overblown adjectives will it take to show that y...
The Many Apologies Of Pecos Bill Ellie Buchdahl 23/10/2013 Fresh, short and engaging, with humour rippling through – Greg Wohead’s monologue show (plus musical accompanist) is just the sort of show you want to...
The Fu Manchu Complex Ellie Buchdahl 04/10/2013 Five East Asian actors “whiting up” to play posh, dago-hating Brits – it could be a biting, thought-provoking satire on racial stereotypes. The team b...
