Absence Of War Mel Cooper 13/04/2015 This revival of David Hare’s political drama, The Absence of War, is timely. Indeed, it’s so topical that when he was asked, as the play set out on it...
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Owen Davies 12/04/2015 ENO describes this stunning production of Sweeney Todd as semi-staged. It is a tribute to the show and its performers that by the end of an evening of...
Flight of Angels Mel Cooper 11/04/2015 As much as any play, the live concerts of The Sixteen can be a dramatic event in themselves and last night was no different when they launched their 2...
Stones In His Pockets Mel Cooper 14/10/2014 Stones in his Pockets is a wonderful example of Brecht’s “alienation effect” working as it should. Two men: one short, one tall; one chubby, one lanky...
Blood Wedding James Cross 28/10/2013 Lorca’s 1932 play entices us into a world of feuding families, high passion, and warm-hearted yet poignant and painful connection with the elemental f...
Titus Andronicus Zoe Skipworth 18/10/2013 Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ is a tough task for any theatre troupe to take on. Written at a time when theatrical gore was extremely fashionable, ...
The Disappearance of Sadie Jones Tamara Stanton 11/10/2013 Developed through residencies at Beaford Arts, Camden People’s Theatre and the Bike Shed Theatre, The Disappearance of Sadie Jones charts the mental l...
Blood + Chocolate Kate Hainsworth 08/10/2013 Blood + Chocolate is York’s reaction to the First World War: the call up, women’s work in the local chocolate factories, and Quaker conscientious obje...
Educating Rita Tamara Stanton 28/09/2013 Educating Rita follows a hairdresser in her search for knowledge and meaning; her desire to break free from a working-class background and from the pe...
See How They Run Zoe Skipworth 24/09/2013 York’s production of Philip King’s wartime comedy is rarely ‘laugh out loud’ funny, but provides an enjoyable evening of jokes about mistaken identiti...
