Salome Paul Meltzer 30/12/2016 Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts disgustingly. That seems to be the message behind Richard Strauss's opera.
The Encounter Paul Meltzer 29/12/2016 Who do we actually encounter in The Encounter? A powerful artist, some faraway people, our own assumptions.
Les Liaisons Dangereuse Paul Meltzer 26/12/2016 Valmont's reputation for savage civility precedes him. The play takes place in the 1780s, not long before the French Revolution...
The City That Cried Wolf Paul Meltzer 24/11/2016 You have to at least admire the commitment to the premise. Comedian/actor/playwright Brooks Reeves doggedly mashes up every Grimm's fairy tale line an...
10 Out Of 12 Paul Meltzer 18/11/2016 Why do we love a backstage story so much? And this is the ultimate one, if you can even call it a story. Playwright Anne Washburn brilliantly gives us...
Orwell in America Paul Meltzer 25/10/2016 My main concern with any show based around a famous figure from the past is that that is the one person we know for sure will not be in attendance. Gr...
so go the ghosts of méxico, part one Paul Meltzer 23/09/2016 That was so...cultural, deadpans the white-jacketed American after a scene of violence and otherworldly closeness with departed spirits in Mexico, as ...
The Truth Paul Meltzer 01/07/2016 With a portentous title like "The Truth", one might expect a searing drama in this latest outing from the author of The Father, the play for which Fra...
Di and Viv and Rose Paul Meltzer 07/06/2016 The show is much more than just this. But it is an awful lot of fun to relive the giddy sense of possibility when college friends set up their first h...
A Persistent Memory Paul Meltzer 30/05/2016 The play opens in Uganda somewhere in the memory of David. He’s the scion of a great, wealthy family with its full share of personal losses and a shor...
