In these tentative, post-lockdown times, many theatre venues tend to programme safe, obvious, well-known shows, those crowd-pleasers that will guarantee them an audience. It’s understandable, but that’s all the more...
Read MoreIan McDiarmid is magnificent in the two pieces which make up The Lemon Table, taken from Julian Barnes’s 2004 collection of short stories of the same name. In the first, Vigilance, we meet an elderly concertgoer who, in devising...
Read MoreI’m embarrassed, but it’s necessary to open with a confession. Prior to my visit to Alphabetti Theatre to see the acclaimed hang, written by Debbie Tucker Green, I wasn’t aware that this amazing venue was doing such superb work,...
Read MoreThis is a fine production of an extraordinary play. Letter to Boddah* received lots of five-star reviews and, after being selected from more than 1,000 productions, won Best Theatre at the Fringe at the Edinburgh Festival 2019....
Read MoreRoad was Farnworth-born, Jim Cartwright’s first play. Written during a time of much social tension, it was first performed back in 1986 at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs. The play shines a brutally honest light on the...
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