An Inspector Calls – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Director: David Thacker Designer: Ruari Murchison Reviewer: Dave Cunningham [rating:4] With a riveting story and a single set An Inspector Calls is a staple of regional theatre. The status of self...
View ArticleLong Day’s Journey Into Night – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: Eugene O’Neill Director: David Thacker Reviewer: Iain Sykes [rating:2.5] When Eugene O’Neill wrote Long Day’s Journey Into Night, he wrote a play of brutal honesty, a semi-autobiographical...
View ArticleThis May Hurt a Bit – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: Stella Feehily Director: Max Stafford-Clark Reviewer: George Wallace The Bolton Octagon isn’t afraid to be controversial and tackle difficult subjects and with its new play, This May Hurt a...
View ArticleThis May Hurt A Bit – Liverpool Playhouse
Writer: Stella Feehily Director: Max Stafford-Clark Reviewer: Jamie Gaskin Provoking humour rather than horror when you feature seriously ill people is a good trick if you can do it.It is an essential...
View ArticleTwelfth Night – Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Jonathan Munby Music: Grant Olding Reviewer: May Mellstrom Music becomes truly integral to director Jonathan Munby’s beguiling production of Twelfth Night,...
View ArticleThe Roundabout – Park Theatre, London
Writer: J.B. Priestley Director: Hugh Ross Reviewer: Daniel Perks Britain in the 1930s is still very much a class society, with small indications of the turmoil and turbulence about to unfold....
View ArticleHamlet – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: David Thacker Reviewer: Jay Nuttall Brevity may be the soul of wit but brevity was certainly not on William Shakespeare’s agenda when he wrote the Danish classic....
View ArticleThe Roundabout – Park Theatre, London
Writer: J.B. Priestley Director: Hugh Ross Reviewer: Daniel Perks Britain in the 1930s is still very much a class society, with small indications of the turmoil and turbulence about to unfold....
View ArticleHamlet – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: David Thacker Reviewer: Jay Nuttall Brevity may be the soul of wit but brevity was certainly not on William Shakespeare’s agenda when he wrote the Danish classic....
View ArticleThe Roundabout – Park Theatre, London
Writer: J.B. Priestley Director: Hugh Ross Reviewer: Daniel Perks Britain in the 1930s is still very much a class society, with small indications of the turmoil and turbulence about to unfold....
View ArticleHamlet – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: David Thacker Reviewer: Jay Nuttall Brevity may be the soul of wit but brevity was certainly not on William Shakespeare’s agenda when he wrote the Danish classic....
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