MANDERLEY AGAIN, AND VERY WELCOME TOO “Last night, I dreamed I went to Manderley again…” The famous opening is spoken from the sea-bed: a dim otherworld where a jointed lifeless body descends from far above, crushed beneath a wrecked boat. … Continue reading →
ANYTHING GOES New Wimbledon theatre SW19 and touring
A SHIPLOAD OF DELIGHT What can I say? Daniel Evans’ production is delicious, it’s de-lovely, a de-lirious succession of treats. There is always a fizzing joyful absurdity about Cole Porter’s 1934 shipboard musical – its book largely by P.G. Wodehouse, … Continue reading →
RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET Theatre Royal Brighton & touring
BLAST OFF INTO THE PAST… Repolarize the rockanthemizer! Shakespearianize the iamb-ometer, fasten your retrocamp ironido-nebulized harness and prepare to be utterly weightless! Twenty-five years after its 1983 launch in a tent ,and its subsquent West End Olivier glory, … Continue reading →