______ 24 September 2024 ______ 4**** ______ Adapting the work of the Queen of Crime is a perilous business; tinker with the original works and you could fall foul of the millions of fans, and bringing them to the stage or screen can cause high anxiety; witness criticisms of Kenneth Branagh on film and Sarah […]
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______ 17 September 2024 ______ 3*** ______ Opening at London’s National Theatre in 2004, Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’ was an instant hit and helped launch the careers of the likes of James Corden, Russell Tovey and Dominic Cooper, to name but three. In his introduction to the play, Bennett talks largely about his own
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______ 16 September 2024 ______ 5***** ______ It’s bonkers, it’s barmy, it’s brilliant. Following on from Patrick Barlow’s take on ‘The 39 Steps’ last year, the same team have taken on Barlow’s version of the epic ‘Ben Hur’, a tale of the Christ. A theatre company of just four (The Daniel Veil Collective) present every
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______ 9 September 2024 ______ 5***** ______ When it comes to stage thrillers, Ira Levin’s ‘Deathtrap’ is one of the big hitters. The 1978 play had lengthy runs on both the Broadway and West End stages. Many writers have tried to emulate the twists and turns of the plot, but barely anyone has achieved the
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______ 2 September 2024 ______ 5***** ______ Sometimes it is so refreshing to discover a play one has neither read nor seen on stage and Terence Rattigan’s 1943 comedy, ‘While The Sun Shines’ is just such a play to this reviewer. First appearing the year after the writers’ hit ‘Flare Path’ it is something the
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