Cormac Richards

CALIFORNIA SUITE – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth

5***** 12 August 2021 Neil Simon’s writing is characterised by rapier-sharp wordplay, imperfect people, marriage and that bitter-sweet tone which he made his own. ‘California Suite’ was written in 1976 and was made into a very successful film in 1978. The format of the play is a repeat of Simon’s previous success with ‘Plaza Suite’ […]

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DING DONG – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth

4**** 22 July 2021 French farce can trace its origins back many centuries and there are overlapping elements with the theatre form known as Commedia Dell’Arte. Ludicrous situations, stock characters and helter-skelter action are all symbolic of the genre. In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, the writer Georges Feydeau was the master of the farce

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HAIRSPRAY – Theatre Royal, Plymouth

4**** 28 June 2021 John Waters early film creations were subversive, counter-culture and of dubious taste – they were immediately labelled ‘cult’. His was not the world of family entertainment, but it was in the early 1980’s with films such as ‘Polyester’ and ‘Hairspray’ and his childhood friend, Glenn Milstead – better known as the

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