Theatre Reviews

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Poltimore House & Gardens

______ 26 June 2025 ______ 5***** ______ I have seen many shockingly judged versions of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and the current outdoor touring production by Sun and Moon Theatre Company is not one of them. This utterly glorious and incredibly funny interpretation is a complete joy. The Company aim to bring Shakespeare to as

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CONSTELLATIONS – Roborough Studios, University of Exeter

_____ 30 May 2025 ______ 4**** ______ If you were to take at face value the basic thread of Nick Payne’s highly successful play ‘Constellations’, then it would seem straightforward and, maybe, fairly unremarkable. However, Payne isn’t playing with a straight bat here and creates a four-dimensional puzzle within that story. With the subject of

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WERE YOU ANYONE BEFORE DAD’S ARMY? – The White Bear Theatre, Kennington, London

______ 29 April 2025 ______ 4**** 1/2 ______ One of the huge pleasures of the theatrical year last year was to witness some of the best storytelling I have seen for a long time. Nicolas Ridley’s biographical play about his Father, the playwright and actor Arnold Ridley, is revelatory, funny, touching, fascinating and deeply moving.

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