All posts tagged "Angela Short"
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THE 39 STEPS
The 39 Steps takes a Hitchcock masterpiece and transforms it into a theatrical spectacle of comedy, action, romance, and fresh fish.
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993ArtsTheatre Review: Di And Viv And Rose
Di And Viv And Rose is heart-warming and heart-tugging in all the right places
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822ArtsTheatre Review: The Explorers Club
The Explorers Club is full of wacky characters in ridiculous situations, and the laughs are fast and frequent
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1.2KArtsTheatre Review: An Ideal Husband
A fine production true to Wilde’s wit and sarcasm
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1.4KArtsTheatre Review: All About Eve
St Jude's Players have produced another wonderful, entertaining night at the theatre.
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1.1KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The Madness of George III
Presented by The Adelaide Repertory Theatre (aka The Rep) Reviewed 18 June 2022 Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III received its premier on November the 28th 1991 at The National Theatre in London and subsequently toured The UK and the United States. It was made into a film in 1994 and has graced a […]
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1.7KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Whisky Galore
All delightfully confusing, very silly and lots of fun
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1.3KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The Hypochondriac
A fun, frothy production eliciting much merriment
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2.1KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Seventeen
Written as a vehicle for the founders of the venerable Belvoir Street Theatre, Seventeen sees a group of teenagers, hanging out in a park, on their last day of school. Except that these teens are played by middle-aged actors.
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2.4KEntertainmentTheatre Review: An Inspector Calls
J.B. Priestley’s old-fashioned drawing-room drama written in 1945 still packs a moral wallop. On the surface, it’s a static set, with a bunch of English upper middle-class people talking around the celebratory dining table. Dad and mum, daughter and son, together with the daughter’s new fiancé, cheerfully celebrate the engagement. A mysterious Inspector Goole knocks on their door and starts asking them all questions.
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1.7KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – in the garden
28 characters, 9 actors and Dave Simms directing – you know it’s going to be an action packed, fast moving adventure.
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1.6KArtsTheatre Review: The School for Scandal (…in the garden)
Following his successful 2017 season of Sense and Sensibility in garden locations, clever director Dave Simms (Blue Sky Theatre) this year re-imagines Sheridan’s 18th century comedy of manners in the exuberant primary colours and tabloid-fed rumour-mills of 1950’s London.
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1.2KArtsTheatre Review: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Usually considered the first of Shakespeare’s plays, 'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' is often thought to be less well crafted, but this doesn't seem the case with this production.
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1.3KLatestTheatre Review: Much Ado About Nothing
When Megan Dansie directs Shakespeare something special happens. The setting of this piece at the end of WWII gives it depth and a darker side than it previously seemed to show.
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Performing Arts
Death by Chocolate
The Meadowbrook Health Resort in up-state New York is about to reopen after the suicide of the former owner. Everything is looking good until the cook, celebrity chef Edith Chiles, is poisoned.
