All posts tagged "Madeleine Herd"
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1.1KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Don Carlos
Set in Spain in 1567-8, at the height of Spain’s colonial power, King Philip the Second struggles to deal with the unrest of his subjects in the Netherlands. His son Don Carlos returns to Spain full of philosophical ideas that were spreading throughout Europe at the time, eager to change the ridged, religious and ritualised country of his birth.
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1.3KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The Maltese Falcon
Another well presented drama from Independent Theatre - the stage version of the Humphrey Bogart film noir classic!
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1.5KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Look Homeward Angel
Set in Altamont, North Carolina in 1916 the play takes place, for the most part, in the Dixieland Boarding House. Thought to be mostly autobiographical Thomas Wolfe’s story, adapted by Keith Frings, is complex and focuses on family relationships.
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780ArtsTheatre Review: Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday was written at the end of WWII but could have been written yesterday: the bombastic, bullying, misogynistic Harry Brock could easily be mistaken for a pre-presidential Donald Trump.
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915ArtsTheatre Review: Brideshead Revisited
Independent Theatre reverently adapts Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited in their final production of 2017, exploring youthful passion, Catholic guilt, and the enigmatic Flyte family.
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680ArtsTheatre Review: Before The Party
Based on Somerset Maugham’s short story set just post-war in the golf-club set of Surrey, Rodney Ackland’s play takes a mostly satirical look at the behaviour of this upper-middle class family.
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774ArtsTheatre Review: Hamlet
Any of Shakespeare’s tragedies are a big ask, especially for the lead player, and Hamlet has been played by many big names
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1.1KArtsA Brilliant New Young Hamlet For Adelaide
n 1999, Independent Theatre produced 'Hamlet' with Nick Opolski as the central character. Now, director Rob Croser revisits this famous play, with a young Hamlet.
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814LatestTheatre Review: The Great Gatsby
With a hit of jazz, booze, foxtrot, glitter, and the odd slice of adultery, any murder can be a work of art when Robert Croser flings it onto the stage.
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831LatestScott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age Masterpiece On Stage
Independent Theatre will roar into The Space with a new version of F Scott Fitzgerald's iconic romance, 'The Great Gatsby'.
