Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell
The Guardian 27 November 2024 I seen regular productions of Peter Pan that treat the death of Tinker Bell more casually than it is handled here by writer, director and…
So Young
The Guardian 8 August 2024 Instead of Chekhov’s gun, we have Maxwell’s whisky. The bottle of Japanese spirits shows up early in Douglas Maxwell’s comedy of social awkwardness and at…
Radiant Vermin review
The Guardian 30 June 2024 What moral compromises has the Christian right had to make in order to lend its support to Donald Trump, a convicted felon? It is a…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Guardian 27 November 2022 Holywood repeats itself, first as musical, second as panto. If you have never imagined Dorothy in drag, well, you have never reckoned on Johnny McKnight,…
The Bookies
The Guardian 9 May 2022 Is it a sitcom? A Narnian fantasy? A Tarantino-esque bloodbath? This new play by Mikey Burnett and Joe McCann has not made up its mind…
Rapunzel: A Hairy Tale Adventure
The Guardian 22 December 2020 Did Brian Friel ever write a Christmas show? If he did, it might have looked like this one from the National Theatre of Scotland. Responding…