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HOLD THE FRONT PAGE, OR HANG ON A MINUTE.. Everyone (especially journalists) loves a drama about newspapers. Hot-tempered rackety bantering , stories urgently chased, rivalries and righteousness, secrets and lies. In Tracey Scott Wilson’s 2003 play, … Continue reading →
ABSURDITIES OF PASSION WIND UP A TORRID SUMMER     This is by Turgenev, revolutionary in his time (banned for a while), now adapted with mischief and appreciation by the late Brian Friel and directed – with even more … Continue reading →
THEY’RE BACK. SO AM I. Well, you know by now how it is with me and Mischief Theatre. All the way from 2013’s first west end outing to the new Thespians (https://theatrecat.com/2026/05/14/thespians-mercury-colchester-and-touring/) . I am a devotee. To borrow a … Continue reading →
A LEGEND REBORN On a sweltering opening night under the trees, what more can you ask than fresh life and passion flung into a famous show which had become, frankly, a bit of an eye-roll? … Continue reading →
WHEN THE SAGE OF SCARBOROUGH SAW THROUGH THE SWINGING ‘SIXTIES 1969: nearly half a century ago, and this was Alan Ayckbourn’s breakthrough. Philip Breen’s direction respects the author’s taste for in-the-round production (which the Old Vic … Continue reading →
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