Category: Theatre Reviews

August 20, 2015 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Raffertys Theatre, August 13 Bob Kingdom’s one man show about one of the greatest poets since Shakespeare never directly addresses the reasons for the self-destructiveness that saw Dylan Thomas dead at 39. But Kingdom’s text is largely drawn from the man’s writings, and for Thomas to analyse in prose or…

August 19, 2015 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Hayes Theatre, August 12 Besides being a master class in how to act, sing, interpret and create, Terence McNally’s splendid vision of an aging Maria Callas offers a swift doctorate in sarcasm, scorn, resentment and venom. But then, as she says at the end, “If I have seemed harsh, it…

July 5, 2015 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Hayes Theatre, June 16 I had a beloved great-aunt who, among other qualities, set herself apart from the family pack simply by being single. Geraldine Quinn is not only single, she is in show-biz, so almost inevitably she radiates cool for her 19 (!) nieces and nephews and offers a…