Hayes Theatre, May 27 8/10 Soham Apte’s set is as cute as a cavoodle: a cross between the French Riviera strand and indoor hotel luxury. A semicircular balustraded landing revolves to reconfigure the stage in multiple ways in a jiffy, while a fountain ingeniously becomes a roulette wheel. The pastel…
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Flight Path Theatre, May 22 8.5/10 Imagine if Botticelli, a couple of decades after painting The Birth of Venus, had decided to give her a haircut. Edward Albee did something even more radical, albeit with not such a masterpiece. His first play, 1959’s The Zoo Story, was a one-act piece…
Belvoir St Theatre, May 20 8.5/10 This is Paula Arundell’s defining role. A one-actor adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds (which Alfred Hitchcock ensured pecked at a shared, ancient paranoia in his 1963 film version), it taps into every aspect of Arundell’s acting powers, and she’s never found wanting.…