Ensemble Theatre, January 18 8/10 Playwright Tracey Trinder died while Killing Katie – her first play – was in development. She knew the production was happening and had met the cast, but missed the joy this world premiere would surely have afforded. While her first play, it was far from…
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The Joan, January 15 7/10 Stories, we are often told, must have a beginning, a middle and an end. The hard part is often knowing where and how to end, especially when the raw material is biographical or, worse, autobiographical. Deborah Pollard’s self-devised, one-woman show was shaping up as the…
Drama Theatre, January 14 7/10 “It gets pretty bouncy around here sometimes,” George tells Nick early in Act Two. “Bouncy” epitomises George’s love of understatement, a weapon in his eternal war with his predatory wife, Martha. Part of the timeless genius of Edward Albee’s 1962 play lies in its being…