John Shand Posts

March 15, 2025 / Features

Dreams of Falling have not been idle since performing our Wilde About Oscar show in 2023-24. We’ve dived deeper into a very green pool and come up with Swift to Joyce & Beyond: Irish Genius in Word & Song. Others writers include Wilde, Yeats and Beckett, while the first half…

March 14, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Old Fitz Theatre, March 9 8/10 What curious creatures we theatre-goers are, accepting being emotionally scarred, in this case by a lone actor. And what a fine line it is along which a drama for one actor dances, requiring an inbuilt theatricality so it needs to be seen rather than…

March 12, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

The Playhouse, March 5 8.5/10 There are glimpses of greatness here. In making his professional stage debut, JK Kazzi does not just perform Shakespeare, he tackles this play’s epic title role. Plucky. While his performance is flawed, when he spears the part, he humanises Henry and lifts him far above…