‘Understanding the horrors and miscommunications of the past’ Still reeling from the death of Ningali Lawford-Wolf (the original narrator and creative spine of The Secret River), Andrew Bovell’s stage adaptation of Kate Grenville’s book carries on its accolade-gathering tour of the UK. Despite the tragedy that has befallen the show, it still manages to speak on a topic so complex, heart-breaking and rooted ...
‘It’s an old song, it’s a sad song’ Imagine if Urinetown and Little Shop of Horrors had a baby while the sounds of Nashville and New Orleans blared into the night, well that’s Hadestown! Spinning the classic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice into a post-depression 1920s world provides a fresh perspective and an electric performance. There’s funk, fun and ...
‘Appropriately vague and mystical’ “I am here to repair”, calls out our lead, surrounded by the sun-drenched desert. His story is entrapped by its own ideas, aesthetically interesting, but thematically stunted. The Prisoner is a strange fairy tale with an uncertain didactic message and a pace that confounds logic. Written by the legendary Peter Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne, and with stars ...