Written for http://www.whatsonstage.com Long before the success of Potted Potter, Pirates and Panto, three guys were taking the complete works of William Shakespeare and ramming them into a breakneck 90 minutes. Entitled (strangely enough) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s hilarious show is still one of the most defining memories of the Bard that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Old Red Lion’
Henry Filloux-Bennett on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) *Phew!*
Posted in Interviews, tagged Henry Filloux-Bennett, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The New Red Lion, The Old Red Lion, The Reduced Shakespeare Company on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Review: Decline and Fall at The Old Red Lion
Posted in Reviews, tagged Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Sylvester McCoy, The Old Red Lion, To The Manor Born on December 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Originally written for www.whatsonstage.com It’s no mean feat turning a 224 page book into a pacey 2 hour play but Henry Filloux-Bennett’s sprightly version does just that. Through a mixture of knowing re-enactments, re-tellings and re-jigging Decline and Fall has been laced together cannily. A chameleon cast shift from one character to another as our [...]
Interview: Matthew Dunster
Posted in Interviews, tagged Matthew Dunster, Monolgues, One Man Show, The Old Red Lion on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Written for What’s On Stage. Director Matthew Dunster is an associate director of the Young Vic, whose previous credits include Some Voices, The Member of the Wedding, Testing the Echo and You Can See the Hills. He is set to direct Mogadishu for the Royal Exchange, Manchester and Lyric, Hammersmith in the spring of 2011, [...]
Review: The Maddening Rain
Posted in Reviews, tagged David Sharrock, Emma Chapman, Felix Scott, Matthew Dunster, Nicholas Pierpan, The Maddening Rain, The Old Red Lion on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Written for What’s On Stage Nicholas Pierpan’s The Maddening Rain is an unsettling portrayal of a world where people are bought and sold on a trading floor and a sharp look at how the poison inherent in such an environment can pollute anyone. Performed in a snapshot narrative by the impressive Felix Scott we see [...]
