Written for The Public Reviews Peppered around the London Underground a sweeping poster of a man and a woman elegantly advertises The Imperial Ice Stars new show Cinderella. It is a glamorous image and so it seems fitting that I am meeting with the stars and director in the fabulously stylish Brown’s in Covent Garden, [...]
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Cinderella On Ice
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andrei Penkine, Cinderella On Ice, Olga Sharuntenko, The Imperial Ice Stars, The Public Reviews, Tony Mercer on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Punk Rock at The Lyric Hammersmith
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Lyric, Lyric Hammersmith, Punk Rock, Sarah Frankcom, Simon Stephens, Spring Awakening, The Public Reviews on September 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Like an open wound that is scratched and pressed in front of you, some moments of Punk Rock are unbearable to be put through and watch. The continual intensity, which simmers below the pithy surface of Simon Stephens’ new play, the sexual games, status plays and open bursts of bullying aggression, all add to a [...]
Review – Much Ado About Nothing at St Stephen’s
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Antic Disposition, Kenneth Branagh, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare, St Stephen's, The Public Reviews, William Shakespeare on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the cooling arches of the beautifully refurbished St Stephen’s in Hampstead a very gentile evening is taking place. Antic Disposition’s production of Much Ado About Nothing may lack a raucous joie de vivre, but it is a very enjoyable, if slightly safe, evening. We are in the victorious year of 1945 and Don Pedro [...]
