Posts by Benedick Gibson
Review: Made for Radio
June 24, 2011Joel Brooks Joe Hufton and his cast pull of a slick and polished production of Sarah Gordon‘s new play “Made for Radio”. The play tells the story of Harry (Freddy Elletson) and Jane (Sarah Barker), childhood sweethearts who travel to… Continue reading →
Drama Barn Review: Red Snow
June 17, 2011Joel Brooks Red Snow leaves us with no doubt that James Robert Ball is capable of greatness. However his production, whilst at times jaw-droppingly brilliant, is long and over-ambitious; as the play draws to a close, it seemed he and… Continue reading →
Drama Barn Review: Road
June 12, 2011Joel Brooks Often in a Drama Barn production, the odd forgotten line, laps in accent, or misplaced queue will be forgiving because the audience realises they are watching a student production. Well tonight the cast and crew of Jim Cartwright’s… Continue reading →
Drama Barn Review: Art
May 29, 2011Benedick Gibson Art won its writer Yasmin Reza the Molière Award for Best Author in 1995, and seeing it delivered in the Drama Barn it is easy to see why. An inventive, witty and playful script is complemented by a… Continue reading →
Drama Barn Review: Ten Days
May 18, 2011Arjun Kharpal An ominous dilapidated backdrop, barbed wire menacingly strung along the ceiling, was the setting for Ten Days, written and directed by Qaisar Siddiqui. The setting suggested a play full of suspense – but it quickly revealed itself to… Continue reading →
Review: The Beggar’s Opera
March 25, 2011Michael Middleton The Beggar’s Opera is reinterpreted by Belt Up theatre company for York Theatre Royal’s Takeover Festival, jumping freely between 2011, 1988 and 1728 – the year the original play was written – embracing its anachronisms in a meta-theatrical… Continue reading →
Review: Life Support – An Indie Musical
March 24, 2011Michael Middleton Life Support – An Indie Musical is a delightful show, which sees best friends and band mates Keith and Damien of London-based The AmoC (coma backwards) take up positions as Learning Support assistants at a primary school to… Continue reading →
Review: Fitzrovia Radio Hour
March 21, 2011Arjun Kharpal Slick-suited actors with pomade-styled hair scuttled about a stage cluttered with interesting props to greet the audience at York Theatre Royal for Fitzrovia Radio Hour, TakeOver Festival’s recreation of 1940s radio plays that really brings the radio to life. Fitzrovia Radio… Continue reading →
Review: 4:48 Psychosis
March 20, 2011Meg Roberts York Theatre Royal presents an interpretation of Sarah Kane’s disturbing 4:48 Psychosis as part of their TakeOver Festival. The production is directed by Rhiannon Jackson and comprised of a three-person cast, under 26 and local to York. Rebecca… Continue reading →
Drama Barn review: Ramadan Amadeus
March 12, 2011Michael Middleton Tom Vickers assembles a wonderful cast and a quirky, in-the-round set for his latest Drama Barn production Ramadan Amadeus. Joe Williams and Tom Stokes play the central figures of Faust and Mephisto; enveloped in a dreamscape where reality… Continue reading →
