Bronzehead Theatre take Richard II to English gardens

Richard II came to the Stained Glass Centre in St Martin-Cum-Gregory. (Photo by Mikes Oakes)

Director Tom Straszewski pays apt homage to the garden of England so worshipped in this underperformed historical play by decking out a fully committed site-sensitive performance with vines, flowers, ladders and live turf lining the aisle of his actors’ traverse stage. Continue reading

Drums in the Night offers a different look at WWI

As wars still rage and politics hold us hostage, this election term seems the perfect setting for, Drums in the Night, Bertolt Brecht’s early play about passion, revolution, grief and action. Continue reading

Theatre Mill’s Jekyll and Hyde is tastefully gothic

Theatre Mill deliver an engaging site-specific experience beginning before the venue doors even open, and carrying the audience through the lobby – now a period pub complete with warming fire, period-style drinks and posters, and committed supporting cast creating an atmosphere from the off. Continue reading