Stunning superb theatre. Even outdoors in the howling wind and threatening rain. Brilliant.
‘This Is My Theatre’ are at the top of their game.
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold ⭐⭐⭐💫
This was really interesting – it’s incredibly hard to adapt a novel, especially a spy novel, into something the size of a play. It has to be about what you leave out, rather than trying to cram things in. However, the first act was chapter headings and a lot of walking in circles leading to many fewer people in the audience in the second act than there had been in the first. Those that stayed were in for a treat because this second act was super. It’s the acting that elevates this, the acting is 5 star. And without Ralf Little, this would have been stale as a soggy pancake to be honest – he elevated it and drove it with fierceness all the way through. I adore him – not going to lie, I’m so pleased he’s as fantastic a theatre actor as he is on the TV screen. Not all of them are. We’ll leave that there. I’d LOVED to have seen him do White Rabbit, Red Rabbit. I did joke to Andy that if he’d jumped off the stage and asked me to run away with him that Andy would have had competition..!
Lessons from Teacher X ⭐⭐
Potentially interesting – but needs further development in script, rehearsal and staging.
Lighthouse ⭐⭐⭐
This has great potential: Broadway Baby: LIGHTHOUSE
Poppies ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve seen some GREAT things this Fringe. Not all great, obviously. But the great was truly magnificent – and this tops everything.
Review here: Broadway Baby: Poppies
You Oughta Be in Pictures ⭐⭐⭐💫
This was interesting. Still thinking about it…
Cowpokes in a Bunkhouse ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Absolutely BRILLIANT. Do not miss this.
1816: The Year Without a Summer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This was SUPERB – love love loved it.
Dance of Time ⭐⭐
Lordy mc lordy pie. If the actors hadn’t been superb in this I don’t know what I would have done.
Murder, Margaret and Me ⭐⭐⭐
An interesting premise but one that takes a long time to get to the point. And despite hints, there is no more than already known and speculated about promised reveal of what happened to Agatha during her famed disappearance. But always enjoyable to watch things at NVT and some fine performances in here too.