By Rachel Jones. Images: Jack Merriman. Star rating: 5/5 There is an old theatrical saying that limitations breed creativity, and Salisbury Playhouse’s production of Our Man in Havana is proof of exactly that. Graham Greene’s Cold War satire, part espionage thriller, part political farce and part family drama, is...
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Review: The Importance of Being Oscar, Theatre Royal Winchester
Words by Joy McKay. Photo credit: Marc Brenner. Star rating: 4 out of 5. The Importance of Being Oscar is a play first premiered in Dublin in 1960 written and performed by Micheál Mac Liammóir. It quickly achieved success being shown on Broadway, as an award winning television production...
Review: The Talented Mr Ripley at Salisbury Playhouse
By Rachel Jones & Luke Richards. “I never wanted to murder anyone. It was necessary.” Not exactly a comforting opening line, but it tells you everything you need to know about The Talented Mr Ripley. Based on Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller, this adaptation leans straight into questions of identity,...
Review: And Then There Were None, Mayflower Theatre
By Martin Brisland. Image: Manuel Harlan. With a Mayflower programme full of musicals, concerts, opera and ballet it is refreshing to see a classic ‘whodunnit’ play with an intricate plot delivered by a company of excellent actors. Agatha Christie is the undisputed Queen of Crime and the creator of...
Southampton’s Itchen Bridge takes centre stage in BBC Radio 4 festive drama
By Carolyn Thomas Woolston-based author Ali Sparkes has written a new play for Radio 4, inspired by the tales of tollbooth workers on Southampton’s Itchen Bridge. Billed as a ‘festive romcom’ starring comedian Shaparak Khorsandi (pictured top with Ali), Tess of the Tollbooth explores the developing relationship between tollbooth...