By Katie Isham. Pictures: Craig Fuller. Star rating: 5/5 “The day is hot, the Capulets are abroad, and if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl.” And marry, if you head to Salisbury Playhouse before the 7th June, you shall not ‘scape a brawl, nor a ball, nor...
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Review: Spitfire Girls – Salisbury Playhouse
By Dan O’Farrell. I experience a moment of trepidation as I take my seat at Salisbury Playhouse for the touring production of ‘Spitfire Girls’. The austere-looking stage – a bare, raised hexagon dominated by a Spitfire roundel – and the 1940’s period-glamour of the programme clutched in my workshy...
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: Rock & Roll Man, Salisbury Playhouse
By Dan O’Farrell. Ever since the success of ‘The Buddy Holly Story’, the appeal of the ‘rock & roll’ musical has been a recurring theme of West End and Broadway successes, with shows like ‘Jersey Boys’ and even ‘Hairspray’ tapping into the febrile yet innocent lore of late 1950s...
Review: Jack and the Beanstalk, Salisbury Playhouse
By Dan O’Farrell. As a certifiably pretentious graduate of English Literature, full-time English teacher and ‘wannabe’ man-of-letters, I’ve laboured most of my post-childhood life believing that the great British tradition of ’The Christmas Pantomime’ was – most assuredly – not for me. Like a miserly Scrooge confronted with theatrical...
Review: The Girl on the Train, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Dan O’Farrell. Sometimes the black holes in a person’s memory can create a thrilling sense of mystery…at least, that was my take-away from tonight’s mesmerising visit to Mayflower Theatre to watch the opening Southampton performance of ‘The Girl On The Train’. The black hole that most affected me,...