Red Rum Audio Review ( In Video Style )

My Fiddler on The Roof Video Review

Red Rum

The story of bloody mary as a site specific piece, in theory, worked well, but it was missing one main element of horror - darkness, it was not as amazing as it could have been.

Richard The Third

A really enjoyable modern take on a Shakespeare classic, where although new innovation takes over, it is a massive change from tradition, and a good one at that!

Cold Comfort Farm - The Full Review

For Flora Poste, child of deceased Robert Poste, it can't be easy, not only has she lost a father but she has the only option of going to stay with family, although only 19, still unmarried and unable in the post war era to buy a house, let alone live on her own. So after venturing from upmarket London, to a rural countryside farm, she finds that she is alone in her well mannered and well spoken ways. The family do there best to make her feel unwelcome in the most comic ways, while she is determined to stay and change them.

Unfortunately though the storyline sounds rather amusing, the performance at the Progress Theatre in Reading, which i went to see, it was more of a child's playground than a professionally staged piece.

Though the actor playing Flora, was very convincing as her character, the rest were unable to convince the audience they were anything more than themselves. The performance was over voiced and at times i felt myself wincing at how loud the cast were shouting. Flora spent the show stepping out of the scene and commentating on what was going on, and how it fitted the narrative conventions of a comedy and its' battle between classes and it was an interesting take on the play, which i was impressed by.

However, there were funny moments, where the comedy of the play was shown in its' full glory in which it was meant to be performed. And when the actors came into the audience, breaking down the fourth wall, although the idea was a good one, they over acted it and made the audience worried about being fallen on rather than concentrating on the words of the play, or what they were actually portraying.

Overall, although there were parts which i was really impressed with, it was uncomfortable to watch, and had all the ingredients to a good show, but needed a lot of work.

Cold Comfort Farm

A tad immature in its' humour, however there were elements of theatre which were enjoyable to watch. The lead girl was brilliant and her character was well performed, however the rest of the cast portrayed what can only be described as a child's playground in an adults world.

Fiddler On The Roof

For a musical hater, I am surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Not too over the top like many musicals, and with a great cast of singers along with the light hearted comedy of the play, it has begun to change my perspective on musicals...

Under Milkwood

An interesting medium of radio, its' sound effects and theatre. However, with no plot its' first half was plenty enough to watch, let alone another hour after the interval.

Masquerade

A brilliant exploration of dreams and the unknown world we fall into when we sleep. A mixture of dance and theatre really worked well in this performance.

Nutcracker

An over the top, very camp extravaganza of confetti, paper air-planes and water guns, aimed for under tens and under tens only.

Love Never Dies

What you should expect from a west end show, even if the plot was a little obvious the show was really enjoyable to watch and really well performed.

Landscape And Monologue

A really enjoyable and interesting yet confusing performance because of the undetermined character relationships within both performances.

Hippolytus Re-Framed

An interesting take on a Greek tragedy, enjoyable if a little over the top in places.