
Month: July 2011
Interview: producer/actress Amy Tez
Rock n Roll Theatre’s production of Danny and the Deep Blue Seaat the Phoenix Artists Club in 2010 was a sell-out success, beloved of critics. And now the company has returned to the Phoenix with another play by American writer John Patrick Shanley. Rarely seen in the UK, Four Dogs and … Continue Reading Interview: producer/actress Amy Tez
Loyalty
We feast on political memoirs, greedily devouring their tales of what went on behind closed doors while the flashbulbs of the press were pinging outside. When seasoned with events that have sparked public outrage, their appeal is irresistible. And recently there has been no greater touchstone for the people’s distrust … Continue Reading Loyalty
The Tempest
Principal Theatre Company’s winning run of outdoor summer Shakespeare continues with a spellbinding version of ‘The Tempest’. Paul Gladwin has skilfully navigated the play’s darker undercurrents to produce a child-friendly, laughter-filled show that stays on the right side of pantomime. Rupert Wickham is a stern but not unbending Prospero; raging … Continue Reading The Tempest
For Services Rendered
Melancholy pervades James Bounds’ heartfelt revival of Somerset Maugham’s tale of a wealthy family struggling to adapt in the aftermath of the Great War, which has left Sydney, the only son, blind. The diffuse yellow light that plays across the set, a country-house conservatory, evokes a summer’s day drawing to … Continue Reading For Services Rendered
Interview: Jos Vantyler
Actor Jos Vantyler’s personality fills the room as soon as he enters the Marylebone coffee shop where I’m waiting for him. Sporting shades and wearing a blue linen shirt and white trousers, he’s effortlessly cool and charming on one of the hottest days of the year. This is his local … Continue Reading Interview: Jos Vantyler