Did You Know…? JANACEK’S SPECTRE AT WILTON’S • 2006
Did you know about the outcry caused by the première of Brian Friel’s Performances at the Gate Theatre in Dublin? “I’d love to see fisticuffs in the bar at Wilton’s,” … Continue reading
Archive Review • GASLIGHT • Old Vic • 2007
“You would have called the gas board a long time before,” said my mother after seeing me as Bella Manningham in Gaslight. It was a piece of miscasting that could only have … Continue reading
Archive Review • HITCHCOCK BLONDE • Royal Court Theatre • 2003
The second scene of Hitchcock Blonde offers us the sight of Alfred Hitchcock painstakingly filleting Dover sole while dining with a young actress desperate to be cast in his film. This image is repeated … Continue reading
Archive Theatre Review • HITCHCOCK BLONDE • Lyric Theatre • 2003
Terry Johnson has had phenomenal success dealing with some of the great icons of the twentieth century. From putting Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein in a room together to dissecting … Continue reading