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Swallows and Amazons: Wycombe Swan

The thrilling new stage version of Swallows and Amazons, which enchanted West End audiences over Christmas, is in High Wycombe this week, delighting long-time admirers of Arthur Ransome’s celebrated children’s story, which dates back to 1930, and earning new fans for it too. read more
Serious Money: The Oxford School of Drama, Pegaus Theatre

Serious Money, Caryl Churchill’s ruthless examination of the ‘greed is healthy’ financial world of the late 1980s, still has a powerful impact, despite today’s more general understanding of the tendency for disgraceful behaviour by bankers and other speculators. read more
Lettice and Lovage: Watermill Theatre, Newbury

‘We come now to the Tudor staircase,” intones Lettice Douffet. She then unfolds an amazing tale about Queen Elizabeth I, who, she says, nearly fell down it when she visited the house, but was saved by a gallant gentleman. The gentleman in question was knighted on the spot. read more
Teechers: Burton Taylor Studio

ohn Godber’s spirited late eighties play-within-a-play gets a kinetic airing in this student production. read more

Archive - Wednesday, 22 February 2012