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Deep Cut

Deep Cut

Powerful take on true-life tragedy

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

Thirteen years after Cheryl James died at Deepcut barracks, the young army private's parents continue to campaign for a public enquiry. No longer solely concerned as to whether she committed suicide, as the army originally claimed, Des and Doreen James…

Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger

Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger

Polished insight into the joys of online dating

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

Anyone who has dipped their toes in the choppy waters of internet dating will find this sparky, well-observed two-hander from Australia's Out Cast Theatre enjoyably close-to-the-knuckle. Butt Boy (Jamie) and Tigger (Matt) meet in a chatroom late one…

Mommie and the Minister

Mommie and the Minister

High-camp B-movie gothic horror schlock-stravaganza

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

Gerard Anthony has created a monster. The titular Mommie of this Hammer Horror homage is part drag queen, part Methodist preacher, part Bride of Frankenstein. Anthony's range runs from shrill unctuousness through pious browbeating all the way to…

Pierrepoint: The Hangman's Tale

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

The story of Albert Pierrepoint, the most prolific chief executioner of the 20th century, has fascinated audiences for years. This stark, sobering, well-written and excellently acted new play, low on production values but strikingly effective as a…

The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer

The British Ambassador's Belly Dancer

Shaking things up

(3 stars)7 Aug 2008

Belly dancing, spanking, stripping and politics are the intriguing ingredients of this rags-to-riches tale in which object of media notoriety Nadira Aleiva (who was mistress to the controversial former ambassador in Uzbekistan, Craig Murray) tells her…

The Space Between My Head and My Body

The Space Between My Head and My Body

Sophisticated drama from a young company

(3 stars)7 Aug 2008

Seven people take a plane journey, but something has gone wrong. Has the plane landed? Is the journey still underway? Is it real or imagined? Flitting between dreams, memories, and future visions, the characters are followed by the ominous sense that…

Teenage kicks

Teenage kicks - Once and For All We’re Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen

5 Aug 2008

Belgium’s Ontroerend Goed climbs down from the roof to show the positive side to adolescence, finds Mark Fisher. Alexander Devriendt has been hanging out with the kids. The Belgian director has been working with 13 teenagers on a show for grown-ups…

Terminus

Terminus

Angels, demons and reincarnation from the master of the monologue

31 Jul 2008

‘I still like the Catholic religion even though I don’t believe in God,’ says Mark O’Rowe, the Dublin master of the monologue. That may or may not explain why the latest play by the author of Howie the Rookie and Crestfall is what he calls a…

Simon Callow

Hard times - Gladder to be Gay?

Festival of Politics

22 Jul 2008

Simon Callow is heading our way with both Stonewall and Dickens on his mind. Anna Millar chats to one of theatre’s hardest working men about his love of acting and support for gay rights Mere minutes out of London rehearsals for The Magic Flute and…

Fall

Fall

War requiem - Traverse

17 Jul 2008

New director of the Traverse Dominic Hill’s own directorial debut is an unobtrusive choice. Kirstin Innes meets Zinnie Harris, the playwright behind Fall

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