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Writer: Roland Schimmelpfennig Translator: David Tushingham Director : Ramin Gray Reviewer : Julie Burrow The Public Reviews Rating: ‘The Golden Dragon’, directed by the Actors Touring Company’s Ramin Gray, opens on a set of draped rolls of paper hanging from the back wall, which the performers pull out over the stage, shielding the stage from a delightfully messy [...]

Writer: Roland Schimmelpfennig Director: Ramin Gray Reviewer: Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: Following on from its UK premiere in Plymouth and an Edinburgh Festival stint, The Golden Dragon debuts at The Arcola Theatre, Dalston before going on national tour. Written by Roland Schimmelpfennig (noted contemporary writer, previously at The Royal Court with ‘Push Up’, also produced by [...]

Writer: Roland Schimmelpfennig Translator: David Tushingham Director: Ramin Gray Reviewer: Val Baskott The Public Reviews Rating: Schimmelpfennig is billed as Germany’s leading contemporary dramatist and through Tushingham’s excellent translation his work is brought to the Festival by ATC under their new director Ramin Gray. ATC is a touring company focusing on new international writing. The Golden Dragon is [...]

Writer: David Watson Director: Clare Lizzimore Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: Pieces of Vincent is a new play from David Watson receiving its world premiere at the Arcola Theatre in East London. Vincent is a young man adrift in the world, looking for an ex-girlfriend and solace in London, he finds himself in the wrong place [...]

Writer: R C Sherriff Director : Alastair Whatley Reviewer: Susan Locke The Public Reviews Rating: Seen by many as an anti-war play this apparently was not Sherriff’s intent: to quote his autobiography his characters were “Simple, unquestioning men who fought the war because it was the right and proper thing to do…it was a play in which not [...]

Writer: RC Sherriff Director: Alastair Whatley Reviewer: Steve Burbridge The Public Reviews Rating: Based on R.C. Sherriff’s own experience in the trenches of World War One, ‘Journey’s End’ is a powerful and poignant production that starkly illustrates the futility of war. Set within a claustrophobic dugout where time creeps to a standstill as soldiers await their orders, the [...]