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Writer: Neil Simon Director: Joyce Branagh Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: Willie (Robert Pickavance) and Al (David Fielder) are, or rather were, The Sunshine Boys – a pair of old time cabaret comedians who’ve avoided each other for the past eleven years since their untimely retirement gig. Al has moved to New Jersey to live a [...]

Writer: Polly Teale Director: Nancy Meckler Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: This is yet another very distinctive offering from Shared Experience who have produced an intense, emotional and very thought provoking piece in Polly Teale’s cleverly written ‘Bronte’. Teale utilises factual and fictional characters to tell the story of the Bronte sisters miserable existence being continually [...]

Written by: Gerald Sibleyras Translated: Tom Stoppard Director: Paul Hart Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: Written by French playwright Gerald Sibleyras in 2003 with the title ‘Le Vent des Peupliers’, this play was translated in 2005 by Tom Stoppard, with a much simpler English title of ‘Heroes’, and won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best New [...]