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Writer: Noel Coward Director: Roy Marsden Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating:   Despite being written back in 1956, Volcano was never performed in Coward’s lifetime, until now. Adela Shelly (Jenny Seagrove) runs a banana plantation on the side of a volcano mountain on a Caribbean island. Her husband died some years ago and she is [...]

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Writer: Noel Coward Director: Roy Marsden Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: Noel Coward wrote Volcano in 1956 but it has never been performed before this touring production. So, is Volcano a fiery play, full of passion and wit, worthy of its name or a rather damp squib of a play that disappoints? The play tells a [...]

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Writer: Noel Coward Director: Roy Marsden Reviewer: Rosie Wheat The Public Reviews Rating:   Despite the tropical set, the musical birds and the constant rumblings of an ominous volcano, Noel Coward’s play still remains utterly British. The mind is so tricked by the brittle conversations and repressed sexual desire, it is difficult to accept the palm tree [...]

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Writer: Nell Leyshon Composer: Olly Fox Director: Jessica Swale Reviewer: Michael Gray The Public Reviews Rating: They bake pizzas there now, where once the London beau monde queued to gawp at the Lunaticks in Bedlam. The 18th century Moorfields premises on London Wall, where Nell Leyshon sets her scene, was the madhouse’s second home; the hospital still exists, [...]

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