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Theatre often has its finger firmly on the pulse of modern society – sometimes, such as in the case of the Tricycle Theatre’s rapid response to the summer riots, even more so than those in power. This week’s top picks recognise theatre’s power to respond to and reflect our world with a selection of plays [...]

Writer: Nick Fisher Director: Robin Lefevre Reviewer: Steve Turner The Public Reviews Rating: The first stage play written by BAFTA award winning Nick Fisher, Basket Case contains very strong elements of the writer’s background coming across more like four episodes of a sitcom than a work for the stage. Set in the kitchen of a family home in [...]

Writer: Nick Fisher Director: Robin Lefevre Reviewer: Jacqui Onions The Public Reviews Rating:   A new play by Nick Fisher, Basket Case tells the tale of what happens when divorced couple, Guy and Miranda (played by Nigel Havers and Christine Kavanagh), are reunited when their beloved family pet is taken ill. Toby is an elderly dog on his [...]

Writer: Nick Fisher Director: Robin Leferve Designer Liz Ascroft Reviewer: Sue Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: Basket Case marks Nick Fisher’s playwriting debut, probably being known most recently for his Bafta winning TV series Manchild, where Nigel Havers and Christine Kavanagh also played man and wife. Basket Case is set in leafy middle England where the divorced couple [...]

Writer: Emlyn Williams Director: Blanche McIntyre Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: Accolade, a 1950 play by Emlyn Williams, is receiving its first ever revival here at the Finborough as part of their RediscoveriesUK season. Considered a controversial play at the time due to its unashamedly frank approach to sexuality, it will hardly seem risqué to modern [...]

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 [...]