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Writer: Oscar Wilde Adaptor/Director: Jamie Lloyd Reviewer: Susan Locke The Public Reviews Rating: I went into this Headlong Theatre Company’s production of Wilde’s Salome knowing nothing of it other than the myth of Salome doing the Dance of the Seven Veils in return for the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter. However having seen a [...]

Writer: Oscar Wilde Director: Jamie Lloyd Reviewer: David Noble The Public Reviews Rating: Salome is not for the faint hearted. Indeed, Jamie Lloyd’s interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s account of the death of John the Baptist, here named Iokanaan, never shies away from the brutality and immorality of the time. Blood is shed at regular intervals, and the character [...]

Writer: Oscar Wilde Adapted by: Trevor Baxter Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Carol Evans The Public Reviews Rating: It was a delightful taste of Victorian theatre last night at Richmond with the new touring version of Oscar Wilde’s Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime. Trevor Baxter’s imaginative adaptation, directed by Christopher Luscombe, comes to the stage in the spirit of [...]

Book: Oscar Wilde Adaptor Trevor Baxter Director: Christopher Luscombe Music: Malcolm McKee Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: Bill Kenwright has once again decided to stage an adaptation of on Oscar Wilde production following recent revivals of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest but this time has opted for a comedy in [...]

Writer: Michael Gannon Director: Sinead Kent Reviewer: Deborah Klayman This new play is an examination of the friendships between the artistic elite in 1890s Paris and the characters’ subsequent fall from grace and favour. Oscar Wilde visits the rooms of the post-impressionist painted Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, and also meets his companions: the prostitutes Marie and Yvette, [...]

Book: Terrence McNally Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Music: Stephen Flaherty Director: Ben De Wynter Reviewer: Adrian Pumphrey There are not many fringe stage productions that make you feel as though you have front seats at a large stage but ‘A Man of No Importance’ is certainly one of them. With a relatively large cast and a [...]

Writer: Goerge Bernard-Shaw Director: Michael Rudman Reviewer: Helen Chapman Not being a particular enthusiast of period drama, often finding them slow, predictable and thin on a storyline, I was unconvinced that Mrs Warren’s Profession would win me over. I stand corrected. This was one of the best plays I’ve seen. Witty, intriguing and of substance. [...]