Review: Three Short Plays by Samuel Beckett at the Old Red Lion Theatre

Three Short Plays by Samuel Beckett 

Old Red Lion Theatre

Reviewed on Thursday 9th April 2015

★★

Sara Joyce directs three short Samuel Beckett plays. Although each piece is easy to watch, I found the whole experience rather underwhelming.

Review: Lardo at the Old Red Lion Theatre

Lardo
Old Red Lion Theatre
Reviewed on Thursday 5th March 2015
★★★

Following Lardo from struggling guy to overnight sensation, Mike Stone's new play delves into the ugly world of wrestling - the glamour, the theatricality and the reality. As someone who knows very little about about wrestling I found the piece eye opening; I have never seen anything vaguely similar.

Review: The Fastest Clock In The Universe at the Old Red Lion Theatre

The Fastest Clock In The Universe

Old Red Lion Theatre

Reviewed on Saturday 9th October 2013

It's hard to believe it's been twenty one years since the premiere of Philip Ridley's The Fastest Clock in the the Universe, mainly because the play has aged so well and concerns itself with the very current preoccupations of vanity, ageing and society's obsession with youth and beauty.

Review: The Deep Space at the Old Red Lion Theatre

The Deep Space

Old Red Lion Theatre

Reviewed on Thursday 21 February 2013 (Press Night)

"There's a monster in this family... In a contemporary northern town two women, Sam and Caitlin, are locked in a room together following a devastating accident. Caitlin must help Sam face up to the truth of the tragedy by digging into the past and confront the monsters hiding in plain sight. In The Deep Space no one is as they seem."

The Deep Space is a dark and perverse production, pitted with laugh out loud clumsy realism. The raw sex scene and heavily laden plot are not for the faint hearted or for those with delicate ears. The gripping reality left the audience aghast and sympathetic towards the vulnerable female lead, played by Abbiegale Duncan.