This play – and this production of it – pulls of the rare feat of being deeply moving and riotously funny; a dark comedy that touches raw nerves and funny bones in near equal measure.
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The rivalry between two of the most famous names in early Hollywood is at the heart of this engaging double-hander play.
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War is never as far from us as might think, and this short run production reminds us of that in two ways.
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When one of the central characters in a play is a arrogant, self-important critic, its very hard to review it without feeling just a little self-conscious.
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The secret of good comedy is apparently timing – but it appears slightly out of joint in this curiously retro futuristic satire.
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There’s a painting by African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner of the moment Mary is told by archangel Gabriel that she is pregnant with the son of God.
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George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel is brought disturbingly and vividly to life in this stunning Sewell Barn production.
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Love in later life is the heart of this funny and touching comedy drama, brought to life by three adept leading ladies.
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There is always a temptation with Shakespeare to try to do something different: this version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream nominally sets the action around the Suffragette movement of the early 20th century.
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The 30-year friendship of three women from university onwards is the bedrock of this complex comedy.
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This double bill of two short Noël Coward plays offers two contrasting tales of love and adversity.
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Some startlingly good performances and writing come together in this series of monologues looking at more than 50 years of gay rights in England.
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Harold Pinter’s plays are known for their pauses and unseen menace but this production of the semi-autobiographical piece Betrayal barely takes a breath.
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An East Anglian courtroom drama, Pinter, and Shakespeare are among the shows making up the Sewell Barn Theatre’s next 2022/3 season.
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Dylan Thomas’ famous radio play poses a choice when mounting a stage production: keep things simple and stick to the poetry, or attempt to inject some visual flair and risk overpowering the words.
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