Category: Tours

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 02:14 PM

Tour.

LOVE’S A LUXURY
by Guy Paxton and Edward V Hoile.

Tour to 2 October 2010.
Runs 2hr 15min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 7 September at Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage.

Traditional English farce from an innocent age.

Posted by : al_geary on Friday, September 03, 2010 - 09:54 AM

Touring.

LOVE IN SHAKESPEARE: Phil Hemming.
Heartbreak Productions: Tour Info 01926 430307 www.heartbreakproductions.co.uk.
Runs: 2h 30m: one interval.
Performance times: Mostly 7.30pm but varies with venue.
Review: Alan Geary: Nottingham: 28th August.


Rickety, but the best elements are excellent.

Posted by : RodDungate on Friday, September 03, 2010 - 09:52 AM

PRECIOUS THINGS: Lucy Corbett
My Little Theatre Company
Reviewed at The Old Joint Stock, Birmingham
2nd September 2010: Rod Dungate
Touring till 10 September, 1 hour, no interval

Interesting idea, but at the blue-print stage

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 11:55 AM

Tour.

MORSE: HOUSE OF GHOSTS
by Alma Cullen.

Tour to 4 December 2010.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 1 September at Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage.

Much that’s familiar in a play where the plot’s the thing.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 01:27 AM

Tour.

THE COUNTRY GIRL
by Clifford Odets.

Tour to 18 September.

then Apollo Theatre 6 October-26 February 2011.
Runs 2hr 20min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 9 August at Richmond Theatre.

Unfashionable intensity in emotional backstage drama.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Sunday, August 08, 2010 - 12:10 AM

Tour.

STICK MAN
based on the book by Julia Donaldson.

Scamp Theatre and Watford Palace Tour to 22 December 2010.
Runs 50min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 23 July at Watford Palace.

Scamp’s production scampers inventively over the stage – and beyond.

Posted by : al_geary on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 08:42 AM

Touring.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: Shakespeare (adapted Andy Barrow).
Oddsocks Productions: Full Tour Info www.oddsocks.co.uk.
Runs: 2h 30m: one interval: touring nationwide till 26 August.
Performance times: Mostly 7.30pm but varies with venue.
Review: Alan Geary: Nottingham: 29 July, 2010.


Oddsocks deliver a cracking show.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Monday, August 02, 2010 - 12:20 AM

London/Tour

THE HOUSE OF BILQUIS BIBI
by Sudha Bhuchar.

Hampstead Theatre Eton Avenue NW3 3EU To 14 August
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat Sat 3pm & 4 Aug 2.30pm.
Audio-described 14 Aug 3pm.
BSL Signed 3 Aug.
Captioned/Post-show Discussion with speech-to-text transcription 10 Aug.

TICKETS: 020 7722 9301.
www.hampsteadtheatre.com

then tour to 2 October 2010.
Runs 2hr One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 July.

Parallel turns out off-kilter.

Posted by : al_geary on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 01:54 AM

Tour.

THE TEMPEST
by William, Shakespeare.

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, Tour Information www.tlcm.co.uk.
Runs: 2h 10m: one interval.
Review: Alan Geary 18 July at Newstead Abbey.

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men might just be the best open-air touring company around.

Posted by : al_geary on Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 02:33 PM

Tour.

ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare.

Illyria Tour to 5 September 2010.
Information www.illyria.uk.com
Runs 3hr 5min One interval.
Review: Alan Geary 10 July at Newstead Abbey.

Well up to Illyria’s high standards.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 01:34 AM

Tour.

QUARTET
by Ronald Harwood.

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Tour to 28 August 2010.
Runs 2hr 10min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 12 July at Richmond Theatre.

A gentle contrivance that finally makes its point powerfully.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Saturday, June 26, 2010 - 11:10 AM

Tour.

INSIDE JOB
by Brian Clemens.

Tour to 7 August 2010.
Runs 2hr One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 16 June at Mercury Theatre Colchester.

Motives abound and shots are fired.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 02:28 PM

Tour.

APPLES
by Richard Milward adapted by John Retallack.

Northern Stage and Company of Angels Tour to 25 September 2010.
Runs 1hr 30min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 23 June at Burton Taylor Studio Oxford.

Sex, violence and the city – would you Adam-and-Eve it?

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 10:19 PM

Tour.

DECKY DOES A BRONCO
by Douglas Maxwell.

Tour to 18 September 2010.
Runs 1hr 15min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 14 June at Becket’s Park Northampton (for Royal and Derngate Theatre).

It’s not what you say, it’s the place where you say it.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - 01:31 PM

Tour.

HENRY & ELIZABETH
by Chris Goode.

Tour to 31 July 2010.
Runs c 1hr 30min No interval (or make your own).
Review: Timothy Ramsden 7 June at a home in Northampton.

Where going round and round is OK.

Posted by : al_geary on Monday, June 07, 2010 - 01:37 AM

Nottingham/Touring.

CALENDAR GIRLS
by Tim Firth.

Tour to 24 July 2010 (current tour).
Runs 2hr30min One interval.
Review: Alan Geary: 1 June at THeatre Royal Nottingham.

As ever, drips with bargain basement sentimentality, but better acted than last year.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 05:04 PM

Tour.

GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
adapted by David Wood from the books by Sam McBratney music & lyrics by David Wood.

Tour to 16 October 2010.
Runs 55min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 21 May at Rose Theatre Kingston-upon-Thames.

Participatory version of books on stage.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Monday, May 31, 2010 - 04:03 AM

London.

CANARY
by Jonathan Harvey.

Hampstead Theatre To 12 June
then English Touring Theatre tour to 3 July 2010.
Mon-Sat 7.30pm Mat at 3pm & 9 June 2.30pm.
Audio-described 5 June 3pm.
Captioned 8 June.
Post-show Discussion with speech-to-text transcription 8 June.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.

TICKETS: 020 7722 9301.
www.hampsteadtheatre.com (Hampstead).
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 May.

Sexual identity across half a century assembles into a richly rewarding drama.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 01:16 AM

Tour.

DANGEROUS LIAISONS
based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos adapted by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones with Keiron Self, Lynne Seymour and Mappa Mundi.

Tour to 27 June 2010.
Runs 2hr 35min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 25 May at Greenwich Theatre.

Pointedly energetic portrayal of all being fair in a battle of the sexes..

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 03:01 PM

Tour.

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
by Agatha Christie.

The Agatha Christie Company Tour to 18 September.
Runs 2hr 30min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 12 May at Richmond Theatre.

Court-room Christie contrivance with a remarkable central character.

Posted by : al_geary on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 03:29 AM

Tour.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK
adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from the novel by Susan Hill.

Tour to 10 July 2010.
Runs: 2hr 10min one interval.
Review: Alan Geary 4 May at Theatre Royal Nottingham.

Still causing hairs at the back of the head to stand on end.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Sunday, May 09, 2010 - 11:26 AM

Tour.

SUS
by Barrie Keeffe,

Young Vic and Eclipse Theatre Tour to 26 June 2010.
Runs 1hr 20min No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 8 May at Curve Leicester.

Gripping police drama in political context.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Friday, April 30, 2010 - 02:36 AM

Tour.

STEPPING OUT
by Richard Harris.

Tour to 31 July 2010.
Runs 2hr 25min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 24 April at Richmond Theatre.

Not very sure of its ground.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Monday, April 19, 2010 - 06:38 AM

Tour.

STOP MESSING ABOUT
by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke.

Tour to 20 June 2010.
Runs 1hr 40min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 17 April at Royal and Derngate (Derngate auditorium) Northampton.

Comic nudges and winks from radio times.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 02:13 AM

Tour.

MEN OF THE WORLD
by John Godber.

Hull Truck Tour to 19 June 2010.
Runs 2hr 5min One interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 31 March at Cambridge Arts Theatre.

Truck takes to coaches.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 09:53 AM

Tour.

THE MERMAID PRINCESS
by Teresa Ludovico English translation by Stuart Rogers.

Teatro Kismet Tour to 3 July 2010.
Runs 1hr No interval.
Review: Timothy Ramsden 26 March at Curve, Leicester.

Lovely to look at, less delightful to know.

Posted by : RodDungate on Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 08:09 PM

ADOLPH HITLER – MY PART IN HIS DOWNFALL
Based on the writing of Spike Milligan, Adapted by Ben Power and Tim Carroll
Runs: 2h 30m, one interval
Review 9 March 2010, Birmingham Rep Theatre: Rod Dungate

Energetic, entertaining and heart-warming.

Posted by : TimothyRamsden on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 09:55 AM

London.

EGG AND SPOON
by Marcello Chiarenza and Patrick Lynch.

Unicorn Theatre (Clore Theatre) 147 Tooley Street SE1 2HZ To 20 December 2009.
18 Dec 10.30am, 12pm, 2.30pm.
19 Dec 10.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm.
20 Dec 2.30pm.
Runs 45min No interval.

TICKETS: 020 7645 0560.
www.unicorntheatre.com
Review: Timothy Ramsden.

Seasonal adjustments and the joy of being alive.

Posted by : Mark-Courtice on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 01:22 AM

Tour.

THE SEAGULL
by Anton Chekhov and The Factory.

The Factory Theatre Tour.
Performance info www.thefactorytheatre.co.uk

Runs 2hr 20min No interval.
Review: Mark Courtice 16th August 2009 at St Luke’s Church, Holloway London N7.

Fresh, funny – this fascinating treatment of a classic is still very moving.

Posted by : RodDungate on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 - 02:49 PM

CHICAGO: Fred Ebb Lyrics), John Kander (Music), Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse (Book).
Runs: 2h 30m, one interval.
Review: Alexander Ray, Birmingham Hippodrome, 3 June 2009.
(Tkts - Birmingham Hippodrome - www.birminghamhippodrome.com)
Touring till November 28 - but check www.chicagotour.co.uk additional dates promised.

Great fun - and you’ll sit there thinking: ‘I wish I could do that!’

CHICAGO is a bit like a well oiled machine; get it going and it whizzes along to the end.