Written by Paul Allen Directed by Jacqueline Wheble ★★★★ A choice between eating and heating. Fishing for coins down the sofa to pay the gas and the constant threat of unemployment and rising costs. Sounds all too familiar. Paul Allen’s 1998 stage adaptation of Mark Herman’s screenplay for the 1996 film Brassed Off manages one of the … Continue reading Brassed Off – Church Hill Theatre
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray Adapted by Declan Donnellan Directed by Hilary Spiers ★★★ Vanity Fair sits among the dusted tomes as a monumentally respected collection of volumes, collated, collected, and often adapted – most famously by Declan Donnellan's 1983 premiere production in Edinburgh with Nick Ormerod. Though for many it’s placed there as a ‘good … Continue reading Vanity Fair – Churchill Theatre
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