JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
Shakespeare out in the open
Illyria in full swing
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Re-releases from Iain Matthews, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Charlie Daniels Band
JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Illyria Theatre — Winterbourne House and Gardens, Birmingham and touring
TO DELIVER a full Shakespeare play outdoors among the huge blowing trees, with all parts played by just five actors, should be commendation enough, but director Oliver Gray has inserted unexpected drama, interpretation and characterisation.
Tonight's audience at Winterbourne House and Gardens, were treated to a fresh and original professional production and responded with an applause so loud it drowned the inclement wind.
This was intimate theatre with pace — breathless, actually — and loud energetic voices projected to this audience of 400+ worked to perfection. There was never time to lapse into wondering what was going to happen next.
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