REVIEW: Palmyra, Pulse Festival, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Palmyra presented as part of the Paulse Festival at the New Wolsey Theatre
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REVIEW: Hammerhead, Pulse Festival, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Joseph Morpurgo’s Hammerhead at Pulse Festival at the New Wolsey Theatre Hammerhead. Pulse Festival at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. 9 June 2018 4 Stars Pulse Festival Information Joseph Morpurgo presents his one man masterpiece, a boundary-smashing 9 hour adaptation of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, in which he plays all the characters. Well, not quite. We join him at the Q and A after the show; he hasn’t even had time to remove his stage make up before he humbly appears before us to take our questions- both from the live audience and the “millions” tuning in via social media. It’s a high energy, hilarious and hugely enjoyable performance of vanity and denial, taking the piss perfectly out of acting and actor’s methods. The questions from the audience are perfectly planted, and signpost the way effectively through the Q and A as Morpurgo’s denial crumbles and his … Read more
REVIEW: Our Carnal Hearts, Pulse Festival, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Our Carnal Hearts by Rachel Mars presented as part of the Pulse Festival at the New Wolsey Theatre.
REVIEW: The Audit, Pulse Festival, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Proto-type Theatre’s The Audit presented as part of the Paulse Festival at the New Wolsey Theatre.
Pulse Festival 2018 New Wolsey Theatre
Paul T Davies previews The 18th Annual Pulse Festival at the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich. Now firmly established on the East Anglian and theatrical calendar, the Pulse Festival is 18 this year, and is as eclectic and exciting as it has been every year. With post Edinburgh hits on tour, scratch days, new work and material being tested, live music and dance, there really is something for everyone! The Suitcase Prize Day is always a great event, in which theatre makers present about 20 minutes of a new show, and are encouraged to think in an environmentally and economically sustainable way- work that can be toured in a suitcase! Twelve companies and artists will present excerpts of new work, with the winner being announced at the end of the day. Last year’s winner, Rubber Ring by James McDermott, gets its full performance, and it all takes place on Friday June … Read more
What To Watch Out For in 2018 – Paul T Davies
To talk about every show I’m looking forward to in 2018 would extend this column beyond your patience, so I thought I would focus on three different aspects-and throw in a few more! THE DIRECTOR. One of my favourite directors is Emma Rice, who got me back into the Globe theatre after feeling that it had become too staid for my tastes in the years before. Now she is free of any shackles they may have put on her, I’m excited to see her new work, and to welcome back one of her classics. Her new company, Wise Children, is the new company in residence at the Old Vic, London, and the first production will be an adaptation of Angela Carter’s classic novel Wise Children. A story of twins born on the wrong side of the bed sheets to a theatrical knight, its theatricality and storytelling makes it a perfect … Read more
REVIEW: Red Riding Hood, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
if you weren’t in a festive mood before you entered the theatre, I guarantee you will be when you leave! A howling success!
REVIEW: The Ladykillers, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭
It’s a risk to stage a production of a much loved film, and, overall, the Wolsey manages to pull it off, although the production doesn’t quite reach the comedic highs it could have.
