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As covered here, the venue will reopen with its eagerly anticipated revival of South Pacific, which will play to slightly reduced capacity, while also introducing streamed performances. A weekend of open-air concerts and family events in Oaklands Park will take place in early June, with details to be revealed. The venue will also stream a specially made filmed version of its hit production of Crave, starring Erin Doherty, Alfred Enoch, Wendy Kweh and Jonathan Slinger. It will be available from 18 to 29 May, and feature footage from the stage show alongside new, more recently filmed items. T...

OBITUARY FOREFRONT: David Kirby was a trailblazing fencing coach who helped dozens of athletes towards national and international glory TRIBUTES have been paid to local fencing legend David Kirby, who has died from Covid. The 70-year-old former army Major, who lived just outside Evesham, was head of coach development at Shakespeare’s Swords, the renowned fencing club he established at King Edward’s School, Stratford over 30 years ago.   Credited for introducing fencing to thousands of youngsters over four decades of coaching, he was regarded as one of the leading lights in modern ...

Last modified on Wed 23 Dec 2020 04.02 EST 10 National Theatre, London Rafe Spall gave one of the most virtuosic performances of the year in Clint Dyer and Roy Williams’ one-man show about class, race, identity and inheritance. He played Michael, a tormented working-class man grappling with the legacy of a racist father. Stalking the length and breadth of the stage, which was designed in the shape of a St George’s Cross, Spall performed with the punkish energy of a man possessed. His drunken eulogy at his father’s funeral was an exemplar of a dramatic meltdown. Read the full review. 9 C...

Until December 22 and from January 4-16 The inherent flaws in political correctness are the underlying warning in David Mamet’s disturbing drama. It can also be seen as an exercise in how to manipulate words and actions by taking them out of context and rendering them capable of an altogether more sinister interpretation. Jonathan Slinger and Rosie Sheehy play this double-hander with great skill. They build tension from an innocuous, if slightly uncomfortable, opening conversation to an explosive denouement over 80 minutes. Mamet’s dialogue is a tad irritating as the two charact...

Last modified on Sun 13 Dec 2020 09.31 EST An anxious university student meets her professor about her grades. It takes place in his room and ends up in a college complaint for his allegedly inappropriate behaviour. He believes he has done no wrong. She feels violated and seeks redress. David Mamet’s combative two-hander might have reflected the issues and anxieties of the day at its premiere in 1992, but it is startling to see this revival following Harvey Weinstein’s watershed rape conviction. Could Mamet have written a #MeToo play long before #MeToo became a movement? Not quite, ...