Feature: J.B. Priestley thriller Benighted adapted for the stage for the first time
A stormy night, a group of travellers forced to abandon their car and take shelter in a crumbling old mansion…on the face of it, Benighted looks like a classic ...
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Review: Benighted, Old Red Lion Theatre
We’ve had a bit of a Priestley renaissance this year haven’t we? Stephen Daldry’s An Inspector Calls is celebrating a 25th anniversary run, The Roundabout got i...
Review: When We Are Married, York Theatre Royal
I feel like the much-loved Northern Broadsides’ last two productions of King Lear and The Merry Wives, while hitting the marks in some places, really didn't see...
Review: The Roundabout, Park Theatre
JB Priestley's little known play The Roundabout is a light comedy about the class system in 1930s England. Richard Kettlewell (Brian Protheroe), a wealthy busin...
Review: Dangerous Corner, Richmond Theatre
It starts with a bang in the darkness, a potentially reckless decision given that 80 percent of the audience was over the age of 60. The loud bang that sped fro...
Review: Summer Day’s Dream
The Finborough Theatre is a wonderfully intimate space that gives no sense of grandeur or expanse upon entering the doors. It lets the drama speak for itself,...