Liz Ratcliffe laughs and cries at The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which she finds to be a masterpiece of acting and choreography, wrapped in a high-tech set I enjoyed reading Mark Haddonâs best-selling novel, The Curious Incident...
It is easy to feel jaded as a reviewer, particularly when a play youâve seen countless times pops up again on the season brochure. When it comes to refreshing an old favourite, star casting works. In Manchester weâve recently seen Jodie Prenger...
Laura Wadeâs comedy Home, Iâm Darling is about one womanâs quest to live like the like perfect 1950âs housewife in 2019. But behind the gingham curtains, things start to unravel, and being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it seems. Quays Life...
The National Theatreâs Macbeth opens onto a post-apocalyptic world â dark, wet and drowning in ripped plastic. This doesnât just feel like the aftermath of a bloody civil war, but the end of the earth as we know it. Rae Smithâs set design creates a...
Following a sell-out London run, the National Theatreâs radical reinterpretation of Macbeth goes on tour, arriving at the Lowry on 29 September 2018. Artistic director, Rufus Norris talks to Quays Life about anarchy, uncertainty and why the heart of...
Itâs the summer of 1912 and on a farm in rural Devon a drunken Ted Narracott (Gwilym Lloyd) has spent his mortgage money on a young foal, a mixed-breed that is neither rider nor plough horse. For his wife, Rose (Jo Castleton) itâs another useless...
Hedda Gabler is a gift of a part that can be played by a star name or make one of the actor playing her. The last time I saw it staged, Amanda Donohoe was Ibsenâs anti-heroine in Braham Murrayâs production at The Royal Exchange. I remember the...
Liz Ratcliffe
Carmel Thomason
