by Colin Thomas | Nov 15, 2024 | Review
In The Hobbit, novelist JRR Tolkein creates a textured, credible, and high-stakes fantasy world, but all of that is missing in Kim Selody’s stage adaptation and there’s not much to replace it. Just two actors perform the whole thing. Tim Carlson’s core character — and...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 9, 2024 | Review
There’s nothing there. I’m not talking about Antarctica; I’m talking about Aidan Dooley’s script for his solo show Tom Crean – Discovering Antarctica. It’s not as though the actual history isn’t rich; a lot happened. Tom Crean, an Irish sailor in the English...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 27, 2024 | Review
This is an odd compliment I know, but, watching Ridge, I kept thinking, “This show is like a block of wood.” It’s so solid and complete: so densely ethical and intelligent, so wholly and naturally itself. Written by Brendan McLeod, brought to fruition with the band...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 20, 2024 | Review
Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO gave me so much. I want to talk about those things first. The look of the show is fantastic. The only set piece is an enormous white cube — 12 tons and the size of a two-storey apartment building. Designed by Es Devlin, the cube rotates and...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 17, 2024 | Review
Keep Calm and Murray On is kind of like a kids’ tap recital: the only reason to attend is if you know somebody who’s performing in it and you want to be supportive. With a couple of exceptions, the evening is an amateurish mess. Keep Calm is being billed as an...
