by Colin Thomas | Mar 29, 2012 | Review
If you’re a writer, you might want to know what I actually do when I’m editing your work. Basically, I read your manuscript three times. THE FIRST READ The first read-through is all about my visceral responses to your story. On this reading, I take very...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 19, 2012 | Review
If you can get in, the show to see this week is Bob Frazer’s production of Hedda Gabler at Roedde House in the West End. Anna Cummer (above) plays Hedda and, in Cummer’s interpretation, Hedda feels almost sociopathic; it’s clear that she just...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 12, 2012 | Review
Max Reimer can’t be held responsible for the death of the Playhouse. I don’t think Max was the right person for the job, but nobody has been the right person since Larry Lillo; Glynis Leyshon wasn’t and Susan Cox certainly wasn’t. The Playhouse...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 9, 2012 | Review
The teachers’ job actions, which I fully support, may have an unintended casualty: Carousel Theatre’s production of A Year with Frog and Toad. I saw this production last season and it’s lovely. Todd Talbot is a charmingly effervescent Frog, and Josue...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 5, 2012 | Review
Michael Redhill’s script, Goodness (pictured above) has been touring internationally for seven years. Both the production and the script have been getting rave reviews everywhere from Edinburgh to New York. The play is about a recently divorced guy who travels...
by Colin Thomas | Feb 25, 2012 | Review
When I sent out my theatre pick yesterday, I FORGOT that Chelsea Hotel is still playing till March 3. My apologies to both Leonard Cohen. whose songs are the basis of the script, and Tracey Power, the powerhouse behind this remarkable production. The material is, of...
