Reviews

Fadik Sevin Atasoy performs this one-woman show where she interrogates the treatment of some important artistic muses. This show is beautifully crafted and opens with a pianist sitting at a grand piano who provides a delightful and evocative musical accompaniment. When Atasoy enters she mostly works in a spotlight and employs singing, dancing and stylised movement to question the treatment of the women who have inspired some of the most notable literary figures in history.

This production was really a celebration of the ten year life of this company and a great exhibition for the audience to remember past shows. Obviously many people have followed the RMT productions over the years as the large audience in attendance felt fully involved. I was amazed at how many musical based shows they have done over the ten years – thirty main house shows and twenty two by the junior theatre.  They have been busy.

Shakesbeer, a company that focuses on bringing the spirit of original Shakespeare productions to modern audiences, presented Much Ado About Nothing for a short season in a cabaret setting. The vibrant, pacy and fun production was a joy to watch.

This play examines the life and relationship of the artists Paul Cezanne (Leslie Gurusinghe) and Marie Fiquet (Dominik Shields). The play is intriguingly set in both 1856 and 2020. The oscillation between the two time periods is well handled as the costumes and set clearly evoke the historical period but could also just as easily be a contemporary scene. The striking similarity between the time frames is continually reiterated throughout the text and is an important basis of the narrative.