... The Patriot Game DUBLIN ANOTHER reheated Irish stew is served up in the Peacock Theatre's production of Tom Murphy's The Patriot Game. The unbroadcast 1965 television play imposes, like its big brothe ...

... Simplicity reaps dividends Barbican Pit 'Tis Pity She's A Whore WE HAVE become so accustomed to the RSC's unearthing neglected plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries at the Stratford Swan (where this p ...

... The Great Big Radio Show BUXTON QUESTFEST 92 PERFORMED in a workshop production as part of the Buxton Opera House Quest for New Musicals, The Great Big Radio Show, by Philip Glassborow provided final ...

... Fern Hill Cardiff THE minor industry that feeds on the reputation and works of Wales's most widely known poet, Dylan Thomas, continues to expand. The latest offering comes from the Cardiff-based Sherm ...

... Polygraph Glasgow POLYGRAPH, as presented by Robert Lepage's Theatre Repere of Quebec City, turned out to be a riv eting theatrical experience, not so much for the dramatic performances of the three s ...

... Mother's pride is a joy to behold Chichester Coriolanus SURROUNDED as we are by countries facing constitutional crisis, including Italy, as well as significant nationalism and people power, the produc ...

... Shadowlands Westcliff-On-Sea SHADOWLANDS, by William Nicholson, tells of the unusual love affair between C S Lewis (the author of the Narnia stories) and Joy Davidman, an American divorcee. The play w ...

... Dames At Sea Oldham GEORGE Haimsohn and Robin Miller have written a delightful pastiche of the Hollywood musical in Dames At Sea at the Oldham Coliseum and part of its success lies in the naive charm ...

... The Baby Watford JUST as well Jon Canter's first-born full-length stage play is a complete over-the-top comedy, otherwise audiences would be in grave danger of leaving the theatre in deep mourning for ...

... The Return Of Ulysses ENO ENO's revival of its 1989 production of Monteverdi's The Return Of Ulysses is not a happy occasion. David Freeman's staging oscillates between the banal and the moving, thoug ...

... Eugene Onegin Haslemere PUSHKIN'S poem classic Yevgeny Onegin was a natural for Tchaikovsky's music. As he composed his fifth opera he clearly saw the potential of the letter scene which it is said he ...

... Iphigenie en Tauride CARDIFF GLUCK may not be a major draw at the box office, and his masterpiece has little chance of making the CD charts--but what a memorably power-packed night in the theatre Wels ...