... The Bevellers EDINBURGH THE LYCEUM seems to be attached to the seventies this season. After the success of The Comedians, the company has now revived another play in which flapping flares and mohair coats are de rigueur. The Bevellers is the story of a run- of-the-mill working day in a bevelling factory. An explanation of the craft is slipped in incongruously as there is a new boy on his first ...

... A spiring drama SONNING Charley's Aunt THE ANCIENT spires ot academic Oxford set against an imprinted frieze of the city initially create a far stronger impression of the aristocratic atmosphere in this Mill at Sonning production than the entrances of its two main characters and this saving grace by designer John Elvery allows us to temporarily find some solace until the momen tum of the ...

... Talk about it WATFORD The Picture Of Dorian Gray THERE is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about-says Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray. The Palace production of the play deserves and will be talked about. For an evening of satisfying theatre look no further than Watford's Clarendon Road. Wilde's way with words demands complete ...

... Therese Raquin LEICESTER In his time limile Zola was branded a pornographer for his explicit coverage of matters considered to be taboo. Certainly his books were powerful pieces ahead of their time. None more so than Therese Raquin, a tale of lust, adultery, murder and an overwhelming sense of guilt. Yes there was plenty there for director Julia Bardsley to work on in her adaptation of the ...

... Twisting the knife FARNHAM Ding Dong Dead JUST when you think you have seen every twist and turn of the thriller world along comes another who-dun-it to prove you wrong. Such an one is Ding Dong Dead by Robert Thomas, adapted by Mawby Green and Ed Fielbert. The set by Janey Gardiner is the liv ing room of a lonely house in the Chevreusc Valley in France. The empty room is in darkness until a ...