by Thomas Middleton, adapted by Meredith Oakes
Southwark Playhouse, SE1
30th September -
by Alexander Ostrovsky, adapted by Nick Dear
Arcola Theatre, E8
12th December 2006 -
by Christopher Fry
Finborough Theatre, SW5
17th April -
“Outstanding…Oakes’ deft adaptation is taken at a breathless gallop…and the black pitch of murderous comedy bubbling away beneath the surface has you guiltily laughing throughout…
Ah, Jacobean tragedy – don’tcha just love it?”
Christopher Hart, Sunday Times
“This romp of a revival certainly entertains…Marshall’s amused detachment draws in the audience as delighted conspirators.”
Kieron Quirke, Evening Standard
“The production gleefully embraces the ripe excesses of this cautionary tale…in Meredith
Oakes’ clear adaptation and a sharp, modern-
Sarah Hemming, Financial Times
designer Vicki Fifield
lighting designer Paul Colwell
sound designer Matt Downing
original music composed by James Jones
cast includes Martin Beere, Jessie Burton, Tom Davey, John Dorney, Rob Heanley, Mark Hesketh, James Howard, Oliver Kieran-
photos by Mike Eddowes
'Nick Dear's version is stuffed with funny lines and builds to a brilliant climax...As an antidote to seasonal mush, it makes for a biliously bracing evening.’
Michael Billington, The Guardian
'Nick Dear’s adaptation is full of dry and jagged wit...has a sharp eye and a slick intelligence…an enjoyably manic energy to Bilis’s production, with Jonathan Coyne’s brusque Bolshov and Sally Leonard’s vain, petulant Olimpiada particularly entertaining…its sour aftertaste offers a pleasing antidote to more saccharine festive fare.'
Sam Marlowe, The Times
'Serdar Bilis's cracking production gives the lie to Dostoevsky's view that Ostrovsky's work was 'too Russian for Europe'
Clare Brennan, Observer on Sunday
‘Alexander Ostrovsky's satirical comedy of loose morals and lost manners makes a terrific impression in the stylish but strictly controlled exuberance of Serdar Bilis's spiffing production...A horrifyingly amusing and timely exposé of some family lives.'
Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard
directed by Serdar Bilis
designer Naomi Wilkinson
lighting designer Anna Watson
sound designer Wayne Harris
movement Tom Roden
cast includes Philip Arditti, Jane Bertish, Jonathan Coyne, Sally Leonard, Rosemary McHale, Eve Pearce, Rotimi Pearce, Glyn Pritchard.
“Fry's pun-
Michael Billington, The Guardian
“The production shows that Fry’s 50-
Kate Britten, The Stage
directed by Walter Sutcliffe
designer Anna Jones
lighting designer Simon Bennison
sound designer Dominic Thurgood
costume designer Bryony Lavery
cast includes Raymond Boot, Morgan Brind, John Cooper-
photos by Louise O’Gorman
“What was intriguing was to find a young audience responding with palpable delight
to Fry's pun-
Michael Billington, The Guardian
by tom holloway
Exciting young Australian playwright Tom Holloway's new play, which premiered in Melbourne to great acclaim, about a family in the Australian outback.
A rehearsed reading was held at Century club on March 20th 2009.
Directed by Raz Shaw
Cast includes Sarah Woodward, Patrick Toomey and Jade Williams
by meredith oakes
A new play by the prolific Meredith Oakes, examining the relationship between an older married couple.
A rehearsed reading was held at the Soho Theatre on March 22nd 2007.
Directed by Walter Sutcliffe
Cast includes Juliet Stevenson and John Shrapnel.
Trafalgar Studios, SW1
8th June -
"Superb celebration of Orwell...spellbinding theatre"
Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph
"A triumph...superbly acted"
Sam Marlowe, The Times
"Dominic Cavendish's skilful adaptation...with unexpected humour"
Henry Hitchings, The Evening Standard
"Brilliantly played by Hal Cruttenden...an evening of high-
Michael Coveney, Whatsonstage.com
Directed by Gene David Kirk
Adapted by Dominic Cavendish
With Hal Cruttenden, Ben Porter and Alan Cox
photos by Dawn Cruttenden
"Funny and poignant, it feels as fresh and true as if written this year"
**** Sunday Telegraph
"Pitch-
**** Sunday Times
