Category: 4/5 Stars

The Hunters Grimm at the Albany Theatre – 4 stars

By thepeg on November 18, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Well that was strange. Of the many ideas to be inspired by the brothers Grimm folk tales down the years, this might just be the strangest. The sight of Deptford at night—specifically its dark and miserable side-streets—doesn’t exactly conjure up the landscape of German fairy-tales, so to say […]

The Rivals at Arcola Theatre – 5 Stars

By thepeg on November 17, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Reading is the root problem of this play, or, at least, a lack of careful reading by the wonderfully silly Lydia Languish. Unfortunately for Lydia, she has taken her C18th romance novels to be a truthful representation of love. As a result she will only marry a man […]