The warmth and romance of Italy shines
through even the coldest Norfolk night in this charming and funny adaptation of
EM Forster’s novel of Edwardian social mores.
A play about words is a risky one for a
critic; one largely about love is doubly troubling for us unhappiest of all
artists.
Dennis Potter’s plays are well-known for their controversial topics and idiosyncratic style, and this dark and disturbing tale is no different.
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It is mentioned repeatedly during this new play that quantum biology – the science peg the story hangs on – is so complicated that if you think you understand it, you really don’t.
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There are certain things that people claim to be indivisible: countries, marriages, artists and their work.
Explore MoreWho would have thought Shakespeare could work so well in a broad Norfolk accent?
Explore MoreThis twisting tale of a couple’s relationship is more a series of vignettes than a cohesive play – though the story does thread through them all – making it a perfect showcase for the 14-strong cast.
Explore MoreImagining the events after the death of the Queen and the ascendancy of the Prince of Wales, together with lengthy lectures on the constitution, is – to use some classic civil service phrasing – a ‘courageous’ move.
Explore MoreThis tale of baking gone bad is very much a slow burn story, with the richness not to be found in the action but in the mannerisms, the wry dialogue, and the uncertain twists.
Explore MoreEvery now and again I give olives another go, wondering if this time they’ll surprise me with a taste revolution – or remain the rather unpleasant and pointless experience that I dimly remember from last time I braved the overhyped fruit.
Explore MoreLove can be a tricky customer: who do you pledge your allegiance to most strongly? Your country, your ideals, your friends – or the cute brunette who has just moved in next door?
Explore MoreIt is 21 years since this Stephen King short story shot to fame as a movie starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
Explore More“If you prick us, do we not bleed?” famously asks Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The question for Propeller’s abridged version of that play is slightly different: if you strip out two-thirds of the text, is it still the same play?
Explore MoreA dog found dead in a garden just after midnight might not sound the most auspicious start to a play, but this is no ordinary adventure.
Explore MoreDrones sweep overhead, orders are barked from speakers, and fires
burn all around: so opens the ambitious, dystopian finale of this year’s
Norfolk and Norwich Festival.