Coppelia is certainly one of the latter, with a frothy and entertaining story of a pair of young lovers split up by an all-too-convincing toymaker’s doll, a high-spirited house break, attempted death by magic and – finally – a marriage and presumably happiness ever after.
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There may have been a plot somewhere deep in Milton Jones’ latest show, but it really didn’t matter.
Explore MoreFrom even before she starts speaking, Lucy Ellinson captures your attention in this impressive solo performance.
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Downton is in financial crisis and there is only one way to save it: though depending on which of Luke Kempner’s many faces you listen to that may be baking, a musical, game show appearances, or marrying an Olympic swimmer.
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Talking about comedy is seldom that funny, so aiming for an entertaining history of it was a brave move for the Reduced Shakespeare Comedy.
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A stag night prank gone wrong is the starting point for this daring and successful murder mystery – and there are plenty of twists and turns before the end.
Explore MoreChristmas Eve and lots of creatures are stirring, as the
Feddington players battle through a chaotic and emotional radio production of
Dickens’s Christmas Carol.
Mark Watson thinks he’s flawed; his performance at the Norwich Playhouse suggests a lot of comic virtue.
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The recently exhumed and re-buried body of Richard III, together with the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, has given new topicality to this particularly bloodthirsty Bard’s play.
Explore MoreThere’s something surprisingly, undeservedly, meek about Sara Pascoe.
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He’s a favourite on Radio Four and known for his emphatic political satire, but this was a very different show from Marcus Brigstocke.
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Betrayal is at the heart of comedian Mark Thomas’ latest show, which focuses on the extent arms manufacturers are alleged to have gone to to spy on ant-war campaigners.
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Can we unsee unthinkable horrors? Does detachment make us less human?
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William Golding’s classic tale is one of a group collapsing in on itself: this production is a group coming together in spectacular fashion.
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A tolling bell, a thumping heartbeat, an empty knapsack. For people of a certain generation that means only one thing: Knightmare.
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