Tag Archives: Graeme Somerville

ALICE IN WONDERLAND AT THE SHAW FESTIVAL: SPECTACULAR SETTINGS, INTRIGUING CHARACTERS, CONSTANT FLUX

Posted on July 4, 2016 by strecker

In adapter-director Peter Hinton’s take on Alice in Wonderland at the Shaw Festival, Tara Rosling’s Alice brings an intriguing ambiguity of person to the table, with child and adult both decidedly present. Alice the intended child is unstoppable, a self-propelled … Continue reading →

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SHAW FESTIVAL: J. M. BARRIE’S THE TWELVE POUND LOOK & MOSS HART’S LIGHT UP THE SKY

Posted on August 14, 2015 by strecker

THE TWELVE POUND LOOK The typist, Kate, played by Moya O’Connell, is unknowingly hired by Lady Sims, played by Kate Besworth, to do some work for Sir Harry Sims, played by Patrick Galligan, and Kate turns out to be his … Continue reading →

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THE CHARITY THAT BEGAN AT HOME: CAST AND DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER NEWTON IN BRILLIANT FORM AS THE SHAW FESTIVAL RETRIEVES A FORGOTTEN GEM

Posted on August 5, 2014 by strecker

If The Sea, though first produced in 1973, is set in 1907, the rarely produced The Charity that Began at Home by St John Hankin, another theatrical gem at the 2014 Shaw Festival, was actually mounted on stage a year … Continue reading →

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