The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Wit, pathos and comic timing do a good job of exploiting the theatrical potential of Sterne's Tristram Shandy.
Voice from the Pulpit
Sterne's tercentenary year nears its end on a sublime high, celebrating Sterne the homilist with a deft touch of High Anglican theatricality.
Pride and Prejudice
A two-actor cast manage a marvellous adaptation of Austen's novel.
Georgian Theatre and the Novel, 1714-1830
A report on an event combining staged readings and academic workshops
She Stoops to Conquer
The ASC brilliantly summons Goldsmith’s genial satire into 2013.
Arcadia
A twentieth-anniversary production that does full justice to the energy of the play.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
An unusual adaptation, spectacular but lacking in musical variety
Gabriel
A rough but fun marriage of theatre with music, the bawdy with the sombre, and wordplay with slapstick.
Candide
A sparkling intellectual cartoon of a play which amuses and disturbs.
Austen’s Women
This compilation of monologues offers a conversation between Austen’s characters about the qualities of women and a thought-provoking and entertaining hour of drama.