City 2
Mary Blandy’s Gallows Tree
By sweetvenuescom at August 12, 2011 | 4:00 pm | 0 Comment
What's On Stage Mary Blandy’s Gallows Tree is a gripping and dark early morning tale of a woman who was convicted of poisoning her father with arsenic. This one-woman show features real-life murderess Mary Blandy (played by Lita Doolan) recounting in her final hours the events that led her to the gallows. If you are not familiar with the tale, Mary Blandy
Lost Orders
By sweetvenuescom at August 12, 2011 | 3:42 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review “Hopes, dreams, guilt and torture” – this quotation pretty much summarises the themes of these two monologues which focus on very different central characters that are experiencing remarkably similar emotions whilst drowning their sorrows with drink.
I Didn’t Mean to be a Virgin in the 80s
By sweetvenuescom at August 15, 2011 | 3:04 pm | 0 Comment
Three Weeks Review Laura hayden spent her teenage years in California surrounded by bright colours and synth-pop, much like the setting for this year's show. In the 80s, laura had her heart broken, and here she tells the story in all its painful glory. Those were the days when relationships were innocent, cars were passed down through an entire family, and your
The Realm of Love or Folding Laundry
By sweetvenuescom at August 18, 2011 | 1:47 pm | 0 Comment
Theatre Guide London Review Karyn Traut's intriguing piece of theatre is probably better characterized as a staged dialectic rather than a play. The two actors, a "He" and a "She," fold laundry and discuss different approaches to living in poetic prose that floats beyond the ear quite unlike any realist dialogue that a modern theatre-goer would be accustomed to. The
PianoDivalicious!
By sweetvenuescom at August 24, 2011 | 10:27 am | 0 Comment
Edinburgh Spotlight Review ...The performance commenced with much flourishing of feathers – of the boa and fan variety, and distribution of little bits of feathered props to the audience who were encouraged to join in by waving them about enthusiastically. Ms Abler declares that she’s a gal who just loves to play piano, and has a history of having been a classical
