Alan Bennett
- Drama
The History Boys – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Jack Ryder Felix is the headmaster of a grammar school in the early 1980s. He desperately…
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BRIGHTON FRINGE: Joanna Neary: Wife on Earth: with Dyball and Kerr – Komedia Studio
Reviewer: Simon Topping The first half of the evening kicks off with an address from Joanna Neary’s repressed housewife alter…
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BRIGHTON FRINGE: Bed Among the Lentils by Alan Bennett – Junkyard Dogs: The Dog House
Creators: Library Theatre Touring Company Reviewer: Simon Topping Alan Bennett’s original television series of Talking Heads has just crept over…
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BRIGHTON FRINGE: I am not Victoria Wood – Sweet Werks 2
Creator: Julia Knight Reviewer: Simon Topping Maddy North shot to fame by performing as Lancastrian comedy legend Victoria Wood (or…
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The Habit of Art – The Lowry, Salford
Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Philip Franks Reviewer: Abbie Rippon ‘Why must a play be such a performance?’ argues Neil, the…
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The Madness of George III – Nottingham Playhouse
Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Adam Penford Reviewer: Dave Smith As Adam Penford’s first season at the helm of Nottingham Playhouse…
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The Habit of Art – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Philip Franks Reviewer: Selwyn Knight Neil has meticulously researched his latest play, Caliban’s Day, in which…
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The Habit of Art – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Philip Franks Reviewer: Alice Fowler Which is more powerful, music or words? The poet W.H. Auden…
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