Tag Archives: World War I

Writer: John Wilson Director: Paul Tomlinson Reviewer: Scott Matthewman As we approach the centenary of the end of World War I, events commemorating the Great War continue. This latest, a revival of John Wilson’s play For King and Country by Dilated Theatre Company, is unusual in that it marks more than anything how the young men on the front could find ...

Writer and director: Tom Stuchfield Reviewer: Scott Matthewman Debuting in the centenary of the end of World War I, Tom Stuchfield’s play Somewhere a Gunner Fires, set in that conflict, has gestated for over ten years, its characters developing as the play was worked and reworked. It certainly shows. The play’s two central characters – Spencer, an English private (played ...

Writer: Sam Sweeney and Hugh Lupton Music: Sam Sweeney and others Reviewer: Audrey Pointer Sam Sweeney, the fiddle player well known for his work with folk band Bellowhead, chanced upon an apparently brand new violin in an Oxford music shop. However, the instrument was something of an enigma. On further inspection, Sam discovered a label inside the violin, bearing the ...