A Dickens of a Christmas

David Adams, 18/12/2006


Western Mail review by David Adams
A Dickens of a Christmas
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
*****


One did speculate, with a wicked, delicious delight, on the possibilities of the two audiences at the Wales Millennium C ...
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A real triumph of ensemble acting

Michael Kelligan, 06/12/2006

The sparkling lights on the huge fir tree outside the Millennium Centre were the first indication that the festive season had begun. The forest of champagne umbrellas in the foyer was also an indication that something special was going on. But the tw ...
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Amusing, fierce and touching

Jon Holliday, The Stage, 14/11/2006

Time has stood still in the decaying mansion of Satis House deep in the Thames estuary marshes, ever since the owner was jilted at the altar many years before.

How can she exact revenge for this betrayal?
By training a girl to break th ...
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Cruel, surprising, arbitrary and glorious

Jason Jones, The Big Issue Cymru, 14/11/2006


When Jane Austen was asked what was her fiction facilitator, she is said to have replied: “I write about love and money. What else is there to write about?” This axiom could easily undercut the oeuvre of that other classic story-crafter, Charles ...
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Worth travelling many miles to see.

David Adams, Western Mail, 14/11/2006


I am not a Dickens fan but the one book I remember is Great Expectations, and the reason is the presence of Miss Havisham and the enigmatic Estella who, you may remember from schooldays, said she had no heart.

But this is Great Expectat ...
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