MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
Blue Heart
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
4/5
IF EXHILARATING, anarchic and unsettling sound like your idea of a good 90 minutes of theatre, the double bill Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill will hit the spot.
The mounting comedy in both pieces — a co-production between the Orange Tree and the Tobacco Factory theatres — is the perfect accompaniment to the fragmented dramas which unfold.
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
GEORGE FOGARTY is dazzled by a breathtakingly skillful puppet version of Shakespeare’s greatest love poem
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship


