
Think cello – you know, that gorgeous ‘classical’ string instrument with the melancholy tone that conjures up images of love-struck swans? And then think ‘ACDC’.

Skilled performers shine within a creative plotline in the international production Circus 1903 – The Golden Age of Circus.

If ever there was a case to answer for pun control, it’s the current Bali Padda and Griffin Independent production, Lighten Up.

Roald Dahl’s popular book is brought to life, for all to witness, in a brilliantly crafted and entertaining way, with Tim Minchin’s music and lyrics bringing it home to all of us.

I say, go and hear it. You will have a hundred chances to hear Messiah, but far too few to hear this masterpiece.

The first thing you notice is the smell. Before you enter the space and see the stumped, suspended pine trees, you can smell them. It smells like Christmas.

Relatively Speaking may not be the outrageous blockbuster of other farcical period comedies, yet it is a highly entertaining and conventionally “well-made” play, by the playwright’s own admission.