David Suchet's charm, modesty and gentle charisma come together to generate an unexpectedly commanding stage presence, whether simply in the mode of a delightful raconteur or in his brief moments of full-on character performance.
In Family Values, David Williamson softens us up with a string of rib tickling zingers, the dialogue dancing like a butterfly, before the zingers become stingers, a swarm of recriminations and rebukes, fanning out from the familial and into the wider world.
Finely observed and rich with truth, it also has a score full of killer songs and knockout performances by its small but powerhouse cast.
Described as an "absurdist dark comedy", The Top Secret Violin Case ambitiously sets out to tell a story of the struggle to be true to self.
Corpsing threatens to pile as high as the corpses on the Newcastle bound train in this production of the The Ladykillers.
War Horse is a detailed and dedicated tribute to the far-reaching suffering of all sentient beings in war and for lovers of theatre, extraordinary evidence of your passion.