“A Fine Balance” ( a Tamasha production, back at the Hampstead Theatre for a limited run) is a tapestry of interwoven stories, set

against the backdrop of 1975 India.

The play follows the trials and tribulations of a handful of colourful

characters, who are struggling with the hardships that the state of emergency

is imposing upon them.

The play flits between different classes…

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I thought Landscape with Weapon written by Joe Penhall

was funny, moving, intelligent and very topical. Each element of the

production from the characterisation through to the staging and

dialogue kept reinforcing the complexity of the subject. The subject

being weapons and the way in which they can ultimately render people

even more powerless. So although the protagonist has the vision to

create a sophisticated new weapon his fear of the damage… Continue

The David Glass ensembles revival of Gormenghast at the BAC was very cleverly executed, expertly switching between visual gags, richly symbolic imagery and synchronised sound sequences.

My favourite performances were by Philip Pellew, who is remarkably endearing and comic as flay the leggy servant and Elise De Grey as Fuschia the…

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