This is a challenging production from a talented youth company. The cast present children surviving the Nazi bombing of Ypres who shelter in a devastated cafe in 1915. Many individuals enter this bleak yet comforting space, each dealing with the trauma of war. The cast handle this well, though there is a tendency to declaim and some unfocused movements. I’m happy with this as they are playing characters in an unbearable situation. Each character is well defined. Arlo Watts shines as Jan. They have a very effective set and costumes, with an evocative soundscape.
The Society for Theatre Research has awarded An Actor's Life in 12 Productions by Oliver Ford Davies (Book Guild) the Society for Theatre Research Theatre Book Prize for 2023.
The new on Demand platform makes the School’s world-class teaching available to all dance students, wherever they are, for the very first time.
During a star-studded evening celebrating the best emerging theatre talent in the UK, the winners of The Stage Debut Awards 2022 have been announced on 18th September.
The winner of the Society for Theatre Research Theatre Book Prize 2022 has been announced
