AS incense burns and the lights dim on a smoky set, London’s Old Vic is transformed into Salem, 1692, for Yaël Farber’s spellbinding adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Sombre figures move eerily across a chair-littered stage. Among them is newcomer Hannah Hutch from Marlow.
A SLIGHTLY weak story holds together a medley of fine tunes during the opening night of Dreamboats and Miniskirts.
‘TOM: A Story of Tom Jones’ is brilliant. Fast-moving, punchy and hilarious, the show is a delight from start to finish.
THOSE expecting the horror or tension of contemporary ghost stories may be disappointed by Classic Ghosts, as it didn’t quite achieve the modern scare-factor, but for those gripped by classical storytelling this adaptation may be of interest.
