Monthly Archives: January 2017

Anton Chekhov’s Platonov, a wild, unwieldy mixture of tragedy, comedy, crude melodrama and farce, was written when he was 21 and a medical student. The hero, a 27-year-old teacher, is a compulsive womaniser for whom everything goes farcically wrong. Uncut, … Continue reading →

There is much for Matthew Bourne’s huge fan base to enjoy in his adapation of Red Shoes, even if his touring production does not yet have the emotional power the Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 1948 film had.