Latest articles from Jo Bayne
THEATRE REVIEW: Ten Times Table, Theatre Royal, Bath
Anyone who has ever been a member of a committee, whether local authority, club, church or charity event will empathise with the characters, or at least some of them, in this play.
Ghostly tale is genuinely a scary story
IT'S a ghost story written in the gothic horror mode of the late 19th century, so it is going to be hard to make it convincing – isn’t it?
Review Educating Rita By Willy Russell Theatre Royal Bath Until Saturday June 8
WILLY Russell not only creates unforgettable characters, he also propels us on a journey with them, though their trials and tribulations and the development of their relationships.
Review: Blood Brothers
FROM the stunning night-time Liverpool backdrop as the curtain rises, to the final chorus of the tear-jerking Tell Me It’s Not True, this production of Willy Russell’s heartbreaking musical has the audience riveted at the Theatre Royal, Bath It is a tale of twins separated at birth by in a secret deal between two desperate women – desperate for completely opposite reasons – and becomes a case of nature versus nurture, and tragic coincidence.