Category: Film & Theatre

Wimborne Drama Productions, Tivoli Theatre, 20 February – Review By Marilyn Barber

LATEST REVIEWS Regeneration: Just Can’t Stop the Music, Wimborne Musical Theatre Tivoli, 30 November Review by Marilyn Barber Feet were tapping as a 19-strong cast staged 34 numbers, which over the years have been huge hits. From Rock Around the Clock, which arguably started off the pop culture in 1956 to the 90s hit Spice…

Marilyn Barber reviews the Broadstone Players Theatre Company’s Sleighed to Death

LATEST REVIEWS She Stoops to Conquer, Wimborne Drama Productions At Deans Court, Wimborne By Marilyn Barber When it comes to putting on a brilliant performance in the most glorious of settings, Wimborne Drama Productions have nailed it. And the good news is that instead of having to wait another two years for the next one…

LATEST REVIEWS Steel Magnolias Broadstone Player Theatre Company, Broadstone Memorial Hall Review by Marilyn Barber The audience were transported to Truvy’s beauty shop in the southern states of America – Chinquapin in Louisiana to be precise – for this play set in the 1980s with an all female cast. Director Mar Godfrey said they didn’t…

LATEST REVIEWS GaslightWimborne Drama Productions at the Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne Review by Marilyn Barber When it comes to unpleasant characters, you would have to go a long way to find one to equal Jack Manningham. Richard Neal must have turned himself inside out to portray this cold, manipulative man who slowly convinces his wife Bella…