In a recent poll, 42% of Britons surveyed admitted to lying about having read George Orwell’s 1984 in order to appear more intelligent and cultured, an appropriate irony given the classic novel’s preoccupation with the disturbing malleability of ‘truth’. Personally of course, I’ve always counted it among my all-time favourite reads – but then, that’s…
Author: Josh Pointing
Eternally dishevelled writer, activist, classical actor and all-round gentleman amateur. Founding artistic director of the IW Shakespeare Company. I blog at Third Island about politics, books and theatre.
REVIEW: Just A Few Words – Stammermouth
It seems unfair to label a piece of theatre like Just A Few Words ‘important’, a description often associated with dry, joyless productions that take themselves far too seriously. But Island-raised Nye Russell-Thompson’s one-person show about a young man dealing with a stammer certainly is important, precisely because it is the opposite of all that: warm, inclusive, playful, poignant, and very, very funny.
REVIEW: ‘Busu’ and ‘The Damask Drum’ by StoneCrabs and Busu Theatre, at Quay Arts
If there’s a criticism to be made, it’s that this exceptional production played only a single night at the Quay Arts before moving on to The London Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe. We can only hope Wednesday night’s rapturous reception encourages StoneCrabs and Busu Theatre to pay the Island another visit before too long.
