Read more about the article REVIEW: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Duke of York’s (2021)
Nia Towie as Lettie and James Bamford as the Boy (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Duke of York’s (2021)

Thrilling for Teenagers, Terrifying for Adults! "It's not an ocean, it's a duck pond!"The Boy James Bamford as the Boy (Photo: Manuel Harlan) Fly Davis's magnificent set is a mysterious…

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Paradise, Olivier National Theatre (2021)
Gloria Obianyo and the cast of Paradise (Photo: Helen Murray)

REVIEW: Paradise, Olivier National Theatre (2021)

At the death of Heracles, his friend Philoctetes was the only one to come forward to light the funeral pyre.  In return Philoctetes was given Heracles magical bow and arrows.  In the middle of the Trojan wars which went on for decades, Philoctetes was bitten by a snake and his leg turned rancid.   The smell was so dreadful and noxious to the other sailors and soldiers that Odysseus abandoned Philoctetes on the island of Lemnos and set sail without him.  Ten years later Odysseus returns and this is where Kae Tempest's play begins. 

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