Joe McFadden Archives - North West End UK

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time -Liverpool Empire

4Nov

By Bethany EastonNo Comments

North West

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time -Liverpool Empire

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time centres around Chris Boone, a 15-year-old who gets caught up in the mystery of her neighbour's dog being found murdered. Chris is autistic and is navigating the world around her whilst undertaking self-decided detective work. The play explores Chris's journey through this experience, including the relationships she has with her parents, teachers and neighbours. The play is adapted effectively by Simon Stephens from the original novel by Mark Haddon, released in 2003. There have already been several productions of this play and the author, Haddon, celebrates each new production team's opportunity to experiment with fresh ideas. The cast were excellent, embodying their characters effectively and believably. Chris (Alex Keenan) stole th...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Grand Opera House York

29Oct

By Adam CraddockNo Comments

Yorkshire & Humber

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Grand Opera House York

Last night I had the pleasure of being invited along to the always wonderful Grand Opera House York to review the latest leg of the UK tour of “The curious incident of the dog in the night time”. I have only seen this play once before in a rather wonderful amateur production at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall, so I was very much looking forward to seeing a professional company take on this famous script and I have to say they more than delivered. The plot follows 15-year-old Chris Boone, a young girl with autism who discovers her neighbour’s dog murdered and decides to investigate who killed the dog. This production offers a fresh twist on the story as classically Chris is a boy but, in this production, they have switched Chris to being a girl. My partner particularly appreciated this chang...

28Oct

By Melissa JonesNo Comments

Scotland

Treason The Musical – Festival Theatre

Ricky Allan’s Treason, The Musical ends on a poignant point - years after the event itself, we’re fixated on the burning of a man who never started the fire. The story, in theory, is simple. Here is the Gunpowder plot, but like you’ve never seen it before. And, instead of focusing on the primary school stories of your youth where Guy Fawkes is caught red-handed and burnt at the stake, Treason focuses on the themes of persecution, scapegoating and secrecy to understand the motives behind the real plotters who took the Gunpowder plot from being a desperate last resort to a possible reality. Setting out the motivations behind the plot, the storyline follows Thomas Percy as he embroils himself in a group of plotters to take down parliament. At the same time, the figure of Guy Fawkes watches...

Full Cast announced for UK Tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d

26Jul

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

NEWS

Full Cast announced for UK Tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d

Original Theatre are delighted to announce the full cast of their brand new production of Rachel Wagstaff’s acclaimed adaptation of Agatha Christie’s THE MIRROR CRACK’D. The production, directed by Philip Franks, will begin its UK Tour at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne on 8th September 2022. The final members of the cast to be announced are Oliver Boot as Chief Inspector Craddock, Lorenzo Martelli as Guiseppe Renzo, Chrystine Symone as Lola Brewster and Holly Smith in the ensemble. They join the previously announced Susie Blake as Miss Marple, Sophie Ward as Marina Gregg, Joe McFadden as Jason Rudd, Veronica Roberts as Dolly Bantry, Mara Allen as Cherry Baker, Sarah Lawrie as Ella Zielinsky, Jules Melvin as Heather Leigh and David Partridge as Cyril Leigh Oliver Boot’s theatre credit...