The Questors Theatre Archives - North West End UK

26Oct

By Zandra OdetundeNo Comments

London

Romeo and Juliet – The Questors Theatre

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers have met their untimely end more times than anyone could count. Yet, at Ealing’s Questors Theatre, Romeo and Juliet have found themselves in one of the finest productions of the tragedy I’ve had the pleasure of seeing. Directed by Patrick Wilde, the production makes wonderfully easy work of Shakespearean English. The dialogue flows so naturally that, even at its most elaborate, you could almost forget you’re listening to words written more than four centuries ago. Much of the credit belongs to the cast, whose performances are excellent across the board. The titular lovers, played by Luke Baverstock and Nerea Idigoras, are wonderfully matched, with Idigoras in particular seeming to have stepped straight out ...

19Oct

By Prateek SonnyNo Comments

London

Faith Healer – The Questors Theatre

If ever there was a play that asked its audience to pay close attention to every word, it is Brian Friel’s Faith Healer. Directed by Roger Beaumont, this production consists of four monologues that weave a gripping tale of faith, memory, and the elusive nature of truth. The stage is set with a backdrop of a giant banner saying ‘The Fantastic Frank Hardy. Faith Healer. One Night Only’. The set changes before each monologue establish the characters’ respective spaces as they recount their versions of a shared past. The story follows Frank Hardy (David Lemkin), the titular faith healer, who travels with Grace (Sarah Sharpe), his ‘mistress’, and Teddy (David Erdos), his manager, across villages in Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Frank performs supposed miracles for the locals, but whether he c...

4Oct

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

London

Noises Off – The Questors Theatre

Making theatrical chaos look effortless requires extraordinary control and skill, but The Questors’ production of Michael Frayn’s ‘Noises Off’ delivers precisely that. This is an evening of gloriously escalating disaster performed with such assurance that it ranks among the very best versions of this well-known play. Hilarious from beginning to end, it is a remarkable demonstration of what a cast can achieve when everyone works together. Frayn’s comedy follows a touring company attempting to stage ‘Nothing On’, a farce whose precarious progress is undermined by backstage relationships, professional frustrations and increasingly disastrous misunderstandings. As the action exposes the machinery behind the performance, the distinction between the company’s fictional troubles and its actual...

The Lover & A Slight Ache – The Questors Theatre

22Sep

By Prateek SonnyNo Comments

London

The Lover & A Slight Ache – The Questors Theatre

Desire, dysfunction, and drama doubled. The Lover & A Slight Ache, directed by David Erdos, is a double bill of classic Harold Pinter plays. While the two plays were written separately, the similarities between their themes create an intriguing convergence when performed together. Erdos' direction and the cast's performances create a sense of continuity between the two plays, making the transition from one to the next feel deliberate rather than a coincidence. The Lover tells the story of Richard (Harry Roebuck) and Sarah (Catherine Luff), a married couple in their thirties. It is soon established that they have settled into a seemingly amicable arrangement where Sarah welcomes her “lover” into their home in the afternoons. Whereas Richard visits his “mistress” after work. It is a s...