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Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
A new version for Storyhouse by Glyn Maxwell
October 5-19
Storeyhouse, Chester
Reviewed for North West End: www.northwestend.co.uk
4*
It’s the classic horror trio, Dracula, Frankenstein (ok, the monster – or is it?) and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Well, quartet then, perhaps. And maybe the most memorable. Everybody understands what is meant by a ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ personality. So no pausing for exposition, and you’re immediately
Tour ends in London, November 29 – February 1
October 14-19
Amélie
Liverpool Playhouse
Reviewed for Writebase: https://writebase.co.uk/
4*
‘Life is a minestrone’, the song says, as indeed is Amélie’s: rich and full of variety. But something of a mishmash. Just like this musical, much of which I found difficult to follow, the dialogue being, naturellement, in a heavy French accent (if nearer Welsh occasionally, for some strange reason). It was