Chris Bartlett

Feb 17, 2025 | thestage.co.uk | Chris Bartlett

“Impressively faithful”ReviewsDerby TheatreLuke Richards and Liam King in Of Mice and Men at Derby Theatre. Photo: Graeme BraidwoodStripped-back, faithful adaptation taps into the emotional core of John Steinbeck’s tragic taleSupport The Stage by registering or subscribingTo continue reading this article you must be logged in. Register or login below to unlock 3 free articles every month. OR Or subscribe from just £7.99 and get unlimited access to thestage.co.uk. Remember Login

Feb 13, 2025 | thestage.co.uk | Chris Bartlett

“Absorbing and thought-provoking”ReviewsRoyal Exchange, ManchesterAnnette Badland, Maureen Beattie, Margot Leicester and Souad Faress in Escaped Alone and What If If Only at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Photo: Johan PerssonCompelling, atmospheric revival of two of Caryl Churchill’s uncompromisingly oblique one-act playsSupport The Stage by registering or subscribingTo continue reading this article you must be logged in. Register or login below to unlock 3 free articles every month.

Jan 24, 2025 | musicalsmagazine.com | Chris Bartlett

This enjoyably high-spirited revival of the 2014 Watermill production of Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster’s whip-crackin’ comedy classic takes a while to find its rhythm.

Dec 1, 2024 | thestage.co.uk | Chris Bartlett

“Spirited”ReviewsNew Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeThomas Dennis, Louis J Rhone, Lemar Moller and Hadley Smith in The Three Musketeers at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Photo: Andrew BillingtonEnergetic, bruisingly physical adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic taleSupport The Stage by registering or subscribingTo continue reading this article you must be logged in. Register or login below to unlock 3 free articles every month.

Nov 28, 2024 | musicalsmagazine.com | Chris Bartlett

Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre presents an entertaining, inventively staged revival of Steve Brown and Justin Greene’s sparky 1998 musical exploration of the life of football pools winner Viv Nicholson. The central message of this cautionary tale, as we witness how the vivacious, working class, Yorkshire-born Nicholson wins – and then loses – a life-changing amount of money, may be obvious.