Sally Knipe

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The Housetrap - West Horsley Place | Review

Dec 7, 2024 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

The Housetrap is the final show in Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC) amazing 18th Anniversary Year. This production is taking place in the beautiful Grade I listed West Horsley Place. I come here frequently but have never seen the house look as lovely as it looked tonight. Stage Manager Hannah Walker has done a fantastic job decorating and lighting this amazing house. Eleanor Murton has written The Housetrap as she has all GSC’s whodunnits since they started during lockdown.
Romeo & Juliet - Guildford Shakespeare Company | Review

Jun 25, 2024 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

Guildford Shakespeare Company’s (GSC) Sarah Goran and Matt Pinches said they wanted to create something special for their 18th Anniversary Summer Production and you can tell that they have before you even reach the first venue. Guildford High Street is closed to traffic for this production, and it is a treat to see this beautiful, cobbled street free from parked cars. There are also many political posters, but these are asking us to vote Montague or Capulet not Rishi or Keir.
Pride & Prejudice at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford | Review

Feb 8, 2024 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

Jane Austen’s masterpiece Pride and Prejudice has been adapted for this production by director Abigail Pickard Price. Adapting a book that is a ‘National Treasure’, that most people have read (or perhaps just seen on film or the telly) possibly thought of as being rather brave, particularly as this production uses just three actors to portray 13 characters! So, does it work?
Lady J at Waterloo East Theatre | Review

Nov 22, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

This was my first visit to Waterloo East Theatre: tucked away under the railway arches, it could hardly be closer to Waterloo Station. It is a 100-seat with a good rake to the seats, so the view is excellent. Lady J is a new translation of August Strindberg’s 1888 classic Miss Julie. The translator, Dr. Lewis Webb, has worked with the director, Christina James, to bring the play up to date, moving it from a Swedish count’s estate on Midsummer’s Eve to Burns’ Night at an elite Scottish University.
The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden

Nov 5, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

The Cervantes Theatre really is a wonderful place, and incredibly friendly. The cast mingle with the audience in the bar and almost everyone speaks in Spanish. I don’t speak Spanish so, this play could have been difficult to follow, but it is performed in two halves, one in Spanish and one in English, with two separate casts. When I took my seat, I was surprised to see a screen with English surtitles written on it.
The Confessionsa new play by Alexander Zeldin

Oct 24, 2023 | lastminutetheatretickets.com | Mary Beer |Peter Yates |Sally Knipe |Ben Ross

Alexander Zeldin’s short-running drama for the National Theatre begins with and sustains a series of images: frames. We meet Alice (Amelda Brown) as an older woman addressing us in front of a classic red velvet theatrical curtain with the house lights up. It’s perhaps fitting that it takes a moment for anyone to realise they’re supposed to listen to or notice an old lady without the cue of theatrical lighting.
The Canterbury Tales by Guildford Shakespeare Company

Jul 18, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

This year alone I have seen ten different productions of Shakespeare’s plays; however, I’m certainly not complaining, as I really love Shakespeare! By way of contrast, I last saw a production of Chaucer in 1987, mainly because I was ‘doing Chaucer’ for my English Literature A-level. I did enjoy it but remember it being quite hard work. Chaucer by Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC) is not hard work.
Henry V at Guildford Cathedral | Review

Jun 20, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

This morning, the weather is atrocious: thunder, lightning and torrential rain. It makes me reflect on how lucky we were last night; not just with the weather but to see such a terrific production at such an iconic venue. Henry V is one of my favourite plays and includes some of Shakespeare’s most powerful speeches. I am often worried that these won’t be delivered well, and I might be disappointed. I have no such worries with Guildford Shakespeare Company (GSC).
Second Summer of Love at The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Apr 23, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

Molly (Rosa Strudwick) has a homework assignment about the dangers of taking recreational drugs. She wants her mother to help her revise the specific dangers of taking ecstasy, focusing on the three different ways it can kill you. This makes her mum, Louise (Emmy Happisburgh) feel awkward, as she used to take the drug herself when she was in her teens. In Second Summer of Love, Louise was an original raver, hitting the scene when she was just 16 years old.
Family Tree at Brixton House

Apr 13, 2023 | londontheatre1.com | Sally Knipe

I used to know this part of Brixton well; today, I hardly recognised it. Brixton Market is now a foodie heaven and, just over the road, is this shiny new theatre sitting proudly among some heritage buildings that have been completely refurbished and look fantastic. So far so good!I am here to see Family Tree, a play written by Mojisola Adebayo about the incredible legacy of Henrietta Lacks, someone who most people will not have heard of.