The Stage. Coriolanus Crucible Sheffield March 2020
Those battle scenes are staged with an almost cinematic intensity – sirens blare, spotlights swoop over the audience, and the immersive nature of Stones’ set means that, depending on where you’re sat, a … Read more...
Zorro The Musical: “The show is about love. The show is about acceptance, the show is about choosing your own path, finding your own path. All tied in with … Read more...
‘When words fail and Brute rough-handles his spouse with rapine hands and, lingeringly, drunkenly, revoltingly kisses her to test her physical reaction for revulsion, the effect is shocking.’
– Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
Best of all, the final scene involves the hardly insubstantial Jonathan Cake in a stage dive worthy of a punk rock star.
British Theatre Guide
And when Coriolanus meets his demise, he does so in a spectacular and unexpected way, … Read more...
Oldham Coliseum
Oldham Chronicle
17th September 2015
ABC of emotions, power and energy
Reporter: Paul Genty
Date online: 17 September 2015
THE ALPHABET GIRL, Oldham Coliseum Studio, to Saturday
IT’S quite a culture shock, moving from Tuesday night’s mightily impressive … Read more...
Read Renny’s Tricycle Theatre blog entry – August 2014
There’s no love lost between brothers Austin and Lee in Sam Shepard’s True West – and some pretty spectacular fight scenes to show for it! Today we welcome True West Fight … Read more...
Traverse,Edinburgh
The Scotsman
26/11/10
Who will ensure that the swordplay in your production of The Three Musketeers is authentic? There’s only one man to call
IT’S ONE thing the Traverse deciding to put on a non-festive family show at Christmas. … Read more...
Already with a Fringe First 2010 under their belts, BareBack Theatre brings a grim, but realistic drama to the stage about low-lives, illegal fighting and greed. The strong cast is flawless, several performers portraying a number of different characters, always … Read more...
Darkchat
Having spent most of the festival enjoying Press, 2 for 1 and half-price tickets it was quite a rarity for this reviewer to pay full-price for a show. “Bare”, however, more than re-paid this investment.
The play started in … Read more...
Suite 101
Bare is Renny Krupinski’s uncompromising, gritty drama set in the north of England, following the fighting career of Rick “Skinner” as he delves deeper and deeper into the dark world of bare-knuckle fighting, working for the comically evil … Read more...
