Tag: Hannah Mason

Crossing by Reza de Wet, Riverside Studio 3, 15 September 2000

To the Riverside Studio on a Friday evening to see this unusual South African play.

very good

I said in my log.

I don’t remember much about it without help, so thank goodness for Patrick Marmion in the Standard…

Crossing Marmion Standard Crossing Marmion Standard 13 Sept 2000 Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

…and Lyn Gardner in The Guardian

Crossings Gardner Guardian Crossings Gardner Guardian 15 Sept 2000 The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Prophet in Exile by Nadim Sawalha, Chelsea Theatre, 8 May 2000

A rare Monday evening visit to the theatre for us. I had booked the day out as a long weekend. Perhaps Janie had intended to do the same, but her diary shows that she treated some patients, engineering it that she ended up in the Kensington & Chelsea area.

We really liked the stuff that little Chelsea Theatre was putting on back then – it had a short flowering of producing the sort of unusual fringe theatre stuff that we like.

This play was basically a biographical piece about Kahlil Gibran, not least the birth of his great work, The Prophet.

This production was very much a family affair for the Sawalha family, with author Nadim appearing in the production, along with brother Nabil and a couple of other Sawalhas; Lara & Omar, in some cases doubling up, playing several smaller parts. Gerald Key played Gibran, Briony Glassco played Mary Haskell and Colin Redgrave directed the production.

This production was previewed in The Standard

Prophet StandardProphet Standard 27 Apr 2000, Thu Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

We rather liked the piece and performances. But then Janie had/has a bit of a thing about The Prophet. But 25 years later, I don’t think I’d get a positive answer if I suggested a Monday night at the theatre, even if the subject matter was close to Janie’s heart!