Tag: Jason Baughan

Whispers Along The Patio by David Cregan, Orange Tree Theatre, 20 October 2001

Frankly, we remember little about this one. A gentle comedy, is the description. We might have been gently getting over the terminal dullness of our preceding evening’s visit to The National to see Luther.

Here’s a clip from The Gazette & Herald from August, when it opened in Scarborough:

Whispers Gazette Whispers Gazette 16 Aug 2001 Gazette and Herald (York, North Yorkshire, England) Newspapers.com

Similar messaging in The Epsom Herald a couple of months later:

Whispers Epsom Whispers Epsom 26 Oct 2001 Epsom Comet (Epsom, Surrey, England) Newspapers.com

Ah, there was a formal review in the Guardian, from Scarborough:

Whispers Hickling Guardian Whispers Hickling Guardian 10 Aug 2001 The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

This clearly wasn’t the very best week of theatre we have ever encountered.

Hurting by David Lewis, Orange Tree Theatre, 15 April 2000

We don’t often do last nights of runs, but, ahead of spending several weeks on our travels, we booked the only night of this run that we could do.

This was a good four-hander of a play with a reliable Orange Tree cast.

Kate Bassett in the Telegraph liked it, in similar “good but not great” terms as we might have used:

Hurting Bassett TelegraphHurting Bassett Telegraph 21 Mar 2000, Tue The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Nick Curtis in The Standard, on the other hand, hated it:

Hurting Curtis StandardHurting Curtis Standard 13 Mar 2000, Mon Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Paul Taylor in The Independent gets the casting vote – he liked it a lot:

Hurting, Paul Taylor, IndependentHurting, Paul Taylor, Independent 18 Mar 2000, Sat The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Where was Michael Billington, who was a regular Orange Tree reviewer back then, that’s what I want to know? And where did Janie and I eat? That second question is easier – for sure we’d have eaten at Don Fernando’s back then.