Logic by Stephanie McKnight, Chelsea Theatre, 12 February 2000

For a brief while, that little theatre in Chelsea, near World’s End, was one of our favourite fringe places. Janie and I rated this piece as:

Very good.

Small scale and domestic – that tiny theatre didn’t lend itself to scale works, this one, like the other plays we saw there during that period, held our attention, entertained us and made us think.

Not much in the way of formal reviews to be found, but here goes. Rachel Halliburton in the Independent was sufficiently convinced to write it up briefly:

Logic Halliburton IndependentLogic Halliburton Independent 26 Feb 2000, Sat The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Lyn Gardner in The Guardian also gave it the short but sweet review treatment:

Logic Gardner GuardianLogic Gardner Guardian 17 Feb 2000, Thu The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Sweet Dreams by Diane Esguerra, Sphinx Theatre Company, Chelsea Place Theatre, 27 October 1999

In truth we remember little about this one. I was taking some time off – mostly to “supervise” the fraught business of Gavin renovating my flat. Janie was trying to work half days and take a bit of time off too. We saw several plays and exhibitions that week.

We had discovered the Chelsea Place Theatre a few months earlier when we saw Home Body/Kabul…

Here is a short review of Sweet Dreams from The Independent:

Sweet Dreams, Halliburton, IndependentSweet Dreams, Halliburton, Independent 20 Oct 1999, Wed The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com