Tag: Liz Crowther

What The Heart Feels by Stephen Bill, Orange Tree Theatre, 11 October 1996

The programme for this one went missing, so we have to reconstruct cast and creatives as best we can from on-line archives reviews and stuff.

Stephen Bill wrote it. The Doolee description reads:

“…a group of friends attempt to build an arts centre in the Midlands.”

The production was previewed in The Evening Standard:

What The Heart Feels, Standard PreviewWhat The Heart Feels, Standard Preview 11 Oct 1996, Fri Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Kim Bunce wrote it up thus in The Independent:

What The Heart Feels Kim Bunce ObserverWhat The Heart Feels Kim Bunce Observer 10 Nov 1996, Sun The Observer (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

While Michael Billington, an Orange Tree fan, wrote the following:

What The Heart Feels Billington GuardianWhat The Heart Feels Billington Guardian 19 Oct 1996, Sat The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

I think we quite liked this play/production. In truth I only vaguely remember it from the descriptions.

Bodies by James Saunders, Orange Tree Theatre, 24 August 1996

Not especially memorable, this one…

…I noted in my log.

Janie and I were very keen on The Orange Tree at that time and on the whole the plays and the productions were excellent. James Saunders is not the easiest playwright, though.

Here is a link to the Bodies page on the James Saunders website.

We saw a revival of the piece, which had been an early effort at the Orange Tree back in the 1970s. Sam Walters had directed the original version; Dominic Hill directed our revival – no doubt mentored by Sam at that time. Here is a link to the Theatricalia entry for the version we saw.

Here is the review from the Independent.

Bodies Adrian Turpin IndependentBodies Adrian Turpin Independent 25 Sep 1996, Wed The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Here is Nick Curtis’s review from The standard:

Bodies Nick Curtis StandardBodies Nick Curtis Standard 03 Sep 1996, Tue Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com