Tag: Piers Ross

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

Home Body / Kabul by Tony Kushner, Chelsea Centre Theatre, 31 July 1999

I remember this play warmly, as does Janie. Kika Markham put in a superb solo performance.

I’m not sure how we came across this production – possibly Newsnight Review on the TV, which we were following in those days, as I don’t think we even knew of the Chelsea Centre Theatre prior to this.

It was well received by Susannah Clapp in The Observer.

Home Body Kabul Clapp ObserverHome Body Kabul Clapp Observer 25 Jul 1999, Sun The Observer (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

Rachel Haliburton in The Indy also liked it:

Kabul Haliburton IndyKabul Haliburton Indy 31 Jul 1999, Sat The Independent (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com

It seems that the thing we saw is only part of a longer Tony Kushner epic. Declan Donnellan revived the short Kika Markham element that we saw, at The Young Vic in 2002 – here is a link to Michael Billington’s review of that.