244 stories by "Dave Fargnoli"
Suffused with warmth, hopefulness and humour, the New Nigerians is no ordinary political satire. Part of the Arcola Theatre's Revolution season, the
Long before he began his remarkable writing career, Miguel de Cervantes spent five years as a captive of the Ottoman Empire. Don
Simultaneously analytical and dreamlike, Dubailand discusses the complex, contradictory nature of an ultramodern city built on the exploitation of impoverished workers. First
Described as a love letter to Raymond Chandler, Strange the Road is a moody, misanthropic piece of pulp fiction from writer and
In a dilapidated London theatre at the height of the Blitz, a troupe of struggling performers hatch a perfectly sensible plan to
Despite numerous plot twists, anthropomorphic amphibians, and one bloody scene of human vivisection, Raising Martha is a surprisingly tame and predictable new
Packed with sex, sleaze, and unsympathetic characters, Joseph Moncure March's provocative narrative poem The Wild Party was banned on publication in 1928.
Charting the perilous shoreline between spontaneous and painfully unprepared, the Salon: Collective take on Shakespeare's The Tempest using the cue-script method common
There is plenty of spectacle but little substance to this colourful version of Robinson Crusoe from panto-producing powerhouse Qdos Entertainment. Entering the
Love it or hate it, you can't ignore Christmas. Set in a wretched London pub during a bleak December marked by mounting
It takes real flair to make a classic pantomime feel fresh. Happily, in their third collaboration for the Cambridge Arts Theatre, Al
Promising to keep panto alive in Croydon, director Eddie Dredge has brought a respectable, entertaining Aladdin to Waddon Leisure Centre's comprehensively-converted sports
With long-running residencies at the Watford Palace and London’s Greenwich Theatre, writer Andrew Pollard has plenty of panto experience. Packed with audience
There is no denying that Daniel Buckroyd's take on the perennial tale of Dick Whittington feels a little overstuffed. With co-writer Fine
There is a real sense of condensed energy in Two Bit Classics' take on Jane Austen's much loved Pride and Prejudice. Regularly
It’s Christmas Eve, and a jaded social worker is about to have her festive spirit kick-started by a delusional homeless man who
A heartfelt exploration of love between two black men, Paul Boakye's Boy With Beer was groundbreaking when it premiered 25 years ago. Revived
Bloody, messy and imaginative, The Worst Was This is an Elizabethan horror story riffing on the theory that Shakespeare's plays were actually
Deadlines are lifesavers. As someone who tends to overthink things, I have always benefited from having a clearly defined goal " and
