244 stories by "Dave Fargnoli"
Colourful and competently delivered, Alan McHugh's Jack and the Beanstalk is a lavish, fun but frequently flat affair. Director David Janson livens
Packed with breathtakingly bad puns and breathless but pitch-perfect singing, Peter Pan at the Harlow Playhouse is an ambitious and effective production.
Poised between traditional panto and jukebox musical, this energetic interpretation of Beauty and the Beast is carried along on a blast of
Feeling impressively fresh while ticking all the traditional boxes, writer and director Daniel Buckroyd's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a
Owing more to Disney than the Brothers Grimm, writer and director Lou Stein's Rapunzel is a pleasant fairytale with a tangled, overstuffed
Based on Mary Norton's charming children's stories about a race of tiny people living beneath the floorboards of a country house, The
Moral quandaries and hidden motivations simmer at the heart of The Secondary Victim, a dense discussion of ethical dilemmas from playwright and
Drenched in the glitter and sleaze of 1920s Hollywood, Claudio Macor's tale of sex scandals and open secrets at a major studio
Examining the life of a fascinating but often overlooked historical figure, Matilda the Empress is a tightly-plotted account of England's first civil
Shot through with elegance and icy restraint, this touring remount of Tom Kempinski's stingingly insightful Duet for One feels every bit as
Now in its 10th year, London's varied and vivacious Casa festival has grown into an impressive and important platform for both international
Kicking off with a swaggering, seamlessly choreographed movement sequence packed with evocative details and expressive character interactions, Simon Pittman's Othello is infused
Ambitious, angry, and intriguing, Evan Placey's radical adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde for National Youth Theatre transforms the familiar story into a
There is a suicide on the UK's railways every 31 Hours. Packed with informed research, Kieran Knowles' second play draws out the
Peace activist Rachel Corrie was 23 years old when she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer while protesting the demolition of Palestinian
Less a tragic tale of ego and evil forces, more a spooky pantomime complete with cackling devils and angels in nightgowns, Joseph
Charting the slow unravelling of a doomed relationship, Fox is a bleak, bold but muddled writing debut from author Harrison Rose. From
Twenty years on from its first production, Conor McPherson's elegiac modern classic The Weir remains as unsettling and affecting as ever. Unfolding
Wrapping up the first year of productions at the Bunker, Eyes Closed, Ears Covered is a bleak story about the fallout of
There is an inherent drama in the scramble of shifting loyalties and last minute deals that mark every FIFA transfer window. Focusing
Thirty years after its New York premiere, Eric Bogosian's incendiary examination of truth in a world of uninformed, unscrupulous pseudo-celebrities has lost
Spinning out true accounts of anonymous sex into a broader meditation on intimacy, Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist is an
In 1989, abstract painter Sir Terry Frost created a portfolio of vivid images based on the fiery symbolic poetry of Federico Lorca.
Following a group of friends wrestling with dysfunctional relationships and inner demons, The Friday Night Effect is part miserable soap opera, part
Successfully walking a tightrope between exploitative and insensitive, Catherine and Anita is a neat psychological thriller with a streak of twisted, pitch-black
