A Small Mind At The Theatre

Having successfully avoided death in the preceding 159 days since I last had the pleasure of seeing Marbleglass Theatre's Sell-By-Date . I settled once again with my plastic cup, straw and sweet (you had to be there), to watch this dark, funny and emotional little show. Watching again it was easy to see why this was the pick of the 2014 Flash Festival, in my top three with The Show Must Go On and Taciturn. A careful balance between humour and emotional impact, this is a fine piece of original work with winning performances. The star is and was originally Joseph Derrington and had the biggest impact on first viewing. However on second sight, it became more the sum of its parts. Derrington had the best remembered scenes, be it from the classic and still tremendously rude stand-up routine through to the title song (which I enjoyed much more the second time), all of which on one view could send you home thinking that he was the star. However second time around is the charm for the ...

The excellent Sell-By-Date by Marbleglass Theatre returns to Northampton this Saturday and its original home of the Looking Glass Theatre. If you get the chance to see this, do so! Below is my original review of the show as performed at the 2014 Flash Festival, Northampton: "... the very dark, very funny and very powerful Sell By Date. From Marbleglass and featuring the talents of Marcus Churchill, Ashley Cook, Joseph Derrington and Sophie Murray, this was a gem. Setting the bar even higher for the week ahead. Mixing music, dance, comedy, strong drama and in one particularly outstanding part, some very clever puppetry. The performers in this group were  particularly  strong and I remember them well from their parts in Animal Farm ( Animal Farm review ). Whether playing the clown or deadly serious moments, they were at the top of their game. Even this early in their hopefully very successful careers. The play itself was broke up into many parts, c...