A modern re-working of Chekhov’s play of the same name, perhaps comparable to Bernstein’s re-working of Romeo and Juliet in West Side Story.
The whole show was one in which technical wizardry was wholly at the service of delighting, provoking, or astonishing the audience.
Inventive yet familiar, complex yet approachable, uplifting yet unsentimental, and altogether peppered with charm, challenge, poignancy and plenty of unbridled humour
With humour, empathy and depth, this play presents issues of culture clash, racism and integration of differing cultures, values, and traditions, each with their own long-standing importance and relevance.
Sister Act is purely and wholly full of nun fun. It is big, it is slick, it is fast, it is noisy and it is fabulous.
Any play by Samuel Beckett is likely to provoke fruitful thought, discussion and controversy amongst audiences and critics alike.