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This pair of stylistically different but equally affecting 50 minute pieces by Christopher Reid are well-pitched to straddle the interface between poetry and drama. The first, Scatterings, is an ode to a middle-aged man’s late wife. Tender and mournful, its poignancy is somehow elevated by an absence of rage. Robert Bathurst has just the right sonorous tones for the part, and when Rebecca Johnson joins him to enact reminiscences from a holiday in Crete, or later hospital episodes (there’s a ...

Flavourless drama about art and country living

Frances Barber shines in a romping musical showcase

Warm-hearted tale of seaside love and ambitions.

Compassionate exploration of gay male body issues

A fluffy but fun bedroom comedy

Superb distillation of Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy

Superbly performed fable of friendship and sexuality

Misconceived revival of a dusty potboiler.

Whether you enjoy this play – or indeed whether you should risk giving it a go at all – will depend greatly on your taste in theatre. Do you feel a thrill in your bones when an old story is told in a new and “experimental” way? Or do you prefer to lurk instead in the comfortable familiarity of more conventional drama? You know: rounded characters, emotional connection – old-fashioned stuff like that. In Amsterdam, four actors create a story. ...