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a show that is the perfect way to start your Christmas merriment

Another great show from Theatre503, with one big secret at the heart of everything

A one act play that could be a modern-day Kafka

Full of sass and dripping in attitude

A sensitive subject matter is given a gentle touch

Tony Hawks isn’t usually one to play it safe. After all, this is the man who decided to hitchhike around Ireland with a fridge. So Midlife Cowboy is another endeavour in a line of risk taking. And whilst you have to admire the efforts of what is so clearly a labour of love to him, it all unfortunately feels just a little flat. Maybe taking the roles of lead actor, director and producer means that Hawks couldn’t critically evaluate the ...

An enjoyable, thought provoking play that deserves to play to a bigger audience

Taking on Kafka is always a challenge, so anyone attempting that feat always deserves admiration. Taking on the work he never truly completed is even more of a feat, but one that Old Dog Theatre do with enough imagination that, in general, is enough to suggest that it isn’t a lost cause to be so ambitious. That imagination is prominent from the opening scene. The majority of the cast take up duties as puppeteers, walking the central character, K, through ...

A fine solo performance around the radicalisation of the disenfranchised

more a sketch show of characters than a comedy of a bungled hijack