Article: Eleven hours of wonderful contrasts; A day of Ayckbourn left John Slim cheered by its humour and moved by its emotion.(Features)

Article: Review: Gem of a production; A DOLL'S HOUSE Swan ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  October 22, 2003 ;     343 words ...Byline: JOHN SLIM THIS is a production of distinction, beautifully packaged with a black-and-white set, elegant costumes and lovely furniture. Under the direction of Brian J Burton, masterminding this account of his own version of Ibsen's classic domestic drama, it emerges without a weak link --and

Article: FINAL VERDICT: A bit of a slow innings; OUTSIDE EDGE Swan ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  June 6, 2003 ;     334 words ...Byline: JOHN SLIM IT IS good to see the company back in the theatre it feared it had lost - but this production never reaches the rib-tickling heights expected of Richard Harris's cricket pavilion comedy. The most successful laughter maker is Peter Baio as 'little Kevin', in a pleasing pairing with

Article: switch on TV - First Nights: Comedy's mixed bag Love Begins at ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  January 31, 2001 ;     354 words ...Byline: John Slim AN amusing plot is served by a script that has a mixture of some very good and some very ordinary lines before this Raymond Hopkins comedy eventually limps to a contrived ending. There are moments that prompt a belly laugh, but other times when Derek Chaplin's production does not

Article: switch on TV - First Nights: Comedy's mixed bag Love Begins at 50 ...
Evening Mail;  January 31, 2001 ;     353 words ...AN amusing plot is served by a script that has a mixture of some very good and some very ordinary lines before this Raymond Hopkins comedy eventually limps to a contrived ending. There are moments that prompt a belly laugh, but other times when Derek Chaplin's production does not have the pace to

Article: Reviews: Leftover whine ONE FOR THE ROAD Swan Amateur ...
Birmingham Mail;  August 16, 2007 ;     408 words ...ELIZABETH Whitehouse's excellent studio production achieves instant lift-off and maintains its momentum throughout Willy Russell's happy-sad tale of a man who decides that his 35th birthday is the time for him to escape from the sameness of life on Phase Two of his housing estate. Math Jones, as

Article: Theatre - First Night: Not Noel; Present Laughter, Middle Ground ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  September 13, 2001 ;     358 words ...Byline: JOHN SLIM THIS is Noel Coward coming to a farce-like finish in the improbable tale of a theatrical personality who unwillingly attracts a collection of dotty devotees. It is reckoned to lean towards the autobiographical - and certainly we have Richard Walsh posturing to amusing affect in

Article: Reviews: Leftover whine; ONE FOR THE ROAD Swan Amateur ...
Birmingham Mail (England);  August 16, 2007 ;     461 words ...Byline: JOHN SLIM ELIZABETH Whitehouse's excellent studio production achieves instant lift-off and maintains its momentum throughout Willy Russell's happy-sad tale of a man who decides that his 35th birthday is the time for him to escape from the sameness of life on Phase Two of his housing estate.