“Two sparking comedies well performed.” ★★★★ Reviews Gate, William Russell, 8th August Not all that glitters is on stage in the Edinburgh Fringe. This sparkling double bill directed by Jonas Cemm at The Tabard has wit and wisdom in plenty and provide Maryann O’Brien and Joe Sargent with opportunities to display their versatility playing twoContinue reading “A Village Wooing by Shaw and The Proposal by Chekhov”
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REVIEW: SHAW VS CHEKHOV at Theatre at the Tabard
‘Shaw vs Chekhov is playful and inventive’ ★★★★ ½ London Pub Theatres – Heather Jeffery -14 August 2025 SHAW VS CHEKHOV is part of Theatre at the Tabard’s 40th Anniversary Season. An excellent choice for highlighting everything that the theatre stands for, with high production values using invention and innovation. Albeit a small-scale production the company,Continue reading “REVIEW: SHAW VS CHEKHOV at Theatre at the Tabard”
Chekhov’s The Proposal and Shaw’s Village Wooing land light and funny at the Tabard
The Chiswick Calendar – August 11, 2025 by Simon Thomsett The double header of one act plays at the Tabard, billed as Shaw vs Chekhov and running to 23rd August is a tasty and perhaps surprisingly frivolous delight. First up is Chekhov’s The Proposal, a slight but enjoyable tale of a young man’s bumbled attempts to proposeContinue reading “Chekhov’s The Proposal and Shaw’s Village Wooing land light and funny at the Tabard”
Shaw vs Chekhov: Theatre at the Tabard | Review
LondonTheatre1 by John OBrien / August 10, 2025 ★★★★ Finding new ways to present the classics is both challenging and necessary, so Shaw’s 2020 pairing of two one-act plays by two of the greatest dramatists of all time (Anton Chekhov and George Bernard Shaw) is most welcome. As soon as I saw this, I wanted to see it,Continue reading “Shaw vs Chekhov: Theatre at the Tabard | Review”
