“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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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”
SHAW VS CHEKHOV
“an engaging night of theatre” – The Spy In The Stalls – 8th August 2025 by Violet Howson ‘Shaw vs Chekhov’, directed by Jonas Cemm, forms the next instalment of theatre company SHAW2020’s ‘Shaw Versus’ series, in which George Bernard Shaw’s work is performed in conjunction with a play written by a contemporary. In thisContinue reading “SHAW VS CHEKHOV”
One-off performance of George Bernard Shaw classic celebrates playwright’s birthday
The Irish Post by Fiona Audley 12th May 2025 A ONE-OFF performance of one of George Bernard Shaw’s classic plays will be staged in July to mark the playwright’s birthday. SHAW2020’s production of Village Wooing will run at the Irish Cultural Centre (ICC) in Hammersmith on July 27, just one day after what would haveContinue reading “One-off performance of George Bernard Shaw classic celebrates playwright’s birthday”
Village Wooing Picks Up Two Gongs at Birmingham Fest
Birmingham Fest 2022 is over and was an absolute joy, with an eclectic mix of wonderful shows and fantastic performances. 2022 FESTIVAL WINNERS: *BEST PERFORMANCE – MARYANN O’BRIEN (“VILLAGE WOOING”). *BEST SHOW – “VILLAGE WOOING” (SHAW2020).
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