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Victoria Players Burgate School Theatre Fordingbridge April 2004 The play begins on a long-haul flight from Australia (cue aircraft noise) and swiftly moves to a small Sussex hotel where the presence – or otherwise – of a toy koala bear becomes a matter of life and death. Thanks to superb direction by Betty Price and first-class performances all round, the audience were on the edges of their seats throughout and the denouement, complete with lashings of blood (and that you don’t see on radio!) was gruesomely realistic. Andrew Lawston coped well in the major role of Carl Houston, and despite rarely being off the stage barely faltered in his lines. Sarah Pollard, a wonderfully natural actress, was excellent as his wife, Vanessa, while Barry Robbins was smarmily evil as the villain of the piece, Oliver Radford. There were fine performances too in supporting roles from Tim Norton, Geoff Phillips, Sara Carpenter, Bernard Wilson and Sarah Farr. And be warned – if you take a trip to Australia be very careful about your luggage, because you never know… Linda Kirkman Courtesy of the Bournemouth Daily Echo |
