Posts Tagged Ginette McDonald

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August 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Winding Up: Theatre

Winding Up Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Sir Roger Hall) Circa Theatre; Circa One (July 31 – August 28) Barry (Peter Hayden) and Gen (Ginette McDonald) are characters we’ve met before in the world of Roger Hall. But here – Winding Up – they’re in their 70s. They’ve been married for 50 years. And if […]

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September 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Pink Hammer: Theatre

The Pink Hammer Direction: Conrad Newport (written by Michele Amas) Circa Theatre; Circa One (September 7 – October 5) The Pink Hammer is simply not very good. It pains me to say it as I’ve spent the last two or three years talking up almost everything I’ve seen at Circa (indeed the standard is high). […]

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February 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Joan: Theatre

Joan Direction: Tim Gordon Circa Theatre; Circa One (Jan 27 – Feb 17) Tom Scott (cartoonist/humourist/writer) wrote the very successful Daylight Atheist about his father – that was nearly twenty years ago now. And it’s his mother’s turn with Joan – played by mother/daughter combo Ginette McDonald and Kate McGill.