ACT Reviews 2022-2023 Season

the sand?”) was so creepy and made me feel very uncomfortable – it was delivered so effectively. In stark contrast to Paddy’s portrayal of Mooney was Clive Stack’s Syd, which worked well in their scene together. Clive gave us a wonderfully broad Yorkshire accent with a slight speech impediment (both of which sounded completely natural) which fitted the character perfectly and played the character as very “straight” – it was a surprise (to me anyway!) when we found out that he was in cahoots with Mooney. Richard Hubbard as Pierrepoint also deserves a mention – he was only in the play very briefly, but his presence raised the stakes for Harry and his patrons and Richard rose to the role perfectly, commanding the attention of the other characters and audience alike. Moving now to costumes and props – all were effective and in-keeping with the time period. The near-constant supply of beer deserves a special mention to the props team and the set designers – creating the space to store so many pints and sourcing all those mugs must have been a challenge! The set itself was very effective, making good use of the stage depth as well as the width – we were presented with a fully believable Oldham pub. Overall, I really enjoyed this production – there were some truly inspired moments that demonstrated team working at its very best and everyone involved should be congratulated. Thank you to everyone involved for a very enjoyable evening – I am looking forward very much to coming back for Goodnight Mr Tom.