Ray Brown

Yorkshire reviewer

E-mail: Rawbrown@aol.com

Playwright and broadcaster.

Latest reviews

The cast of Rutherford and Son, Nobby Clark

Rutherford and Son

Githa Sowerby, edited by Blake Morrison (Northern Broadsides at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

 Fisayo Akinade (Alem Kelo), Dwayne Scantlebury (Mustapha) & Rachel Caffrey (Ruth Fitzgerald), Keith Pattison

Refugee Boy

Benjamin Zephaniah adapted for stage by Lemn Sissay (West Yorkshire Playhouse at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

Siobhan Redmond (Mephistopheles), Keith Pattison

Doctor Faustus

Christopher Marlowe and Colin Teevan (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Citizens Theatre at The Quarry, West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

Sleeping Beauty

Mike Kenny (Courtyard Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

Mole (Joe Allessi), Toad (Paul Kemp), Ratty (Jack Lord), spare hands and leg by Otter (Leon Scott), Keith Pattison

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame adapted by Alan Bennett (West Yorkshire Playhouse at Quarry Theatre, Leeds).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

Cast of Our Country's Good, Robert Workman

Our Country's Good

Timberlake Wertenbaker (Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre Bolton at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tennessee Williams (West Yorkshire Playhouse at West Yorkshire Playhouse Quarry Theatre).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

The Pitmen Painters production photo,

The Pitmen Painters

Lee Hall (Co-produced by Live Theatre Newcastle and National Theatre at Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds, and touring).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

Visiting Grandad  production photo,

Visiting Grandad

Mike Kenny (Congreve Room, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, and schools' tour).
Reviewer: Ray Brown

Love, Love, Love publicity image,

Love, Love, Love

Mike Bartlett (Paines Plough and Drum Theatre, Plymouth at Salisbury Playhouse and touring).
Reviewer: Ray Brown