Tag: Matthew Lenton

Charlie aka 'Chick' (Sandy Grierson) is a  dive-bar wreck reject from London sloshed back upon the shores of his native Scotland. Time has changed all. He and his two old Uni pals are now in their...

The drinking-man's, alcohol-poisoned version of Sleeping Beauty is a bewitching mirror on life.Directed by Matthew Lenton, starring Sandy Grierson in the title role, Charlie Sonata follows the tender-hearted, booze-soaked Charlie, ‘Chick’ to his pals,...

At first glance, it seems deliberately provocative, even perverse, to set Shakespeare’s famous midsummer play in the depths of winter. And the frozen setting does, admittedly, raise a few questions, not least of which...