The radio, in many people’s eyes the perfect companion, unobtrusive, clear and concise and full of mystery. Like a night in the theatre it speaks to you from out of the darkness, it talks to you like an old friend who understands your need for whatever genre it has in store and unlike television and cinema with its blatant chattering and full on meddlesome ways, the radio has a technique, a manner, in which it makes you feel as though you are the only one hearing the conversation; a two way discussion peppered with great music.
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Darkside, Radio Review. B.B.C. Radio 2.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Iwan Rheon, Amaka Okafor, Rufus Sewell, Bill Nighy, Adrian Scarborough, Peter Marinker, Robert Blythe, Ben Crowe, Philippa Stanton.
Tom Stoppard’s pedigree goes before him, he is arguably one of the most prolific and important playwrights of the latter half of the 20th Century and his work has continued to be a source of inspiration and keenly watched and listened to. The idea though that he would come up with an original play that delved deep into the mindset of British Progressive Rock Kings Pink Floyd and their seminal 1973 best-selling album Dark Side of the Moon could be seen by some, if not many, as a voyage of linguistic artistry too far. However if anyone can do justice to the opus that revolves around madness then Tom Stoppard perhaps is one of the finest to even attempt it the daunting process.