Smashing Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Adapted and Performed by Penelope Solomon. Directed by Sarah Brignall
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"My 10 year old loved this. Puppets were used for the characters, and a little cart was used for the settings. What was wonderful about this version was that Penelope used Shakespeare’s words when performing, and stopped sometimes to explain them to the audience. This show is perfect for kids and eight and over. The highlight of our fringe so far."
★★★★★
One4Review -
"Penelope Solomon has scored a hattrick, three goals in one game. First, she’s told an auld story brilliantly and innovatively. Second, she’s told a heavy story candidly yet sensitively. Third, Penelope has told the story to everyone and there’s a lot of everyone – children, parents, and parents of parents – in the packed-out auld cellar that is Pleasance Courtyard – Bunker Two."
Get Your Coats On
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The JC
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RSA
I was a p*n*s at the Royal Festival Hall
written and performed by Penelope Solomon
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'Like a latter day Fanny Brice she brings funny Jewish bones to the stage and clowns around with great joie de vivre and humanity.'
Chris Burgess, Jewish News
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The Sandford St Martin Trust
French Kiss by Tom McCrory
Performed by Penelope Solomon and Tom McCrory
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"A deliciously appealing show."
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Scotsman -
"Solomon is both funny and touching in conveying the inhibition, awkwardness and naivety of a woman who, despite everything, still clings to her dreams."
Neil Dowden, What's On
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"A welcome theatrical Trojan horse."
Ian Shuttleworth, The Independent
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Jewish Chronicle 1994
The Solomon Sisters
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Following a packed out performance at Theatre Royal Winchester.
David Honigmann
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DN Kortet 2008
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Edinburgh Guide 2007
Miss Broadmoor - Landlady to Thespians
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Edinburgh Festival Newspaper
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The Stage 1997
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It is Solomon's performance that makes the show ... the best hoovered show on the Fringe.
Three Weeks
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"Solomon's comic gifts are seen to excellent advantage in Clive Hocker's innuendo-laden script."
Phil Gibby, The Stage
Life On Mars by Tom McCrory
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What’s On In London 1996
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"An exuberant character comedy with a dash of seventies nostalgia."
Alison Mercer, The Stage
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"Theatre Choice!"
Mark Cook, Guardian Guide Selected
Tower of Bagel
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Southbank Review
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"The stand-out sensation is tall writer/performer Penelope Solomon, a Lecoq-trained artist who gives a wonderfully dark edge to everything she tackles, from curling locks to a shiksa learning how to cope and two sad but compelling songs about being Jewish but without the religious trappings. With the stage presence of a second Janet McTeer, this striking woman has star potential - talent spotters please note."
John Thaxter, The Stage
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"Solomon is superb as the estuary-twanged convert."
METRO
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"Real stage presence"
The Times