Zoë's Stevie among Lyn Gardner's theatrical highlights of 2014

26 December 2014 16:45

Lyn Gardner, a theatre critic at the Guardian, has chosen Zoë's performance as quirky poet Stevie Smith as one of her theatrical highlights of the year. 'I enjoyed Zoë Wanamaker, so perfectly cast in Stevie at Chichester', Gardner writes. She also praises Zoe's co-star in the production, commenting that she 'equally adored Lynda Baron's performance as the ''lion'' aunt' who looks after Stevie for many years.

The comments echo the glowing review of Stevie that Gardner published when the play opened at the Minerva Theatre in May. She emphasised that 'Zoë Wanamaker is so perfectly cast in Hugh Whitemore's play about the life and work of the poet Stevie Smith that you don't feel so much that she's acting as simply channelling the mid-20th century poet and novelist. She transforms an evening that could be reticent, maybe even a little coy, into something more ferocious and dangerous,' with 'superb' support from Baron.

As recently reported on this website, Stevie will make a highly anticipated transfer to London's Hampstead Theatre in March 2015. Tickets are available; some dates are already almost sold out.

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