More Light (****) [published on trashlounge.co.uk]

BY SEAN KITCHENER After condemning Giordano Bruno to burn at the stake, the Pope is haunted by dreams in which the 16th century heretic has escaped to a British heaven inhabited by Queen Elizabeth I, a female Shakespeare, and a barmaid with a menu tattooed on her backside. Sound weird? You have no idea. Snoo Wilson’s More … Continue reading →

More Light (*****) [published on fringeguru.com]

This is a play for polymaths. To enjoy it the most, you’ll be a competent scientist, with a working knowledge of Shakespeare; you’ll be up to speed on geopolitical history, comfortable with the basics of Christian theology, and at least know the names of the classical gods. It is, in short, a script penned by … Continue reading →

More Light (****) [published on whatsonstage.com]

BY SIMON THOMAS Seeing Snoo Wilson’s More Light, in this perky revival by Trifle Productions at the Rose Theatre, I had an increasing feeling that I was watching a pile of utter nonsense.  Entertaining, articulate, erudite and sometimes witty nonsense but mumbo-jumbo nonetheless. With necromancy, 16th Century cosmology and, dare I say it, religion as a … Continue reading →