Feed: Culture | The Guardian
Posted on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 1:45 PM
Author: Mark Fisher
Subject: Marvellous review – Neil Baldwin's life story gets more amazing
| New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme The improbable story of Neil Baldwin gets more improbable still. Who else among us could expect to spend their 76th birthday watching their life played out at the local theatre? Yet here Baldwin is at the New Vic, graciously waving from the top row as the actors take their bows. And that's actors in the plural – it takes seven of them to stage this extraordinary tale, all taking on the role of a man who, through some combination of charm and positive thinking, has befriended everyone from circus legend Charlie Cairoli to the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, until 9 April. |