Hurricane

Synopsis

A darkly comic celebration of the dramatic, chaotic life of Northern Irish hero Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins, the people's champion. The highs and lows of snooker's renegade master form a show packed with energy, taking us on an hour long roller coaster ride. A physical, visual, emotional production, often triggering tears as well as laughter. See Alex at his best and worst and relive the passionate life of the man who changed snooker forever. Suitable for persons over 15 years.

Our Review:

31 March 2004

NOTE: The following review dates from January 2004 and this production's first London season at Soho Theatre.

For a few years in the Seventies and Eighties, snooker was one of the television sports, watched by millions. Indeed, the game seemed designed specifically for the box. There was a tournament every other week and the stars of the game became household names.

In all of those years, the dominant image, for many, will have been the sight of Alex "Hurricane" Higgins winning the 1982 World Snooker Championship. An emotionally drained Higgins implores his wife and daughter to join him from the crowd. Hurricane tells how Higgins got to that point and what happened afterwards.

It isn't giving anything away to say that a re-enactment of this scene is how Richard Dormer chooses to close his one-man show, an affectionate, but never sugar-coated, look at the life and times of one of Britain's more mercurial sporting t...

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Latest User Review

USER: Whatsonstage.com (195.92.168.176) - 2 May 2004:

I can only endorse the earlier reviews. It loses one star for me because occasionally I didn't catch everything he said but it was a fantastic performance. ...

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