Jackie Montague

Reviewer

Writer and theatre reviewer

Writer and theatre reviewer

Latest articles from Jackie Montague

Eastern Angles' new play offers compelling portrait of immigration in East Anglia

Our White Skoda Octavia, by Shamser Sinha, Eastern Angles, Sir John Mills Theatre Our White Skoda Octavia is more than a car. It is part of the family, a bread winning lifeline mini cab that promises much and ultimately becomes an unbearably painful legacy. Shamser Sinha’s ambitious new play in a “beat of an engine, like a beat of a heart” swallows up time, asking many questions about the choices we have and living with the consequences.

Eastern Angles' new play offers compelling portrait of immigration in East Anglia

Our White Skoda Octavia, by Shamser Sinha, Eastern Angles, Sir John Mills Theatre Our White Skoda Octavia is more than a car. It is part of the family, a bread winning lifeline mini cab that promises much and ultimately becomes an unbearably painful legacy. Shamser Sinha’s ambitious new play in a “beat of an engine, like a beat of a heart” swallows up time, asking many questions about the choices we have and living with the consequences.