Sentence examples for brisk direction from inspiring English sources

The cast members, under the brisk direction of Trip Cullman, make the most of their fairly circumscribed roles.

Roy Heaybeard's brisk direction means that the audience's attention seldom flags, but I left feeling preached to, not moved.

But under the smartly brisk direction of Peter DuBois, the actors manage to disguise the more meretricious elements with winning, sharply drawn comic performances.

Under the brisk direction of Francoise Kourilsky, the Ubu cast gives flesh and bone to the band of terrorists and humanizes their romantic notions of sacrifice.

Michael Parva's brisk direction keeps the action moving, and the nine cast members deliver convincing supporting performances, especially Thomas Ryan as Major Rugemer.

Sure, it's nostalgic, sentimental, and sometimes less than subtle, but such peccadilloes are easily forgiven, thanks to Mark Lamos's brisk direction, the fine chemistry among the four principals, and an amiably cynical edge.

Performed by nine actors, under Dominic Cooke's brisk, clear direction, the play solves nothing, but shows theatre's power to heighten consciousness and articulate moral outrage.

Lisa Spirling's brisk, rhythmic direction imagines worlds unfurling on Sarah Beaton's spare, two-tiered stage, and there are some clever technological and lighting interventions in an otherwise lo-fi environment.

Ken Annakin's direction is brisk and elastic.

His direction is brisk and efficient, rather than insistently anarchic, and his visual gags are engineered with sly understatement.

An unpredictable change of rhythm or direction, a brisk figure of nifty footwork could provoke the same smiles and laughter as the jokes in a Haydn symphony.