Rowe

Birmingham-born stage manager Kevin Rowe shows us around the dark corridors beneath the stage, where the crew have stashed secret reserves of Gatorade and iced coffee to help them survive the sticky Miami heat.

Andrew Scott in “Vanya” at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Adam Driver in Kenneth Lonergan’s “Hold on to Me Darling” also at the Lortel, Lily Rabe in Mark O’Rowe’s adaptation of Ibsen’s “Ghosts” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse and Nina Hoss and Adeel Akhtar in the Donmar Warehouse production of “The Cherry Orchard” at St. Ann’s Warehouse left me feeling, as only theater can, more consciously alive and connected.

Emily Veivers charged through for Wigan's third try and an 18-0 half-time lead, and Isabel Rowe picked up where they left off after the break by scoring minutes into the second half.

They were mightily impressive in beating last year's finalists Leeds in the semi-finals and any hint that they would be unnerved by the occasion was banished as Rowe cut through the St Helens defence to feed Williams to run in through the posts for their first score.

Any inkling that Wigan simply had enjoyed the rub of the green in the first half was ended as Rowe weaved her way in for a try of her own having been laser-focused with the boot during the opening stages.