“Jane Eyre” at the National Theatre
Jane Eyre is one of those mythical stories that make their home in your imagination. Where they...
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“The Knowledge” at Charing Cross Theatre
The black cab is such an iconic symbol of London that it’s easy to forget that inside every taxi...
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“Beckett In The City”
From Brecht’s plan to project films of Marxist revolutions behind Didi and Gogo in Waiting For...
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David Storey’s “The March On Russia” at Orange Tree Theatre
The family celebration drama is a genre that had its heyday in the 1960s when social mobility made...
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Future Shock At The Philadelphia Fringe Festival
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, now in its twenty-first year, has been gentrified. What began in...
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The Easy Trigger Of “Guilty Landscapes III”
Given that the publicity synopsis to Dries Verhoeven’s video installation pretty much tells all,...
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“The Blinding Light” at Jermyn Street Theatre
Anyone who likes playing “Spot the weirdo” will find themselves instantly at home in Howard...
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“The Hungry Ghosts” A Comedy About Addiction
Core Artists Ensemble brings Tessa Borbridge’s The Hungry Ghosts to The Barrow Group Theatre this...
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“Road” at The Royal Court
Some legendary plays are a disappointment when you see them again — they don’t live up to the...
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“Lions And Tigers” at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Gandhi has a lot to answer for. I don’t mean the saintly campaigner for Indian independence, who...
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Joe Orton’s “The Loot” Revived at Park Theatre
Fifty years ago this month, playwright Joe Orton was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell. His...
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Rob Drummond’s New Solo Show About Democracy – “The Majority” at The National Theatre
Another plague is sweeping British theatre: audience participation. Instead of just sitting back...
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Lucy Kirkwood’s New Drama, “Mosquitoes” at the National Theatre
The question that always needs to be asked of any example of science on stage, and there are now...
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“Apologia” Is Unapologetic About Its Understanding Of Radical Ideology And The Human Heart
The 1960s were “hilarious,” says one young character in this revival, starring Broadway icon...
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“Touch” Is A Humorous Blend Of Contradiction And Sexual Exploration
Fleabag was such a massive hit, both on stage and on the box, that it is inevitable that anyone...
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Tom Hiddleston is the Obvious Choice to Play Hamlet
It was only a matter of time before Tom Hiddleston tackled the most famous role in all of theatre....
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Poetry And Power: “Pipeline” At Lincoln Center
Acclaimed playwright Dominique Morisseau makes an auspicious Lincoln Center debut with her new...
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New Play on Lu Xun, China’s Most Celebrated Modern Writer, Attracts Praise, Controversy
A giant statue overlooks the stage, faceless yet easily recognizable as the Great Helmsman, Mao...
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Spanning Centuries: PTP’s “Arcadia”
The Potomac Theatre Project (PTP) has descended on Atlantic Stage 2’s subterranean bunker of a...
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Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel”: A Revival of Nuance
To revive a play by Lynn Nottage is to revive nuance. Under the direction of Daniela Varon,...
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