Alan Ayckbourn’s “How the Other Half Loves” at the Old Vic: Technically Brilliant if Rather Overlong and Old-Fashioned West End Farce
Is there a crisis in British new writing? The comparative paucity of new work in mainstream...
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“Sinfonia”: Stories from Harrogate
Sinfonia is a play in which older people of the local community take to the stage to share fragments of their lives. We may not often stop to imagine what growing old will feel like. Will we become trapped within bodies that no longer move as they once did? Will everyday tasks become more difficult? Will we lose the energy and freedom of youth? Sinfonia does not answer these questions directly but gently invites us to reflect on them.
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A Magical “Tempest” In Stratford-Upon-Avon
Seats have long been sold out for this production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which brings...
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Itai Erdal’s Soldiers of Tomorrow at the Finborough Theatre: An Uninhibited Account Of The Conflict Between Israel And The Palestinians
The Finborough Theatre is one of the smallest in London, yet it has a great track record in...
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From A Basketball Athlete To A Political Dissident
Belarus Free Theatre, which currently operates in exile in London, recently presented its...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s “Don Quixote” Slowly Finds Its Sunshine
There are ballets about death, betrayal and ghosts. Then there is Don Quixote, where people clap,...
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“Managed Approach” – Two Contrasting Stories – Open Aire Theatre, Riverside Studios, London
It’s been six years since the end of Managed Approach, a project in Holbeck, Leeds, which...
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The Wooster Group’s “Nayatt School Redux” at the Coronet Theatre: Made-Over Experimental Classic Marks A Great Comeback
At a time when, in the post-Brexit years, British theatre is increasingly insular, a visit by the...
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“Art Of Andalucia:” Rain Outside, Fire Within. Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company at The Haymarket, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Outside, mid-April in Basingstoke was all drizzle and grey light. Inside The Haymarket, Art of...
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Michael Frayn’s “Copenhagen” at the Hampstead Theatre: Excellent Revival Of Iconic Play About The Ethics Of The Atom Bomb
Every day, for many weeks, we keep hearing about nuclear weapons. Part of the reason for the...
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Christopher Hampton’s “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at The National Theatre: Busy Highly Stylized Revival Is All Spectacle And No Emotion
Okay, this is odd. The original novel, Les Liaisons dangereuses, first published in 1782, features...
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Tim Crouch’s “The Tempest” at The Globe
Who better to breathe new life into Shakespeare’s Tempest than Tim Crouch – a magician...
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“Figures In Extinction:” A Dance Trilogy Report
In February 2025, after completing The Geography of the Theatre Imagination: The Case of...
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“Digital Access To The Performing Arts” Released Open Access
The newly published book Digital Access to the Performing Arts: A Comparative Study of Legal and...
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Olga Braga’s “Donbas” at Theatre 503: Complex Account Of The Start Of The Ukraine War Is Deeply Humanistic
Today, in Geneva, there are tentative peace talks between Ukraine and Russia; today, in London,...
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Terence Rattigan’s “Man and Boy” at the National Theatre: Rare 1960s Rattigan Play Gets A Meta-Theatrical Revival
Terence Rattigan is a posh playwright whose work encapsulates the emotional restraint of the...
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Frantic Assembly’s “Lost Atoms” at the Lyric Hammersmith: 30th Anniversary Show Is About Love But Its Story Is Predictable And Bland
Some shows have great moments, but somehow just don’t work — the whole is less than the sum of its...
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Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind at the Duke of York’s Theatre: Starry West End Staging Is More Visually Delightful Than Emotionally Compelling
New Year, new line up of West End stars. This time it’s the turn of Olivier-Award-winner Sheridan...
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“With Ruby and I” – review – more McDonagh than Robinson
“So high you can kiss the sky” is one of the many iconic lines from With Ruby and I, a debut show...
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Learning To Listen, Struggling To Hear: Katie Mitchell’s “Cow / Deer”
There are directors who have gotten us accustomed to treading on unconventional paths. They have...
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