“Touching the Void” at The Duke of York’s Theatre
Theatre can touch thousands of lives. But can it compete with the success of a bestselling book?...
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“A Kind of People” at The Royal Court
The trouble with prejudice is that you can’t control how other people see you. At the start of her...
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“The Arrival” at The Bush Theatre
Family dramas are a staple of British new writing, but as well as talking about our nearest and...
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“Midnight Movie” at The Royal Court
Eve Leigh is an experimental playwright who has tackled difficult issues for more than a decade....
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“There Will Be No Intermission”: Amanda Palmer Speaks Truth in Major Keys
Amanda Palmer has not come to entertain. Instead, she has written and designed what feels like an...
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Shelagh Delaney’s “A Taste of Honey” at the Trafalgar Studios
It is hard to believe that Shelagh Delaney wrote A Taste of Honey when she was only nineteen. This...
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“Inchoate Buzz:” A Testing Ground for Interaction and Interdisciplinarity
How far can bodily interaction amongst the audience members, with performance objects, and with...
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John Webster’s “The Duchess of Malfi” at the Almeida Theatre
This Duchess of Malfi is a cool one. It is so cool that it has lost its gripping temper and, with...
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Any One Thing’s Souvenir: Being a Guest in A Dystopian Birthday Party
I’m crouching along with a group of strangers, waiting for Anna to arrive. I have never met Anna...
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National Theatre: Inua Ellam’s “Three Sisters” Surges with Narrative Energy, Depicting Sisterhood and Colonial Injustice in the Short-Lived Republic of Biafra
In recent years there has been a resurgence of progressive adaptations of Chekhov’s realist...
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Martin Crimp’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Playhouse Theatre
“You into words?” Jamie Lloyd’s magnificent treatment of Cyrano de Bergerac very much...
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Do You Believe in Magic? A Panto Review
Jack and the Beanstalk, written by Joel Horwood. Lyric Hammersmith. London. 20 December 2017. As...
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Jackie Sibblies Drury’s “Fairview” at the Young Vic
Fairview is a scorching minefield that looks like a green meadow. At long last, London audiences...
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Jude Christian’s “Cinderella” at the Lyric Hammersmith
’Tis the season for Christmas pantos across the UK, and there could not be a more ideal opener to...
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Dance Umbrella Celebrates Merce Cunningham Centenary with “The Future Bursts In” at the Linbury Theatre in London
Within ten seconds, I am in love. Three men have taken off their shoes at the side of a white,...
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Ian Kershaw’s “The Greatest Play in the History of the World” at the Trafalgar Studios: Science Fantasy Hymn to Love
Naturalism is both the best thing about British theatre, being democratic and comprehensible by...
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“When the Crows Visit” at The Kiln Theatre
Some news stories have a very long half-life. Their power to shock does not diminish; they...
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Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” at The National Theatre
Adapting novels for the stage is a tricky business. When the novel in question happens to be...
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“Sydney & The Old Girl” at The Park Theatre
Actor Miriam Margolyes is a phenomenon. Not only has this Dickensian specialist starred in...
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Can Dündar’s “#WeAreArrested” at the Arcola Theatre: Committed Political Theatre
Truth is the first casualty of war, and often it is journalists who have to pay the price. Killing...
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