Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles’s The Mirror and the Light at the Gielgud Theatre: Engaging, but Rather Low Key
This is a labor of love. Hilary Mantel has adapted The Mirror and the Light, the third novel of...
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Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre
For more than three decades, playwright Winsome Pinnock has been at the forefront of new writing,...
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“RashDash: Look at Me, Don’t Look at Me,” Paines Plough Roundabout
Imagine you suffered terrible injustices that in your day and age were just the norm, that your...
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The Song Project, Royal Court
As its name suggests, The Song Project is more a collaborative experiment than a conventional...
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Stars from West End Stage Read “Broadway Baby,” Celebrating London Theatre Kids Week
Lionizing the vitalness of theatre and creativity, a star-studded virtual reading of a new...
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“Oleanna,” Arts Theatre
Before seeing this play, I decided to eat a steak. I thought I needed some extra strength. And it...
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Lucy McCormick’s “Life: LIVE!” at Battersea Arts Centre
I cannot imagine a better way to end one’s Covid-19 lockdown than to head to a Lucy McCormick show...
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“Walden” at The Harold Pinter Theatre
There’s something definitely inspiring about producer Sonia Friedman’s decision to reopen one of...
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About “Outside In”
With many theatres now reopening again, it is surely a good moment to celebrate all those venues...
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“Tarantula” at the Southwark Playhouse
I think I can safely say that polymath playwright Philip Ridley has had a good lockdown. In March...
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About “Saving Britney”: Prologue
Uncertainty can sometimes provoke creativity. When the opening of Shereen Roushbaiani’s one-woman...
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About “The Separation”
The camera can take you to places where the naked eye rarely goes. Like close. Very close. Close...
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West End Scene: London’s Trafalgar Theatre to Open with “Jersey Boys”
Trafalgar Entertainment’s Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire are leading theatre...
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About “December”
Yesterday, I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott,...
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“Misfits” at The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
A couple of days ago I watched the live stream of Misfits, from the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch....
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“A Christmas Carol”at The Bridge Theatre
A Christmas Carol is a seasonal standard. In a normal year, there are a couple of versions to be...
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“Cyprus Avenue”: A Shocking Exploration of Trauma and Identity
Eric is convinced: His newborn granddaughter is Gerry Adams, the Irish Republican politician. Eric...
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Philip Ridley’s “The Poltergeist” at the Southwark Playhouse: High-Powered Tour de Force
Playwright Philip Ridley has had a very productive lockdown. Despite the constraints of the...
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“An Evening With an Immigrant” at The Bridge Theatre
When the history of British theatre’s response to COVID-19 comes to be written, the names of two...
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About “We Are Shadows: Brick Lane”
Do you know the Urdu word for story? No? Well, look it up. Okay, this might prove a bit tricky, so...
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