“The Harmony Test,” Hampstead Theatre
“Welcome to motherhood, bitch!” By the time a character delivers this reality check, there have...
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Joe White’s “Blackout Songs” at Hampstead Theatre: Powerful Account of Mutual Dependency on Drink
Joe White is great at staging fraught emotions. His Mayfly in 2018 vividly showed a family whose...
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“A Day in the Death of Joe Egg” at Trafalgar Studios
Playwright Peter Nichols died aged 92 last month, just before the opening of this starry West End...
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Sarah Kosar’s “Armadillo” at The Yard Theatre
An armadillo is a small mammal, but this is not a play about the amazing relative of the anteater....
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“The Phlebotomist” at The Hampstead Theatre
Contemporary British theatre loves time travel — and not just to the past. It also enjoys...
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“The Shape Of The Pain” at Wilton’s Music Hall
Pain. A world of pain. Pain. For anyone suffering from a rare condition called Complex Regional...
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“Circa” at The Old Red Lion Theatre
There is a classic conflict in many gay plays: between characters who identify as gay (in the...
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“Cougar” at The Orange Tree Theatre
Okay, let’s start with a definition: “Cougar: an older woman who actively seeks the casual, often...
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“One Jewish Boy” at The Old Red Lion Theatre
There’s a nasty smell in the air. Something rotten. Horrible. I can’t quite put my finger on it....
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Anthony Neilson’s “The Prudes” at The Royal Court
Playwright Anthony Neilson has always been fascinated by sex. I mean, who isn’t? But he has made...
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David Eldridge’s “Beginning” at The National Theatre
One defining characteristic of Englishness is social awkwardness, and its emotional register is an...
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“Poison” at The Orange Tree Theatre
Continental drama, in this era of Brexit negotiations, seems to be rarer and rarer on British...
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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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“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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