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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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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“London Tide,” National Theatre
“He do the police in different voices.” If ever one phrase summed up a work of fiction, and the...
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Tim Price’s “Nye” at the National Theatre: A Fun Life of the Creator of the National Health Service
For me, this is the most emotional show on the London stage. Why’s that? Because it’s about Nye...
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Jack Thorne’s “The Motive and the Cue” at the Noël Coward Theatre: Jack Thorne’s History Play About Gielgud And Burton Transfers To The West End
This transfer of Jack Thorne’s hit National Theatre play to the West End has been hailed as...
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10 Years Later, Kampala International Theatre Festival is Still Spreading Wings
The Kampala International Theatre Festival (KITF) will open on November 22 in Uganda. This will be...
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Les Saisons de la Création, First Edition of the Tunisian National Theater Festival Ficks Off
The curtain rises on the first edition of the Tunisian National Theater Festival. “Les...
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Anupama Chandrasekhar’s “The Father And The Assassin” At The National Theatre: Vastly Compelling And Darkly Comic History Play About Indian Independence
Nobodies who kill somebodies: let’s make a list. Okay, there’s Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK), James Earl...
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Lucy Prebble’s “The Effect” At The National Theatre: Non-White Cast Bring A New Energy To This Contemporary Classic
Success always opens doors. Ever since the HBO drama Succession was lauded as a huge international...
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James Graham’s “Dear England” At The National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes Plays A Mesmerizing Soccer Manager In This Sport-Of-The-Nation Drama
James Graham’s Dear England at the National Theatre: Joseph Fiennes plays a mesmerizing soccer manager in this sport-of-the-nation drama
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Brian Friel’s “Dancing at Lughnasa” at the National Theatre: Josie Rourke’s Spirited Revival of This 1990 Classic Is More Fun than Subtle
Brian Friel’s classic play about the blending of Paganism and Christianity in 1930s Ireland is...
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“Three Sisters,” National Theatre
Earlier in the week, I enjoyed a rainy afternoon at home by watching Inua Ellis’s 2019 adaptation...
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“Kerry Jackson,” National Theatre
Is British new writing in deep trouble? With the Arts Council defunding venues such as the...
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“The Years of Crows” at National Theatre, Belgrade
National Theatre, Belgrade, premiere 12th March 2022 The Years of Crows is the great comeback for...
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Legendary Actor Péter Haumann Dies at 81
Péter Haumann, a Kossuth and Jászai Mari Prize-winning actor, a full member of the Hungarian...
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The Pandemic Nearly Killed Theatre — The Creative Way It Fought Back Could Leave It Stronger
When the UK went into lockdown in 2020, its multibillion-pound theatre industry could have ceased...
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The Normal Heart, National Theatre
Hypocrisy. Is this the right word? I don’t mean the play, but the audience. Of course, in the...
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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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“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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“Les Blancs” at The National Theatre
Lorraine Hansberry’s debut, A Raisin in the Sun, was the first drama written by a black woman to...
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