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Tag Archives: review
Stroke of Genius: My Perfect Mind at the Young Vic
Saturday 13th April 2013, matinée Some people say reviews are important because they form a useful record, an evocation of the theatrical experience for those who were not able to attend. Well, not in this case – My Perfect Mind defies … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Petherbridge, Kathryn Hunter, King Lear, Michael Vale, My Perfrect Mind, Paul Hunter, review, Told by an idiot, Young Vic
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The importance of being certain: David Auburn’s Proof at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Saturday 16th March 2013, matinée Families have always been a rich seam for dramatists and audiences alike, perhaps because we all seek to answer the question ‘why are we the way we are?’ or more scarily ‘are we becoming like … Continue reading
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Tagged David Auburn, Emma Cunliffe, Jamie Parker, Mariah Gayle, Matthew Marsh, Menier Chocolate Factory, Polly Findlay, Proof, review
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Tom Hooper’s movie puts the misery back into ‘Les Miserables’ and takes the ‘musical’ out
Having expressed our views about the hype surrounding Tom Hooper’s new film version of ‘Les Miserables’, and our concerns that the casting would prove as disappointing as it was for the 25th Anniversary concert, we felt it was time to give … Continue reading
Parading his privates: Michael Grandage sets up camp at the Noel Coward Theatre
Thursday 27th December 2012 ‘Privates on Parade’ is the first in a season of plays to be staged by Michael Grandage at the Noel Coward Theatre. Written by Peter Nichols against the backdrop of the Malayan emergency of 1948 and first … Continue reading
The theatre-goers guide to the galaxy: Going Dark at the Young Vic
Saturday 15th December 2012 Sound and Fury are a theatre company with an interesting mission. Instead of providing spectacle, they tend to immerse their audiences in total darkness. It’s not often nowadays that you visit the theatre and don’t have to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Jones, Going Dark, Hattie Naylor, John Mackay, Mark Espiner, review, Sound and Fury, Young Vic
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Success Smells Sweet for the Arcola Theatre
Saturday 1st December 2012, matinée There is some pretty fortuitous timing in the Arcola’s British Premiere of Sweet Smell of Success, Marvin Hamlisch’s ten year old Broadway musical version of a film from 1957. Taking the power of the newspapers to … Continue reading
A foot in both camp: Victor/Victoria at the Southwark Playhouse
Saturday 27th October 2012, evening Having queued extra early to get good seats for Victor/Victoria at the Southwark Playhouse, we were rather dismayed to find that the seating layout was traverse. No point trying to find the best seat – … Continue reading
Illusion of Grandeur at the Southwark Playhouse?
Saturday 8th September, matinée Rather like the central character in the Southwark Playhouse production of ‘The Illusion’, a world-weary father who wants to know about his estranged son, we soon found ourselves becoming rather world weary ourselves, with some questions of … Continue reading
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Tagged James Clyde, Pierre Corneille, RADA, review, Shanaya Rafaat, Southwark Playhouse, The Illusion, Tony Kushner
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Death and Lobelias: The National Theatre transplant London Road to the Olivier
Sunday 19th August (matinée) We had two very good reasons to go and see London Road, recently revived at the National’s Olivier Theatre: a production which has attracted a lot of interest due to its subject matter as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Cork, Alecky Blythe, Ipswich, London Road, murder, Musical, National Theatre, Olivier theatre, prostitute, review, Rufus Norris
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Rumble in the Jungle: The RSC bring their African Julius Caesar to the West End
In an interview with Heather Neill for Theatre Voice, director Gregory Doran mentions that Julius Caesar is one of the most performed Shakespeare plays in Africa and, as he goes on to explain, it is not hard to see why … Continue reading
Time for a ragtag rag: Ragtime at the Regent’s Park open air theatre
Saturday 28th July 2012, matinée When we arrived at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre on a sunny Saturday afternoon for the matinée of Ragtime, we were intrigued. The outdoor stage had been transformed into a smoking pile of rubble, … Continue reading
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Tagged Claudia Kariuki, Katie Brayben, Musical, Ragtime, Regents Park Open Air Theatre, review, Rolan Bell, Rosalie Craig, Stephane Anelli
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A two-reel tragedy: Jerry Herman’s Mack and Mabel at the Southwark Playhouse
We have been devout Hermanites ever since attending a Jerry Herman gala in 2007 with the distinctly luxury casting of John Barrowman, Maria Friedman, Clarke Peters and Debbie Gravitte. Since then we’ve clocked up ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ and ‘Hello Dolly’. Would Mack and … Continue reading
A Perfect Storm: Shared Experience resurrect Mary Shelley at the Tricycle
‘Mary Shelley’ was essential viewing for us, being the latest production to come from Shared Experience, who seem to have developed a niche market in dramatising the creative processes of great writers, most notably in Bronte. ‘Mary Shelley’ could even … Continue reading
