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Good week / Bad week
03 September 2010 10:04 PM | No CommentsGood week for Russell Kane, Deathtrap and Tony Kushner. Not so hot for the lovely little Courtyard theatre.
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Review – Hänsel und Gretel, Glyndebourne
31 August 2010 7:50 AM | No CommentsI once thought it might be a jolly idea to join Glyndebourne. “Think again, sunshine” came the clear response
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Review – Deathtrap, Nöel Coward Theatre
26 August 2010 6:10 PM | No CommentsThis play is really very well done. Slickly directed and performed, beautifully designed and nicely lit. Pity about the audience.
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RE: Grade inflation
25 August 2010 9:17 AM | No CommentsFrankly, the sooner this Internet is turned off the better.
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Review – Chris Addison, Assembly George Street
25 August 2010 6:10 AM | No CommentsThe young guy from the political show with the guy who swears a lot
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Archive for October, 2009
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Theatricalia
Posted on October 25, 2009 | 1 CommentLaunched on Friday, Theatricalia aims to be a kind of IMDB for the theatre, providing details of current and historical productions and cast and crew. This isn’t the first such effort (there’s the Internet Broadway Database, the Internet Theatre Database, etc, etc.) but there are... -
Review – Pains of Youth, National Theatre
Posted on October 25, 2009 | 2 CommentsThe plot of Pains of Youth is not entirely straightforward: Desiree wants Marie; Petrell wants Marie but doesn’t want her mothering him, so ends up with Irene; Freder really wants Desiree, but ends up toying with Lucy instead; Lucy doesn’t know what she wants, but... -
Upcoming at the RSC
Posted on October 24, 2009 | No CommentsThere’s a bunch of new stuff coming up from the RSC, and a few old favourites. In no particular order: Twelfth Night comes to the Hampstead Theatre this winter courtesy of the unstoppable Gregory Doran. Solid casting include Richard Wilson as Malvolio, James Fleet (who... -
Review – ENRON, Royal Court
Posted on October 11, 2009 | 2 CommentsThere’s plenty of blame to go around in the story of ENRON, and it would be easy for Lucy Prebble’s play to descend into a hysteria of finger pointing and indignation. But it doesn’t. The production doesn’t pull it’s punches, but it does present Kenneth...
