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Review – Hamlet, Young Vic
27 November 2011 3:35 PM | No CommentsMichael Sheen. Not Martin Sheen.
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Review – Comedy of Errors, National Theatre
27 November 2011 2:15 PM | 1 CommentA couple of years ago the idea of Lenny Henry as a Shakespearean actor was a joke. No longer.
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Review – Othello, Sheffield Crucible
22 October 2011 9:50 AM | 4 CommentsA guest blog (guest blog!)
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Review – Simon Callow in Tuesdays at Tescos, Assembly Hall
20 August 2011 9:28 AM | 1 CommentWhat an embarrassing title. I'm embarrassed by it, and I'm not even Simon Callow. ★★
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Review – The Wheel, Traverse Theatre
14 August 2011 10:05 PM | No CommentsInteresting and technically excellent, but lacking in characters to care about. ★★★
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Archive for April, 2010
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Review – Such Tweet Sorrow, Mudlark/RSC
Posted on April 28, 2010 | 7 CommentsI can’t have been the only person who viewed the launch of Such Tweet Sorrow, a version of Romeo & Juliet told through Twitter, with some scepticism. Such Tweet Sorrow The premise is that a cast of actors (led by Charlotte Wakefield of Spring Awakening... -
Review – Posh, Royal Court
Posted on April 25, 2010 | No CommentsCan there be a theatre in London that turns out more consistently than the Royal Court? (The only other candidate would be The Old Vic and that’s because Kevin Spacey’s directorship has been marked by fumbled opportunities at almost every turn). If theatres sold partisan... -
Review – Women Beware Women, National Theatre
Posted on April 24, 2010 | 1 CommentThere’s a danger at the National that it’s not that the play’s the thing but that the set’s the thing. Lez Brotherston’s staging for Women Beware Women is a classic Olivier effort, all high towers and rotating set changes, and it is this that stands... -
Review – Ruined, Almeida
Posted on April 18, 2010 | No CommentsSet in a rural roadside brothel in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ruined can be tough going. Covering topics including warfare, prostitution, rape, mutilation and child murder, it feels almost like a kitchen sink drama in places – a slice of life, but a pretty...
