Featured Stories
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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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preview Archive
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Edinburgh Fringe picks 2011
Posted on June 20, 2011 | No CommentsOnce again, the tome that is the fringe guide has landed on doormats. -
Barbican Autumn/Winter season
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsSo it turns out The Barbican have a great season coming up and nobody thought to tell me. Hrmph. -
Edinburgh Fringe theatre picks 2010
Posted on August 1, 2010 | 5 CommentsTheatre and comedy not to miss this year -
Preview – Ophelia Must Die, Camden Fringe
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No CommentsI have something of a difficult relationship with Ophelia, who always seems to get in the way with her terribly long mad scenes just when Hamlet starts to get going... -
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... -
Book now: Jerusalem and Enron West End transfer
Posted on September 27, 2009 | 2 CommentsJerusalem Just a quick reminder that booking is now open for the West End transfers of Jerusalem and ENRON at the Apollo and Noel Coward theatres. ENRON, which has done particularly well to get a transfer before it even opens at Sloane Square – although... -
Alan Bennett: The Second Subsidy
Posted on August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment“The challenge for the NT in future will be to replace what has effectively been a boost in subsidy provided during the years of The History Boys” The National Theatre announced it’s Autumn season today, but what they really announced was details of the new... -
A Night Less Ordinary
Posted on August 7, 2009 | No CommentsBefore the Arts Council decided that it was all about the middle aged, they used to think that theatre was all about the young people. A relic of this golden age is A Night Less Ordinary, a remarkable scheme whereby those under 26 years old... -
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour returns to the National in 2010
Posted on July 29, 2009 | No CommentsEGBDF The superb Stoppard/Previn collaboration Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is slated to return to the National in 2010. The 2009 production, directed by Felix “Punchdrunk” Barrett, combined acting, music and dance in an utterly compelling and convincing way, and was one of the highlights... -
Bite09 at the Barbican
Posted on July 12, 2009 | No CommentsThe new season at the Barbican looks very, very exciting indeed. Quite serious. And certainly not for the faint hearted. Probably best to avoid for first dates. Roman Tragedies Most exciting for my money is Roman Tragedies, a six hour canter through Coriolanus, Julius Caesar...
