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Review – Love Love Love, Royal Court
02 May 2012 6:47 PM | No CommentsIs love all you need?
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Review – Misterman, National Theatre
30 April 2012 6:23 PM | No CommentsRemember the excitement last time we had a guest blog?
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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 | 5 CommentsA guest blog (guest blog!)
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national theatre Archive
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Review – Hamlet, National Theatre
Posted on October 3, 2010 | 10 CommentsRory Kinnear ends his superb, career-defining performance as Hamlet with "The rest is silence." Unfortunately, the audience has other ideas. -
Good week / Bad week
Posted on September 17, 2010 | 2 CommentsAnd the winners are... Royal Opera House, Young Vic and Barbican. Nil points for The Netherlands and National Theatre. -
Good week / Bad week
Posted on September 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsGood week for Russell Kane, Deathtrap and Tony Kushner. Not so hot for the lovely little Courtyard theatre. -
Review – War Horse, New London Theatre
Posted on August 15, 2010 | 2 Comments"You can kick now Joey!" shouted Albert, the mighty horse rearing in front of the Kaiser's rich mahogany desk. -
Review – Earthquakes in London, National Theatre
Posted on July 31, 2010 | 9 CommentsYou wait years for a play like this. Book now. -
Review – After The Dance, National Theatre
Posted on June 5, 2010 | 3 CommentsAfter the Dance Was there a time when plays by Rattigan didn’t feel tired and creaky? Surely even at the time of their premiere everybody turned to the tweed tail-coated person next to them and said “Gosh, feels a little old fashioned, doesn’t it old... -
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 – The White Guard, National Theatre
Posted on March 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt’s almost disappointing when the National Theatre turns out something that isn’t a complete turkey. It’s really much more fun to put the boot in to the venerable grey building than it is to celebrate an excellent ensemble piece with superb staging and first-rate technicals.... -
Review – Really Old, Like Forty Five, National Theatre
Posted on February 28, 2010 | 6 CommentsReally Old Really Old, Like Forty Five is a play about ageing and our society’s response to it. It’s also about youth. And family relationships. And ruthless corporate capitalism. And robots. I’m all for wide ranging themes in theatre. Angels in America is the best... -
Review – The Habit of Art, National Theatre
Posted on November 7, 2009 | 3 CommentsAs I’ve previously written, The Habit of Art is a serious undertaking for the National Theatre. The previous Bennett/Hytner collaboration was the much lauded (and enormously profitable) History Boys which did much to bolster Hytner’s reputation at Sellafield on Thames. The comparisons between the new...
