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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royal court Archive
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Review – Remembrance Day, Royal Court
Posted on March 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt's about Latvia. And politics. Latvian politics. -
Review – Oh, To Be In England, Finborough Theatre
Posted on January 11, 2011 | No CommentsA world premiere, thirty five years later -
Review – Kin, Royal Court
Posted on December 23, 2010 | No CommentsBrave, but surprisingly little here -
Review – Clybourne Park, Royal Court Theatre
Posted on September 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsWhy are we going to see it if you don't know anything about it? -
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 – Ingredient X, Royal Court
Posted on May 22, 2010 | 5 CommentsI don’t believe it. The spell of unfailing strong work from the Royal Court has been broken, because this one’s a real turkey. Two hours of unremitting misery served up through flat and repetitive writing, some unbelievably poor directorial choices and competent but poorly cast... -
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 – The Priory, Royal Court
Posted on November 21, 2009 | 1 CommentThe Priory The Priory really is a rather old fashioned play. Cast of seven, same setting throughout, lots of people walking on and off for slightly incongruous reasons so that appropriate plot-driving conversations can take place, dramatic tension, character development, the whole lot. After all... -
Review – ENRON, Royal Court
Posted on October 11, 2009 | 2 CommentsENRON There’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... -
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...
