8 months ago
Sydney and the Old Girl at the Park Theatre: A Great Cast in a Dark Show
Though Sydney might be referring to his mother’s television when he comments “If you don’t treat things right, they get…
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8 months ago
As You Like It (RSC) at the Barbican is a ‘true celebration’ directed with ‘verve and style’
Shakespeare’s greenest play As You Like It is a personal favourite. Exploring themes of city versus country, family and renaissance love poetry,…
9 months ago
‘There’s not enough meat on the bones of’ Fast at the Park Theatre
Emily Bestow’s set for Fast,a new play by Kate Barton, suggests the show is just in time for Halloween. With a…
9 months ago
‘Master Harold’…and the Boys at the National Theatre: ‘Once it takes off, it absolutely soars’
A programme note from playwright Athol Fugard reveals that ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys was written as an apology. It is, he…
10 months ago
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. at the Royal Court: ‘a commendable quartet’
It’s a real treat to be able to go to the Royal Court and see not one but four new…
10 months ago
Faith, Hope and Charity at the National Theatre: ‘monumentally quiet’ with a strong ensemble cast
Finishing off Alexander Zeldin’s austerity trilogy, Faith, Hope and Charity is a monumentally quiet play. It takes Arthur Miller’s tragedy of the…