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There’s much that works in Lungs at the Old Vic, but it drags
Let’s get this out of the way upfront: I’ve never seen The Crown. I know that the company of Foy-Smith…
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1 year ago
Ian McKellen on Stage at the Harold Pinter Theatre
In his now legendary appearance on Series Two of Extras, Ian McKellen described his acting technique for Ricky Gervais’s Andy…
2 years ago
Private Lives at The Mill at Sonning: a ‘misguidedly faithful production’
We’ll always have Paris. Specifically, we’ll have Louise (Celia Cruwys-Finnigan), the beret-wearing accordion player who gave “Tainted Love” the “La…
2 years ago
Dark Sublime at the Trafalgar Studios: ‘Over-long and burdened with unnecessary romantic narratives’
Do you remember the one where Counsellor Troi was driven mad by an alien music box that beamed an endless…
2 years ago
Rutherford and Son at the National Theatre: ‘sadly one-note’
Midway through Polly Findlay’s production of Githa Sowerby’s Rutherford and Son, spinsterish sister Janet (Justine Mitchell) taunts her brother John…
2 years ago
Rosmersholm at the Duke of York Theatre: Hayley Atwell stuns in a wonderful production
The promotional photo for Ian Rickson’s production of Rosmersholm was taken underwater. In the image, a couple embrace. While his…