Thursday, June 11, 2015
It isn't too soon for a play about Jimmy Savile - but this one just isn't any good, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMSaturday, June 6, 2015
The actor, who died today, was too fine an actor for the 007 role he famously rejected, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:24PMSunday, May 31, 2015
The Hollywood actor shows theatrical prowess but he's let down by a sluggish production, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMWednesday, May 20, 2015
Diana Agron's stilted performance and snigger-inducing poetic lines make this a fashion faux-pas, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMThursday, May 14, 2015
Communicating Doors may not be a classic Ayckbourn, says Ben Lawrence, but this production reminds us of its merits
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:07AMThursday, April 30, 2015
Transposed to Fifties Soho, this is a gleeful RSC revival of Middleton's Jacobean comedy, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMMonday, April 20, 2015
This pulse-taking of the NHS has some strong sections, but it sorely needs editing, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMFriday, April 17, 2015
As she prepares to play Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, Kristin Scott Thomas tells Ben Lawrence why people mistake her shyness for haughtiness
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:30AMAs she prepares to play Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, Kristin Scott Thomas tells Ben Lawrence why people mistake her shyness for haughtiness
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:30AMSunday, April 12, 2015
How did a 5ft nothing girl from Barnet become the award-winning queen of musical theatre? Not by being Miss Tippy Toes says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:00AMThursday, March 19, 2015
This powerful play about about a black, early-20th century boxing champion reaches beyond the sport into race relations, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:54AMSaturday, February 21, 2015
Mark Rylance's return to the stage after Wolf Hall mixes crowd-pleasing theatrics with dark psychodrama, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:39AMFriday, February 20, 2015
This is a promising debut about two Palestinian families living in the shadow of Israeli air strikes, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:58AMSaturday, February 7, 2015
The Singing Stones is overlong, inconsistently written and undermined by poor design
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:34AMFriday, January 16, 2015
E Nesbit fans will be disappointed by this beautiful but botched version of the children's classic, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:09AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
This play about the child soldiers of the Liberian Civil War reminds us of the human capacity for hope, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:06AMSunday, December 14, 2014
Alan Titchmarsh delights as Kenneth Grahame in Will Tuckett's charming, ingenious adaptation
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:04AMWednesday, November 12, 2014
Ben Lawrence is stirred by Not About Heroes, this revival of a chamber piece about Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:09AMSunday, November 2, 2014
Terence Rattigan's first play today seems as immature as its subjects, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:57PMThursday, October 16, 2014
This musical adaptation of David Baddiel's 2010 film is clouded by lazy writing
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:22PMThursday, October 9, 2014
Irina Brook's reimagining of Ibsen's drama - featuring songs by Iggy Pop - falls short, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:16PMTuesday, September 16, 2014
Anna Chancellor stars in this delirious roadtrip about an aristocrat's uprising against the Establishment, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:59AMThursday, August 28, 2014
TV's crown has been snatched by the stage, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:00AMTuesday, July 15, 2014
Writer Lee Hall, creator of BIlly Elliot, has now adapted Shakespeare in Love for the stage.
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:00AM 
