Friday, August 8, 2014
Jane Shilling is held captive by a remarkable production of Beckett's duet for one voice
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:52AMThursday, August 7, 2014
The set is delightful, but the adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's book is stolid
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:34AMThursday, July 24, 2014
The Globe's bold drama has a touch of the medieval mystery play, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:25AMThursday, July 10, 2014
On its West End resumption, Marianne Elliott's production lacks the quirky appeal of Mark Haddon's original novel, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:57AMSunday, July 6, 2014
A precision-engineered parody of Broadway musicals delights Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:31AMThursday, June 26, 2014
This play at the Tricycle Theatre about American society girls leaves an interestingly toxic aftertaste, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:25AMTuesday, June 24, 2014
This revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is spirited, funny and achingly sad, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:26AMSunday, June 22, 2014
Good intentions are not enough to rescue an evening of sentimental, voyeuristic mush
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:01AMThursday, June 5, 2014
Broadway composer Andrew Lippa offers up a tantalising taster menu of his work, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:23PMTuesday, June 3, 2014
Rachel De-lahay's new play about young love and the cyclical nature of violence confirms that she is a talent to watch, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:46AMSaturday, May 31, 2014
Tantrums, huffs and sexual imbroglios abound in Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's am-dram comedy
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:11AMThursday, May 29, 2014
This elegant play about Eugene de Kock's atrocities is taut with each revelation, says Janes Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:46AMSunday, May 18, 2014
Hilary Mantel's novels are done justice in these adaptations, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:55AMFriday, April 11, 2014
Caitlin McLeod's production of The Malcontent is an ambitious take on a savagely cynical play, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:00AMThursday, April 10, 2014
A drama set among the inmates of a women's prison fails to ignite, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:59AMWednesday, April 9, 2014
?mile Zola himself would surely have approved of this exhilarating musical adaptation of his novel Thérèse Raquin, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:27PMThursday, March 27, 2014
This new play is a howl of anger about the NHS
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:59AMThursday, March 20, 2014
The plot is as insubstantial as a rasher of streaky bacon, but Betty Blue Eyes is a charming romp, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:55AMTuesday, March 18, 2014
Any great work of art can appear hateful if the context in which one first encounters it is unlucky, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AMThursday, March 13, 2014
Jane Shilling was dazzled by this bold, funny drama inspired by Finnegan's Wake
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:33AMMonday, March 10, 2014
Terence Rattigan's reworking of La Dame aux camélias comes to stirring life in this new producton, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:33AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
The A-Z of Mrs P, a new musical about the woman behind London's A-Z, starts on the right track but loses its way
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:06AMMonday, February 17, 2014
The Hollywood star seemed up for plenty of lively storytelling, but his interviewer Barry Norman wasn't the man for the job
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:43AMSunday, February 16, 2014
Tracy Letts's Superior Donuts at the Southwark Playhouse is an engaging drama about the American dream, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:12AMSunday, February 9, 2014
This new play uses the Winter Olympics to explore Russia's attitude to gay rights
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:26AMSunday, January 26, 2014
A JM Barrie play is the most sparkling of a trilogy of three little-known First World War dramas, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:21AMWednesday, January 22, 2014
Jane Shilling reviews Blurred Lines, Nick Payne's new play about gender inequality, named after Robin Thicke's controversial number one single
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:49PMThursday, January 16, 2014
This production of Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together is fiercely nuanced and intelligently sexy, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:51AMSunday, January 12, 2014
Jane Shilling enjoys an evening of anecdotes - some dark, but mostly light-hearted - from the veteran actor at the London Palladium
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:06AMTuesday, December 17, 2013
Daniel Evans's production of Oliver! at the Crucible Theatre is impressive, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:06AMSaturday, December 14, 2013
If your tastes run to something darker than panto, this is the perfect Christmas treat, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:34AM 
