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Monday, July 7, 2014

Richard II , St Leonard's Church, London by Rebecca Gordon

St Leonard's Church, London : Following on from a successful run of The Merchant of Venice, the Malachites produce another engaging interpretation of a Shakespeare play with their staging of…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AM

Beyond Caring , The Yard Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

The Yard Theatre, London: This is an honest piece of theatre which conveys how some members of society, in this case cleaners on zero hour contracts, are treated as machinery rather than hum…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AM
Monday, June 23, 2014

East of Berlin , Southwark Playhouse, London by Rebecca Gordon

Southwark Playhouse, London: This intense and sharply witty play focuses on the conflicted Rudi, who is struggling with his identity as the son of a Nazi SS doctor. Rudi captures the attenti…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AM
Friday, May 2, 2014

Hamlet First Quarto, The Courtyard Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

The Courtyard Theatre, London: The Courtyard Theatre produces a playful version of Hamlet that doesn't focus on the character's battle with depression - instead, Hamlet is a mischi…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AM
Monday, April 7, 2014

Waist, The Hope Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

The Hope Theatre, London: The grittiness of writer Toby Parker Rees' characters is the highlight of Waist, an intriguing piece of theatre that breaks down the distinction between charac…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AM
Monday, March 24, 2014

The Merchant of Venice, St Leonard's Church, London by Rebecca Gordon

St Leonard's Church, London: A talented cast, who adapt to the demands of their roles, and the St Leonard's setting, which adds depth to the play's messages about religion and excl…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM
Monday, March 10, 2014

The Boy Who Cried, The Hope Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

The Hope Theatre, London: Writer Matt Osman questions the nature of humanity, grief and suspicion in this play, in which werewolves terrorise London. When a young girl goes missing Sam Elvin…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Four by Tenn, The Drayton Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

The Drayton Theatre, London: London Theatre Workshop has produced a stirring collection of four of Tennessee Williams' witty and thought-provoking one-act plays within a dynamic, small …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AM
Monday, February 3, 2014

Bear, Old Red Lion Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

Old Red Lion Theatre, London: A happy couple receive the news that they are expecting a baby, although not of the human variety. They have produced a bear. The play begins as a surreal comed…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:22AM
Monday, January 13, 2014

Cleopatra, The Hope Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

The Hope Theatre, London: This unconventional take on the Cleopatra story successfully presents a disorganised and flawed queen who treads on discarded business papers and seeks adoration; h…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:32AM
Monday, August 12, 2013

Home, The Shed, National Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

The Shed, National Theatre, London: The National Theatre's Shed, a temporary performance space that presents new and inventive writing, is the perfect setting for Nadia Fall's powe…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AM
Thursday, August 1, 2013

Still Life/Red Peppers, Old Red Lion Theatre, London by Rebecca Gordon

Old Red Lion Theatre, London: Folie a Deux excels in capturing the complexity of Coward's characters in its staging of the compelling Still Life and the comic Red Pepper which benefits …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AM
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Anatomy of a Murder, Audit House, London by Rebecca Gordon

Audit House, London: <a href="http://www.forshorttheatre.com/">For Short</a>'s interactive and intense performance style works well in this inventive piece of thea…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:32AM
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Interviews: Festival on the Greenwich meridian by Rebecca Gordon

The Greenwich and Docklands International Festival has become one of London’s most popular events with an audience of 85,000 last year. Rebecca Gordon meets its artistic director Bradley H…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AM
Monday, June 3, 2013

Paradise Lost, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London by Rebecca Gordon

Trinity Buoy Wharf, London: Ailin Conant directs an immersive production of John Milton's Paradise Lost which invites the audience to move between heaven, hell and earth. Read the full …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
Friday, April 5, 2013

Project Colony , Trinity Buoy Wharf, London by Rebecca Gordon

Trinity Buoy Wharf, London: Franz Kafka's tightly-structured short story, In The Penal Colony, is re-imagined into a large scale ensemble piece. The audience is given the role of colony…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:32PM
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Daisy Pulls it Off, Gatehouse, London by Rebecca Gordon

Gatehouse, London: Thom Southerland directs a production which moves itself away from the polite pastiche tag usually attributed towards Denise Deegan's Daisy Pulls it Off for a more de…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM
Thursday, January 31, 2013

Othello, The CLF Art Cafe, The Bussey Building, London by Rebecca Gordon

The CLF Art Cafe, The Bussey Building, London: The comic potential of the enigmatic Iago is exploited to good effect here. Iago, who is excellently played by Jack Johns, stalks through the m…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PM

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