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Friday, March 23, 2018

The top talents to watch from Vault Festival 2018 by Fergus Morgan

With 300 shows, Vault Festival was a sprawling, multifaceted and gloriously eclectic event. The Stage sent Fergus Morgan to cover the event

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Great Apes review at Arcola Theatre, London – ‘an intelligent adaptation’ by Fergus Morgan

It’s like a kind of reverse, simian version of The Metamorphosis. Turner Prize-winning painter Simon Dykes (an anxiety-ridden Bryan Dick) wakes up

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Monday, March 19, 2018

The stage managers who keep Julius Caesar’s crowds controlled at the Bridge by Fergus Morgan

When the audience becomes a part of the production, how do you avoid chaos? The crew responsible for running Nicholas Hytner’s promenade

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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Big Bad review at the Vaults, London – ‘visceral and grisly’ by Fergus Morgan

One-woman shows don’t come much more visceral than this. Jodi Gray’s Big Bad, directed here by Deirdre McLaughlin, sees a solo performer

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Timothy review at the Vaults, London – ‘a brisk, black comedy’ by Fergus Morgan

The third and final show from theatre company Joyous Gard at this year’s festival, David K Barnes’ and Michael Milne’s Timothy is

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Brilliant Jerks review at Vaults, London – ‘authoritative and exhilarating’ by Fergus Morgan

No one mentions the name, but we all know what this is about – a taxi-hailing app, that’s revolutionised transportation, growing from

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Review: Spoon Theory and Rat Boy at Live Theatre, Newcastle by Fergus Morgan

PIP and petty crime: Chris Collett reviews a moving double bill at Newcastle's Elevator Festival. The post Review: Spoon Theory and Rat Boy at Live Theatre, Newcastle appeared first on Exeun…

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Could Amazon become the next big funder of new playwriting? by Fergus Morgan

A selection of international playwrights has been commissioned, using a $5 million fund from Amazon audiobook giant Audible, to write new plays

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Br’er Cotton review at Theatre503, London – ‘real visual flair’ by Fergus Morgan

Br’er Cotton has got all the right ingredients. A bold new voice in American playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, a timely subject, and

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Monday, March 12, 2018

Vault Festival: Our pick of the best shows to see in week eight by Fergus Morgan

Vault Festival finally comes to a close this Sunday, after two weird and wacky months underneath Waterloo. Here are five shows not

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Saturday, March 10, 2018

Trap Street review at New Diorama, London – ‘compelling and intelligent’ by Fergus Morgan

With 2016 show Still Ill, collaborative collective Kandinsky explored the paradoxical pressures of psychosomatic illness with insight and intelligence. With Trap Street,

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Friday, March 9, 2018

OK Bye review at the Vaults, London – ‘stylishly performed’ by Fergus Morgan

RedBellyBlack picked up a people’s choice award at the 2017 Vault Festival for A Year From Now, a show that explored ambition

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A Hundred Words for Snow review at the Vaults, London – ‘humour and humanity’ by Fergus Morgan

Tatty Hennessy’s A Hundred Words for Snow was the pick of a triple-bill of monologues presented by Heretic Productions at the Arcola

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Unburied review at Vaults, London – ‘fantastically creepy and intelligently crafted’ by Fergus Morgan

Hermetic Arts’ new show Unburied wrongfoots you from the off. It presents itself as a podcast recording. Last night, show host Carrie

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Macbeth starring Anne Marie Duff and Rory Kinnear at National Theatre, London – review round-up by Fergus Morgan

Rufus Norris’ National regime was marred by several high-profile flops in the Olivier last year. Salome, Common and Saint George and the

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Review: Brighton Rock at the Theatre Royal Brighton by Fergus Morgan

Going Greene: Bryony Lavery's new adaptation of Brighton Rock is unsettling and menacing. The post Review: Brighton Rock at the Theatre Royal Brighton appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Two review at Derby Theatre – ‘a toast to love in all its forms’ by Fergus Morgan

What’ll it be? Oh, a pint, a packet of peanuts and a great big slice of Jim Cartwright please, mate. Cartwright’s 1989

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Monday, March 5, 2018

Fanny and Alexander at the Old Vic, London – review round-up by Fergus Morgan

Another week, another uber-long play on one of London’s biggest stages. After Annie Baker’s John at the National and Eugene O’Neill’s Long

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Vault Festival: Our pick of the best shows to see in week seven by Fergus Morgan

As London’s Vault Festival moves into its penultimate week, Fergus Morgan picks out five highlights to catch… A Hundred Words for Snow Tatty

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Father of Lies review at Vaults, London – ‘compulsively gripping’ by Fergus Morgan

In 1973, in the West Germany town of Würzburg, there was a murder. Or so Bête Noire Productions’ painstakingly put-together docudrama Father

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Bismillah! An Isis Tragicomedy review at Vaults, London – ‘humorous and humane’ by Fergus Morgan

Wound Up Theatre takes the terror out of terrorism with this delightfully drawn two-hander featuring a captured British soldier and a gun-toting

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Split review at Vaults, London – ‘warm, witty and nostalgic’ by Fergus Morgan

Time for some noughties nostalgia. Emma Pritchard and songwriter-comedian Tamar Broadbent’s new play Split follows the growth of two high-school girls’ friendship

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Clockwork Canaries review at Theatre Royal, Plymouth – ‘weird, wild and baffling’ by Fergus Morgan

Christopher William Hill’s comedy Clockwork Canaries is weird. And not in a good way. In a disconcerting and dispiriting way. In the

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Lindsay Posner: “I either had the choice of casting stars or not doing the play” by Fergus Morgan

Fergus Morgan interviews the enigmatic West End director about star casting, commercial theatre, and the post-Weinstein landscape. The post Lindsay Posner: “I either had the choice of …

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Vault Festival: Our pick of the best shows to see in week six by Fergus Morgan

As the Vault Festival 2018 nears the home stretch, Fergus Morgan picks out five more shows that will definitely be worth seeing…

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Director Rebecca Frecknall: ‘Though it’s changing, theatre is still white, middle-class and male’ by Fergus Morgan

Having worked her way up through national and regional directors’ schemes, Rebecca Frecknall is about to open her second production of Tennessee

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Frozen at Theatre Royal Haymarket, London – review round-up by Fergus Morgan

It’s a tragedy. London is swamped by hordes of young Disney fans, dressed in pale blue Elsa gowns, clutching precious tickets in

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Cause review at Vaults, London – ‘nuanced new writing’ by Fergus Morgan

James Huntrods’ new play, Cause, staged by director Lucy Jane Atkinson, is a neat, nuanced three-handed exploring that age-old tug-of-war between principles

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The Rain God review at Vaults, London – ‘moments of genuine joy’ by Fergus Morgan

Charles Hatfield made it rain. Or at least he claimed he could, travelling around the USA in the early 1900s, offering his

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Ad Libido review at Vaults, London – ‘relentlessly hilarious’ by Fergus Morgan

Like around a third of the female population, Fran Bushe suffers from female sexual dysfunction. For her, sex has always been tricky,

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Monday, February 19, 2018

Air Time review at Vaults, London – ‘ambitious, but inaccessible’ by Fergus Morgan

I tried to engage, I really did, but Nik Wakefield’s solo show Air Time is one of those performance art pieces that

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic