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Thursday, April 20, 2017

THE PHILANTHROPIST Trafalgar Studios SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A WINDOW ON AN IVORY TOWER…     Full disclosure: I bought a ticket for an early preview, because press night was my husband’s birthday but I couldn’t resist checking out Chr…

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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

WHISPER HOUSE The Other Palace SW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

GHOSTS OF WAR AND SHIPWRECK   “When all the world’s at war, it’s better to be dead”. Pallid pessimistic ghosts roam around a lonely Maine lighthouse in WW2, with heaving sepia s…

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Thursday, April 13, 2017

THE PLAGUE Arcola, E8 by Libby Purves and Friends

A JOURNEY THROUGH A PLAGUE YEAR   With the horror of Syria fresh on us, and Africa’s travails with Ebola still haunting, this sombre, unforgettable treatment of Albert Camus’ LA PES…

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

SEA FRET Old Red Lion, Islington by Libby Purves and Friends

A CANUTE FOR THE AGE OF ANYWHERES   This substantial début play by Tallulah Brown hits an intriguing syncope with David Goodhart’s much-discussed definition of the UK tribes. Not le…

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART Eastern Angles Tour by Libby Purves and Friends

A WILD TALE FROM HELL’S BORDERS   – on the road     This enterprising regional touring company generally focuses on the East, whether John Clare or Arthur Ransome, Viking …

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

An Intervention, Palace Theatre, Watford by With The Simplest Of Designs By Lucy Osborne, and Great Music From Tom Gibbons (i Particularly Liked The Use Of Joe Cocker's With A Little Help From My Friends), This Engrossing and Entertaining Piece Ends On A Powerful Visual Image Of A Suicidal Mutual D

Palace Theatre, Watford: A smart two-hander, An Intervention begins with a drink-fuelled confrontation between A, a young woman who has just been on an anti-war protest, and her best friend,…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AM

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