Monday, July 23, 2018
Polka, LondonRebecca Cobb's original illustrations are elegantly woven into the design of this thoughtful yet unshowy adaptationThe Everywhere Bear sits on a shelf in Class One. He's so tiny…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Monday, July 16, 2018
Lost Gardens of Heligan, CornwallThis haunting outdoor show created by WildWorks fuses ancient myth with a tale of returning soldiersHidden among the roses, a soldier and his lover kiss good…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 3, 2018
The Yard theatre, LondonAn exercise-obsessed young woman sweats to become an online star in Joe Harbot's anarchic playA lost young woman turns her life around, exercises like mad and is tran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Monday, June 25, 2018
Storyhouse, ChesterGeraldine Alexander directs a slow-burning production of Arthur Miller's play with a deeply unsettling performance by Leigh QuinnThe corruptive influence of power. The age…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PM[SHARE]Monday, June 18, 2018
Finborough, LondonArthur Miller's final play, inspired by the filming of The Misfits, offers a powerful view of the manipulation of Marilyn MonroeWhen Arthur Miller's final play premiered in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2018
Bernie Grant Arts Centre, LondonThe immersive theatre pioneers invite the audience into a gran's pebbledash home and bring her memories to lifeI'm crouched down alongside a bunch of kids and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AM[SHARE]Monday, June 4, 2018
Bullish, gentle, broken, blazing: Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde and Scott Graham's interrogation of father-son relationships gets to you eventually.
The post Review: Fatherland at the Lyric Hamm…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 12:07PM[SHARE]Monday, May 21, 2018
Omnibus theatre, LondonAdam Fuller directs a skilful adaptation of the children's book about a boy whose sibling is born with a disabilityThis is a finely calibrated family show, based on th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 24, 2018
It's the little stuff that counts: Joe White's debut is another special play from a special theatre.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Polka, LondonRosen's epic is dished up for the stage in an adaptation that stirs in his poems about fried eggs and baked potatoesAll kids loves cake but Wilfred, aged four, is mad for it. Wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AM[SHARE]Friday, April 6, 2018
What might've been: the ENB's Tchaikovsky for kids fails to spark the imagination.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 03:23AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 22, 2018
You lucky, lucky people: Michael Longhurst's Chichester production makes a triumphant London transfer.
The post Review: Caroline, or Change at the Hampstead Theatre appeared first on Exeunt …
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:13AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Self-aware and triumphantly obscure: Miriam Gillinson reviews Josh Azouz's new play involving a giant talking baby.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Heart-ache: Miriam Gillinson reviews the West End transfer of Richard Eyre's production of Eugene O'Neill.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:07AM[SHARE]Monday, February 5, 2018
Unicorn theatre, LondonStewart Melton's gently earnest play, directed by Sarah Argent, helps children learn how to shareThroughout the beginning of Seesaw, which is about two children figuri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AM[SHARE]Friday, December 22, 2017
Albany, London The set is captivating and the standout moments are performed with swagger by Tutti Frutti, yet the heart of Hans Christian Andersen's story feels lost The Ugly Duckling is a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 14, 2017
It's mad. It's ambitious. It's silly and frightening and really annoying: Miriam Gillinson reviews the National Theatre's stage version of Pinocchio.
The post Review: Pinocchio at the Natio…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:59PM[SHARE]Monday, October 23, 2017
Polka theatre, LondonA brother and sister contemplate the arrival of a new baby in Sarah Argent's brilliant new show, in which everything is seen through the eyes of a childWe're in a lovely…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AM[SHARE]Friday, October 13, 2017
A very lovely play in lots of very lovely ways: Miriam Gillinson reviews David Eldridge's new play about the start of a relationship.
The post Review: Beginning at the National Theatre appe…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Unicorn theatre, London The story of the stray that became Russia's first cosmonaut is interwoven with a mother and son's plans to visit the red planet in a show for six to 12-year-olds Some…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 28, 2017
Here is a woman who listens only to herself: Miriam Gillinson reviews the return of Jane Eyre to the National Theatre.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 09:22AM[SHARE]Monday, August 21, 2017
Trying to be big and brilliant: Miriam Gillinson reviews Christopher Shinn's new play about a tech billionaire on a mission.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:36AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 6, 2017
Miriam Gillinson discovers some intriguing beginnings at The Yard's festival of bold, untested new work.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:02AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 29, 2017
Stuff " just " happens: Miriam Gillinson reviews Conor McPherson's new play based around Bob Dylan songs.
The post Review: Girl from the North Country at the Old Vic appeared first on Exeun…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 27, 2017
Open Air theatre, Regent's Park, LondonThis fierce, unpatronising Anya Reiss adaptation of Dickens' criminal caper is full of invention, but an overcomplicated plot spirals into confusionWe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM[SHARE]Monday, July 17, 2017
Lyric, LondonWacky songs, animal sounds and upbeat performances abound in this charming stage version of the popular children's picture bookMy six-year-old goddaughter Blue is now too big to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 29, 2017
Unicorn, LondonThis show hosted by grownups and kids is strange, messy and unsettling " and my 10-year-old companion finds plenty of thrills amid the wisecracking chaosImagine the children's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AM[SHARE]Friday, June 23, 2017
It's all me, me, me: Miriam Gillinson reviews Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play set in the publishing industry.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:49AM[SHARE]Monday, May 8, 2017
My first theatre trip: Miriam Gillinson takes her two-year-old nephew to see Little Angel's adaptation of Anna Kemp's children's book, and goes just a little bit bonkers.
The post Review: Do…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 4, 2017
The future is snuffed out by the past: Miriam Gillinson reviews Jez Butterworth's epic new Irish family saga.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 10:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 13, 2017
Peacock theatre, LondonThe young dancers perform beautifully, and there's no denying the magic of the story, but ENB's show could do with less chat and a bit more sparkleIt's seven o'clock. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM[SHARE] 
