Sunday, May 7, 2017
By Paul T Davies
Crisply directed by Scott Hurran, on a highly effective set, Hidden is a sharp 75 minutes and is a play of gentle revelations.
This post REVIEW: Hidden, Mercury Theatre Colc…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:21PMFriday, May 5, 2017
By Paul T Davies
Let’s be clear about this, Angels in America is not a play. It’s an event, the equivalent of box set binge viewing. This brilliantly acted production takes days to proce…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:54AMBy Paul T Davies
It’s hard to avoid the word ‘epic’ when discussing Tony Kushner’s play, the sweep and ambition is still broad and astonishing.
This post REVIEW: Angels In America Pa…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:45AMTuesday, April 11, 2017
By Paul T Davies
There is little drama, and no dramatic stakes are raised, and for that reason it may struggle to be remembered in the lexicon of gay drama. However, that is also the strengt…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:04AMWednesday, April 5, 2017
By Paul T Davies
We are going to have to find a new word for disabled, as this company rubs the President’s face in that word. This is a wonderful production- feel it, hear it, but, above …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:09AMFriday, March 24, 2017
By Paul T Davies
This is thought provoking production, and is a vivid and valuable starting point for serious discussion and action
This post REVIEW: The Chemsex Monologues. Kings Head Theat…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:29PMSaturday, March 11, 2017
By Paul T Davies
One of the best elements of the evening was us, the audience, the British, still laughing at ourselves and appreciating the irony of the lies politicians speak and the truth…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:56AMFriday, March 10, 2017
By Paul T Davies
It hasn’t helped this production also that current West End farce mega-hit The Play That Goes Wrong visited this venue just a few weeks ago, underlining further how archai…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:23AMBy Paul T Davies
This is a play that never feels the need to shout or become hysterical, yet brims with anger, passion and love, and tunes in with our own questioning of national identity.
T…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:33AMSunday, March 5, 2017
By Paul T Davies
This piece isn’t going to change the face of theatre, but it delivers what it is required to do, and is as entertaining as the excellent wedding band that occasionally, un…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:47PMSaturday, March 4, 2017
By Paul T Davies
Overall, despite a good cast and production values, the play doesn’t reach the heights it could have.
This post REVIEW: Ugly Lies The Bone, National Theatre ✭✭✭ fir…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:08PMFriday, February 17, 2017
By Paul T Davies
The production of A Clockwork Orange is a kind of Berkoff ballet, true to the spirit of the source material, but imprinted with an originality that will stay with you after …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:25AMWednesday, February 8, 2017
By Paul T Davies
Catch this extraordinary production on its tour; it has a quiet anger that says more than a hundred plays that shout for your attention.
This post REVIEW: Pink Mist, New Wol…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:56AMTuesday, February 7, 2017
By Paul T Davies
With the epic Angels in America at the National on the horizon, this feels like a perfect curtain raiser, where HIV characters are centre stage, a hilarious and poignant pla…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:04AMSaturday, February 4, 2017
By Paul T Davies
A thoroughly entertaining evening, blood-thirsty and hilarious, this production will appeal to the devil in you.
This post REVIEW: The White Devil, Sam Wanamaker Theatre ✭…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:27AMBy Paul T Davies
The major problem the production has is the work itself. Each photograph of Maier’s that is projected onto the screens tells a thousand stories, and here is where the play…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:06AMFriday, February 3, 2017
By Paul T Davies
The joy of this book is that it will make you return to Finney, possibly one of the most under-rated, (and certainly under-awarded), actors of his generation.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:58PMWednesday, January 18, 2017
By Paul T Davies
“If I was to stab Judi Dench with a pitchfork, I should still be regarded as a cuddly teddy bear”, says Alan Bennett of his ‘national treasure’ status.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:56AMBy Paul T Davies
That sound that you hear in the production is not frogs croaking. It’s the ghost of Joe Orton tutting with boredom that, in fifty years, his anarchic comedy has not been b…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:59AMSaturday, January 14, 2017
By Paul T Davies
Winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize, Katherine Soper’s play explores zero contract hours Britain through brother and sister Tamsin and Dean.
This post REVIEW: Wish List, Th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:00AMThursday, January 12, 2017
By Paul T Davies
If the play sounds intense and grim, it’s strength is in its blackest of black humour, making interesting points about how we all think in “media speak”
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:45AMWednesday, January 11, 2017
By Paul T Davies
it builds to a hugely emotional climax, and you may need a tissue! In our fearful times, The Kite Runner offers an open palm of reconciliation and hope. I would advise you t…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:38AMTuesday, December 27, 2016
By Paul T Davies
We asked our reviewers to take a look at 2016 and to nominate some stand out productions for 2016. Paul T Davies replied with the following:- 1. Kenny Morgan A well structur…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:09AMWednesday, December 14, 2016
By Paul T Davies
Van Hove’s production is never less than interesting, creating memorable stage pictures, and containing powerful, committed, acting from the ensemble.
This post REVIEW: He…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:03AMThursday, December 1, 2016
By Paul T Davies
The Wolsey hold the record for the longest running pantomime in the UK, so you’ve plenty of time to go up the gang plank to the Saucy Sausage; it’s a ride you will thoro…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:04AMSunday, November 13, 2016
By Paul T Davies
It’s a powerful verbatim piece, linked by voice over’s and images of actual cases, people made homeless through no fault of their own, but falling victim to the greed of…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:29PMTuesday, November 8, 2016
By Paul T Davies
Falling far short of the biting satire of Oh What A Lovely War and Blackadder Goes Forth, the play is an effective tribute to an extraordinary publication, and there are som…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:51AMFriday, October 28, 2016
By Paul T Davies
Residents of Colchester are lucky to have on their doorsteps a production that punches above its regional theatre weight, and lovers of the musical would do well to travel a…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:38PMFriday, October 21, 2016
By Paul T Davies
Bravo Zoe Cooper, you have written a memorable play, one of the best this year, that deserves the widest audience possible!
This post REVIEW: Jess And Joe Forever, Lakeside …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:28PMFriday, October 14, 2016
By Paul T Davies
These are men dancing on the edge of their own history, and the fact that we know their histories, (two of them killed by violence), makes the play highly poignant. A highly…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:41AMSunday, October 9, 2016
By Paul T Davies
Nicely abridged, with the tiresome Touchstone being eliminated, this is a very entertaining production.
This post REVIEW: As You Like It, St Martins Church, Colchester ✭�…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:31AM 
