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Friday, June 29, 2018

Genesis Inc, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Harry Enfield stars in an over-egged comedy about the fertility industry by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Jemma Kennedy's ambitious play has Enfield playing both Marx and God, while Jenni Murray lends her voice to a talking womb

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:24AM

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Fun Home, Young Vic, London, review: Another groundbreaking masterpiece from Jeanine Tesori by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A sublime adaptation of Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic-novel memoir about growing up lesbian in small-town Pennsylvania with a closeted gay father

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:54AM

Friday, June 22, 2018

The Town Hall Affair, Barbican, London, review: Germaine Greer and Norman Mailer brought vividly to life in a restaging of a debate on feminism by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

New York's experimental Wooster Group revisits and deconstructs the infamous Town Hall debate of 1971

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AM

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Kiss Me, Kate, Coliseum, London, review: A magnificent revival from Opera North by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

It's a joy to hear this orchestra do justice to lusciousness and comic sass of Cole Porter's score

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:04AM

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Beirut, Park Theatre, London, review: This 1987 AIDS allegory play is more an interesting curiosity than a valuable find by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Robin Lefevre's highly charged revival of Alan Bowne's dystopian play features two lovers torn apart by a sexually-transmitted disease epidemic

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:48AM

Monday, June 18, 2018

Notes from the Field, Royal Court, London, review: Anna Deavere Smith's powerful expose of America's criminal justice system by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The West Wing actress and verbatim theatre pioneer spoke to over 250 people for this harrowing show about the US's school-to-prison pipeline

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:36AM

Friday, June 15, 2018

Pressure, Ambassadors Theatre, London, review: A tense, funny and moving play – about weather forecasting by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

David Haig stars in his own play about a Scottish meteorologist who had to forecast the D-Day landings

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18AM

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Donmar Warehouse, London, review: Lia Williams is revelatory in this new Muriel Spark adaptation by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A comic yet complex central performances animates David Harrower's dynamic new adaptation

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:54AM

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Machinal, Almeida Theatre, London, review: Feels like it could have been written last week by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The restlessness and desperation of a young woman forced into an unhappy marriage are superbly caught by Emily Berrington in this revival of Sophie Treadwell's Expressionist classic

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:48AM

Friday, June 8, 2018

Julie, National Theatre, London, review: Vanessa Kirby shines, but the dramatic stakes are lowered in Polly Stenham's update of Strindberg by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The play looks at the hypocrisies of middle class liberals in relation to the ill-paid immigrant work-force on whom their moneyed lives depend

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:48AM

Thursday, June 7, 2018

My Name is Lucy Barton, Bridge Theatre, London, review: Laura Linney is luminous in this one-woman show by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The Oscar-nominee gives a deeply affecting performance of real directness in Rona Munro's adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's best-selling novel

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:36AM

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Killer Joe, Trafalgar Studios, London, review: Orlando Bloom has full command of the stage – but the play itself is queasily dated by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The film star play against type as a psychotic hitman in Tracy Letts' Texan trailer-park Gothic

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:36AM

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Translations, National Theatre, London, review: A rich production of Brian Friel's classic by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This magnificent revival stretches out in the Olivier, but still finds the subtleties within the play

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:18PM

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Tartuffe, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, review: A dual-language, modern updating does not fulfil its promise by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Christopher Hampton's French and English production is relocated to Trump's America, but the setting rarely resonates

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:24AM

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The Gronholm Method, Menier Chocolate Factory, London, review: A clever exercise in audience manipulation but not a whole lot more by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Jordi Galceran's black comedy about the group interview from hell has been produced in 60 countries around the world

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:12AM

Friday, May 18, 2018

As You Like It / Hamlet, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: There's a lot of imaginative freedom to Michelle Terry's double-bill by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

As You Like It is gloriously oddball, but Hamlet falls a bit flat by comparison

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:12AM

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Red, Wyndham's Theatre, London, review: Alfred Molina plays Mark Rothko in a phenomenal production of a flawed play by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Michael Grandage revisits John Logan's play about the creation of the Abstract Expressionist's monumental Seagram murals

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:48AM

Friday, May 11, 2018

Describe the Night, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Not for folk who like to leave their brains in the cloakroom by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Rajiv Jospeh has written a massively ambitious play that hops back and forth across a century of Russian history

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:54AM

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Life and Fate, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, review: Maly Drama Theatre stage 'the 20th century's War and Peace' by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The renowned Russian theatre company adapt Vasily Grossman's epic 1960 novel, which was suppressed by the KGB

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:54AM

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Nightfall, Bridge Theatre, London, review: Barney Norris's special sensitivity is lost on such a large stage by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This play about grief, rural decay, and a struggling farm in Hampshire cries out for the intimacy of a studio environment

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:04AM

Friday, May 4, 2018

An Ideal Husband, Vaudeville Theatre, London, review: Edward and Freddie Fox create a delicious double act by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Oscar Wilde's comedy gets a shrewd, enjoyable revival from Jonathan Church

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:48AM

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Mood Music, Old Vic, London, review: Joe Penhall's forceful play explores the relationship between commercialism and creativity by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A young female recording artist wrangles with an older male producer

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:42AM

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Chess, Coliseum, review, London: It's impossible to take this show as seriously as it takes itself by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This new production of the Eighties musical by Tim Rice and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus is overblown and messy

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:36AM

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Nine Night, National Theatre, London, review: Natasha Gordon's debut play buzzes with comic energy by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A Jamaican nine nights wake is the basis for this affecting, funny study of a family dealing with grief

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:33AM

Thursday, April 26, 2018

The Prudes, Royal Court, London, review: Anthony Neilson trains a rare spotlight on the wilted libido in this funny, frank, and sad piece by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Expect to go to some dark and uncomfortable places while watching a couple attempt to revitalise their sex life

SOURCE: The Independent at 01:06PM

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Writer, The Almeida, London, review: Unflaggingly provocative by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Ella Hickson's tricksy play is handled with witty aplomb in Blanche McIntyre's superbly acted production

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:32AM

Monday, April 23, 2018

Tonight at 8.30, Jermyn Street Theatre, London, review: Gird your loins for nine Noel Coward plays by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

An all-day triple-bill has its duds, but fills you with admiration for the energy and chutzpah of everyone involved

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AM

Faceless, Park Theatre, London, review: A compelling play which refuses to reach for easy conclusions by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Selina Fillinger's play sees a young white ISIS bride grilled in court by a Muslim prosecutor

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AM

Tina: the Musical, the Aldwych, London, review: A stupendous Adrienne Warren seems possessed by the spirit of Tina Turner by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Katori Hall's book is too brisk, but this jukebox musical is powered by an unstoppable central performance

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AM

Monday, April 16, 2018

Instructions for Correct Assembly, Royal Court, London, review: Astute dystopian satire by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Hamish Pirie directs Thomas Eccleshare's play with flair, but there's a lack of human warmth to proceedings

SOURCE: The Independent at 11:36AM

Palmyra, Eurohouse, Battersea Arts Centre, London, review: A smashing double-bill that will haunt you by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas bring their beguiling, unsettling brand of absurdism – a hit at the Edinburgh festival – to London

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:52AM

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