Tuesday, December 8, 2015
It's that time of year again: when thoughts turn to turkey and mistletoe, and London seems its most atmospherically Dickensian — even if the snow is the fake kind laid on by canny retailer…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:12PMIt's that time of year again: when thoughts turn to turkey and mistletoe, and London seems its most atmospherically Dickensian — even if the snow is the fake kind laid on by canny retailer…
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His style is probably too subtle to be described as causing anything as noisily obtrusive as a splash, but Barney Norris’s debut play Visitors certainly created significant ripples last ye…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:38AMWednesday, September 23, 2015
LONDON — So, there goes a rather soggy summer, in which outdoor theaters thrived despite the stubbornly gray skies, and London lost its wits over the Benedict Cumberbatch "Hamlet." If you …
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LONDON - So, there goes a rather soggy summer, in which outdoor theaters thrived despite the stubbornly gray skies, and London lost its wits over the Benedict Cumberbatch "Hamlet." If you ca…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:58PMTuesday, September 15, 2015
LONDON - It's 17 years since the London stage last saw Nicole Kidman, when she starred in "The Blue Room," David Hare's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's play, and many were as eager to cop …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:02PMIt's 17 years since the London stage last saw Nicole Kidman, when she starred in "The Blue Room," David Hare's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's play, and many were as eager to cop a salacio…
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Madness. That's the first word that springs to mind in the face of the hysteria that has surrounded Benedict Cumberbatch's appearance in "Hamlet" at the Barbican Theatre, directed by Lyndsey…
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What's the hottest ticket in London this summer? Elementary. It is, of course, Benedict Cumberbatch in "Hamlet," opening at The Barbican on Aug. 25. This landmark theatrical event is in such…
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What's the hottest ticket in London this summer? Elementary. It is, of course, Benedict Cumberbatch in "Hamlet," opening at The Barbican on Aug. 25. This landmark theatrical event is in such…
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Lick your lips: the new London theater season is here and it's sure to make your mouth water. There's heavyweight modern drama, intriguing new writing, classical works reinvented and America…
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Drop-dead dames, a hard-bitten gumshoe, an ambitious writer and a sleazy movie mogul: this slick, sassy 1989 musical by Cy Coleman, David Zippel and Larry Gelbart serves up two parallel tale…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:19AMFriday, October 31, 2014
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and theaters across the United Kingdom are poised for the annual glittery blizzard of pantomimes. If your taste runs to the traditional, then Lo…
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Daniel loves Reg; so does John. Guy loves John; John doesn’t love Guy. Bernie loves Benny, and drives him mad. And as for Eric, he once thought he could fall for Reg – but they only shar…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:36AMFriday, April 11, 2014
The Royal Family: politically irrelevant anachronism? Fodder for tourism? Or enduring symbol of what it means to be British? Mike Bartlett’s shrewd new drama, in a taut, economical and str…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:52AMWednesday, April 9, 2014
Flying masonry put the Apollo in the headlines late last year when part of the theatre’s ceiling collapsed; now an airborne vampire and an impressive refurbishment give it new life. A cycl…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:33AMTuesday, April 8, 2014
Come August, the London theatre scene often shivers in the shadow of that north-of-the-border knees-up gargantuan, the Edinburgh Festival.
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LONDON — The early months of a new year tend to be something of a frozen tundra for London theater — but 2014 has already seen some green shoots and the spring season looks set t…
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A decaying London outpost of the Hollywood movie-making machine, where dreams are spun on celluloid, and reality and fantasy intertwine in a nightmarish danse macabre of desperation and dark…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMMonday, July 15, 2013
A joyful noise? Hell, yes. Alice Walker’s Pulitzer-winning 1982 feminist novel set in Georgia and spanning more than 30 years is crammed with suffering, injustice and cruelty. But in its c…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:54PMWednesday, July 3, 2013
A champagne cocktail with a hefty dash of bitters, Jonathan Kent’s production of this exquisite Noël Coward comedy of impossible passions is as wince-inducing as it is delightfully efferv…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:28PMWednesday, June 26, 2013
It’s all stick and no lollipop, a chocolate box stuffed with nothing but empty wrappers: what a walloping letdown this intensely anticipated musical based on Roald Dahl’s perennially pop…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:57AMWednesday, June 12, 2013
A town called St Cloud, a girl named Heavenly and a faded star who feels she’s living on the Moon: the imagery of Tennessee Williams’ drama is celestial, yet he puts his characters throu…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:49PMTuesday, June 4, 2013
“My three men,” declares the deeply compromised heroine of this 1928 experimental drama by Eugene O’Neill. “I am whole.” Nina Leeds – hungry for love, ruthless with her own heart…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:14PMThursday, May 30, 2013
It’s as dazzling as a neon-lit cityscape and nearly as sprawling: Lucy Kirkwood’s epic new drama is rich, riveting and theatrically audacious. A co-production with Headlong, the tireless…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:44AMThursday, May 16, 2013
The past: it’s etched into the fabric not just of our lives, but of the architecture that surrounds us – the streets we tread, the buildings where we work or make our homes. In this whim…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:11PMTuesday, May 7, 2013
What’s the price of betrayal? In Peter Nichols’ 1981 play it’s a painful splintering of the psyche. The betrayer mentally compartmentalises in order to be both affectionate husband and…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:30PMTuesday, April 23, 2013
It’s apt that a drama set among soldiers should be presented with military precision; but corruption, cruelty and perversion can lurk amid the human innards of the machine of war, and in N…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:24PMSaturday, April 20, 2013
A severed toe, a shotgun, copious blood, vomit and snot, and a live snake. Sprinkle it liberally with Shake’n’Vac masquerading as cocaine, dowse it in booze, piss and petrol, set the who…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:29PMMonday, March 25, 2013
What becomes of children “born out of sadness and loneliness”, exiled from Wonderland or Neverland, longing for remembered golden afternoons, but forced to confront the chilly twilight o…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:41PMThursday, March 21, 2013
It’s one of the most anticipated theatrical openings of the year, with tickets allegedly changing hands for astronomical sums and some pundits already rushing to issue dire warnings of the…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:56PM 
