A PRIMITIVE AWAKENING It is dark. An earth floor, plank stable door , murky pond. Sometimes a candle is lit, but Soutra Gilmour’s set remains tenebrous , primitive. A wom…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:13PMGUEST CRITIC LUKE JONES HUNGERS BUT DOESN’T GET A BYTE I’ll give them this; it’s timely. After the violence in Charlottesville, we’ve all been asking what on e…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:20AMA DELICATE TREASURE Rarely seen, half-forgotten, Githa Sowerby’s 1924 play is sharp, entertaining, truthful and elegant: Richard Eyre’s direction respects it with delicate …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:11AMGUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI MARVELS AT MARIANNE VIDAL Aylin Bozok’s productions of French opera for Grimeborn have all been marked by their elegance, restraint and psychological intens…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:02PMGUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI GETS THE ROYAL TREATMENT AT GRIMEBORN If you fancy being entertained like a French king, head to Grimeborn for Lully’s Armide. Lully’s artistic monopoly o…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:48AMGUEST CRITIC TOM HOLLOWAY WISHES FOR AN UPDATE.. Originally debuting eight years ago at the Bush Theatre, Alexi Kaye Campbell’s Apologia is a story of intergenerationa…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:31AMThis Week: A Two-Parter! First Up, the FABULOUS Alexandra Silber share stories from her amazing career on Broadway (2015's "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Master Class") and The West End ("T…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMGUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI GETS NUTTIN’ MUCH FROM GRIMEBORN’S REDUCTION OF GERSHWIN My suspicions should have been aroused by the fact that there was no programme for Porgy …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:44PMGUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI WISHES SOMETHING ELSE WOULD DISAPPEAR AT GRIMEBORN The poems which inspired the mysterious song cycle Diary of One Who Disappeared first appeared anonymously …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:19AMPRETTY MUCH A BOOJUM I must admit I yearned towards this production – for 4 years old upwards, though there were some younger infants having a hell of a good time, even without …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:52AMMICHAEL ADAIR, 25 ¾ , APPROPRIATELY TAKES OVER AND WRITES.. Before The Inbetweeners, the most accurate reflection of the total embarrassment of teenage life in Britain wa…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:56AMBOB AND CONOR: A NEW DIRECTION HOME… Bob Dylan songs – from each of six decades – woven into a musical by Conor McPherson? At Dylan’s own suggestion? What? But …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:59PMA COSMIC CLASH OF PHYSICS AND FAMILY Ah, now this is what the National Theatre is for1 A great reckless sprawl of a brand-new play, with spectacular technology, extraordinary design (…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:14AMWe're OBSESSED with Julia Murney! In the early days of her career, Julia made a name for herself working downtown in some of off-Broadway's hottest theaters. Her biggest break early on came …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFINE DINING AND FINANCIAL FURY Piquant idea, to open Oliver Cotton’s play about financial inequality in BBC Salary Embarrassment Week. While the inequity between multi-million…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:51AMWith the news of its West End transfer in autumn – well deserved – I finally caught up with INK (reviewed here on opening night by Luke. I agree with his rating of fiv…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:37AMFROM HIS MOUTH TO GOD’S EAR… We know Omid Djalili best as a comedian: one of our few Iranian standups. Great timing and great heart, a good Fagin but comparatively …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:14PMNEW GUEST CRITIC THOMAS HOLLOWAY FINDS A NEW MUSICAL Arriving at the Charing Cross Theatre this weekend, in the wake of London’s Pride weekend, is this transfer from the ente…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:43AMA MODERN WORLD GROWING, BENEATH THE PERIWIGS I saw Helen Edmundson’s marvellous RSC history-play about Anne’s short reign some eighteen months ago; the review is here ̵…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:37PMToday's episode is in two parts, you guys! Up first is our dear friend Laura Osnes, making her FOURTH appearance on the podcast). Laura recently invited us to her perfectly appointed dressin…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMA GREAT HEART AND TALENT, REMEMBERED WITH LOVE O my days! If you have any feeling for jazz and blues, for women, music or the historic trials and triumphs of black America, don’t …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:31PMTHE MIRACLE THAT FAILED The subtitle is “The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Takes Oral Evidence on Whitehall’s Relationship with Kids’ Company…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:27PMWE DON’T OFTEN REVIEW TWICE, BUT THE SHORTAGE OF YOUNGER AND DIVERSE VOICES MATTERS…SO (ON HER OWN TICKET) JENNIFER-JANE BENJAMIN, A YOUNG LONDONER WHOSE OWN HERITAGE IS NIGE…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:11PMGUEST REVIEWER LUKE JONES GLORIES IN JAMES GRAHAM’S SUN BACKSTORY It’s a solid stunner of a play which has you punching the air for Rupert Murdoch by the interval. Bertie Carvel’…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:51AMThe handsome, charming, and talented Derek Klena invited us to his dressing room at the Broadhurst theater to chat about starring in "Anastasia." He also shared the AMAZING story of his road…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMMILLENIAL LUKE JONES TIRES OF THIS GENDER AGENDA There aren’t many issues in life that haven’t been solved, rationalised or helpfully knocked about by plays. &#…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:33AMWHEN SHOCK BECOMES A SALES PITCH There are three acts: the first long, expressing an enervatingly pointless world and ending in a sharp shock. The second is competitively cynic…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:59PMWHERE ROCK ‘ N ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE “On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?” Or in this case, a red carpet lined with …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:21PMIt's no secret that I'm OBSESSED with "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812"--I truly think it is one of the most powerful and affecting pieces of theater I've ever experienced. The …
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMFOLLICLES, FOLLY, FATHERHOOD It’s fun down in the Dorfman pit. Under exuberant African barbershop posters from Lagos, Harare, Accra – and London – a cast of barbers and …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:48AMWHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN-HEARTED? This is a famously significant piece of theatre: created in 2003 in a Cornish field , it was one of the first successes of Emma Rice’s Kne…
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