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Friday, April 6, 2012

Review: The King's Speech at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Adrian Noble's touching production is not a pale imitation of the movie but has more fascinating detail from David Seidler's detailed research.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Review: Shivered at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

As in any Philip Ridley play there is discomfort with painful moments but I liked its multiplicity of themes .

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Review: In Basildon at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

What is more satisfying than a well written dark comedy of human behaviour with underlying and enduring themes and a sense of place? Don't miss this one by David Eldridge

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Review: Singin' in the Rain at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Jonathan Church's well received production of from Chichester comes into London's famous musical theatre.

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Review: The Recurtiting Officer curtainup/london by Lizzie Loverdige

Josie Rourke kicks of her residency at the Donmar Warehouse with a cracking production of George Farquhar's oft neglected masterpiece.

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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Review: Travelling Light at curtainup.com by Lizzie Loverdige

The inspiration for Nicholas Wright's new play at the National Theatre is the shtetls of Russia and the many Jewish filmmakers who made Hollywood what it is today.. . .

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Review: Lovesong at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Writer Abi Morgan's play arrives in London as she is riding on the crest of a wave with her screenplay of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's political career and her acclaimed serial last ye…

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Review: Fog at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

a very accomplished debut as joint playwrights, Task Fairbanks and Toby Wharton. . .

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Review: Pippin at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

a bold reinterpretation that will no doubt provoke strong reactions from its audiences. However, whether you love it or hate it, there is no doubt that you will have experienced something tr…

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Review: Matilda the Musical at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Matthew Warchus's delightful production for all ages about the precocious little girl who loves books and is born into a family of book hating telly addict

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Review: Reasons to be Pretty at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

The last of Neil LaBute trilogy about how we look and relationships opens in London where it all started. . .

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Review: Collaborator at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Simon Russell Beale gives an affectionate, quizzical and jokey portrait of Joseph Stalin in John Hodge's play

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Review: Last of the Duchess at curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Nicholas Wright's excellent play set in 1980 about the last years of the Duchess of Windsor in Paris

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Review: 66-Books at curtanup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

A monumental multi-author enterprise at the Bush. . .

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Review: The Veil at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Conor McPherson's gothic story receives a big production directed by the playwright himself.

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Review: Edward Bond at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Edward Bond's play Saved Lyric Hammersmith director Sean Holmes and his actors give us a fresh production of Edward Bond's groundbreaking play

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Review: Backbeat at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

David Leveaux has crafted a musical which while true to the Beatles' tradition and the memory of Stuart Suttcliffe has us dancing in the aisles to an authentic sound.

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Review: Broken Glass at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Not one of Arthur Miller's best plays but there are still flashes of his great writing. The ending is sad but not predictable

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Review: My City at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

tephen Poliakoff's work stays with you. So it is with his first new play in 12 years now at the National Theatre

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Review: The Wild Bride at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Kneehigh's dark fairy tale fantasy is not for children, but it's a stunning, not to be missed experience.

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Review: Ragtime at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

The Landor is a tiny pub theatre in Clapham with a big heart and their production of this musical is the most comprehensive I have seen in London.

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Review: truthandreconciliation at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

debbie tucker green's (lower case is her choice) new play for the Royal Court

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Review: The Faith Machine at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Alexi Kaye Campbell's new play for the Royal Court engages the intellect with a contemporary analysis of ethics

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Review: South Pacific at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

a largely British cast needs extra concentration to maintain the American accents, in song as well as voice. . .

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Review: Anna Christie at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

If we had to name an actress for our day who measures up to the reputation of the enigmatic Garbo, it surely would be Ruth Wilson who has an ability to emotionally envelop an audience with h…

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Review: A Woman Killed With Kindness at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

Katie Mitchell's epic version of Thomas Heywood's most famous work is both impressive and gripping

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Review: Ghost the musical at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

If you like your musicals full on, then this is for you! . . .

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Review: Richard III at Curtainup/London by Lizzie Loverdige

It is a role made for Kevin Spacey who surely would surely have been made a knight of the theatre if foreign nationals were eligible for the award of the royal "sword on shoulder" honour

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