Friday, April 6, 2012
Adrian Noble’s touching production is not a pale imitation of the movie but has more fascinating detail from David Seidler’s detailed research.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:59PMMonday, March 19, 2012
As in any Philip Ridley play there is discomfort with painful moments but I liked its multiplicity of themes .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:08AMSaturday, February 25, 2012
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
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:11PMSunday, February 19, 2012
Jonathan Church’s well received production of from Chichester comes into London’s famous musical theatre.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:34AMJosie Rourke kicks of her residency at the Donmar Warehouse with a cracking production of George Farquhar's oft neglected masterpiece.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:31AMSunday, January 29, 2012
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.. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:25AMSunday, January 15, 2012
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 …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:42PMa very accomplished debut as joint playwrights, Task Fairbanks and Toby Wharton. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:40PMMonday, December 19, 2011
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…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:17PMWednesday, November 30, 2011
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
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:37PMSunday, November 27, 2011
The last of Neil LaBute trilogy about how we look and relationships opens in London where it all started. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:30PMSimon Russell Beale gives an affectionate, quizzical and jokey portrait of Joseph Stalin in John Hodge's play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 05:28PMSunday, October 30, 2011
Nicholas Wright's excellent play set in 1980 about the last years of the Duchess of Windsor in Paris
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:31PMMonday, October 24, 2011
A monumental multi-author enterprise at the Bush. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:12AMSunday, October 16, 2011
Conor McPherson's gothic story receives a big production directed by the playwright himself.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:07PMEdward Bond’s play Saved Lyric Hammersmith director Sean Holmes and his actors give us a fresh production of Edward Bond's groundbreaking play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:06PMSaturday, October 15, 2011
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.
SOURCE: www.curtainup.cobackbeatlonm at 08:31AMSunday, September 25, 2011
Not one of Arthur Miller’s best plays but there are still flashes of his great writing. The ending is sad but not predictable
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:13PMWednesday, September 21, 2011
tephen Poliakoff’s work stays with you. So it is with his first new play in 12 years now at the National Theatre
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:57AMFriday, September 16, 2011
Kneehigh's dark fairy tale fantasy is not for children, but it's a stunning, not to be missed experience.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:52AMMonday, September 12, 2011
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.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:55PMSunday, September 11, 2011
debbie tucker green's (lower case is her choice) new play for the Royal Court
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:06PMSaturday, September 3, 2011
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s new play for the Royal Court engages the intellect with a contemporary analysis of ethics
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:00PMSunday, August 28, 2011
a largely British cast needs extra concentration to maintain the American accents, in song as well as voice. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:34PMSunday, August 14, 2011
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…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:43PMSunday, July 24, 2011
Katie Mitchell's epic version of Thomas Heywood's most famous work is both impressive and gripping
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:20PMIf you like your musicals full on, then this is for you! . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:21PMSunday, July 10, 2011
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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