Thursday, November 26, 2020
The first coronavirus shutdown caught playhouses unawares, but they learned lessons that stood them in good stead when the shutters came down again.
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Our critic looks back on 32 years with a publication he was with from its very first issue, in 1988.
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Opening and closing night were the same for vital solo show
Broadway tends to be the Darwinian environment where a show's opening night can also mark its closing.
Linked From theartsdesk.com at 10:42AMTwo long-running immersive theater productions — “The Murdér Express” and “The Great Gatsby”— offered some much-needed merriment just before a new lockdown hit England.
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Sparky solo play leaves you wanting yet more
Call him Ishmael, and the Zimbabwe-born, UK-based writer Zodwa Nyoni has done just that. That's the name of the solo character in Nyoni's slight…
Linked From theartsdesk.com at 06:24AMThursday, October 15, 2020
Two young Black playwrights chronicle tales of the Nigerian diaspora in performances at the Bridge Theater, but only one digs deep.
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Capacious biography pins down an elusive subject
"The older he got, the less he cared about self-concealment," or so it is said of Sir Tom Stoppard, somewhere deep into the 865 pages of …
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'The Last Five Years' revival is itself revived at Southwark Playhouse
Linked From www.londontheatre.co.uk at 04:00PMSunday, October 4, 2020
Essential series of Alan Bennett stage pairings comes to an end
Stillness works like a stealth bomb in Nights in the Garden of Spain, in which Tamsin Greig further confirms her status as on…
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Masterclasses make up a mighty hour of theatre
"Getting dark," or so comments Irene Ruddock (a pitch-perfect Imelda Staunton) in passing midway through A Lady of Letters, and, boy, ain't th…
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The Bridge theater in London has resumed performances after the coronavirus shutdown with a series of monologues by David Hare and Alan Bennett.
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review of Old Vic In Camera presentation of the late Brian Friel's 1979 play 'Faith Healer'
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Thursday, September 10, 2020
Maureen Lipman in fearless form in Martin Sherman's discursive solo play
Solo plays and performances are, of necessity, the theatrical currency of the moment, whether across an entire seaso…
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The sheer brio of the endeavour proved irresistible, and one wasn’t surprised to see the performers’ eyes misting over
Linked From inews.co.uk at 07:50PMC-o-n-t-a-c-t — the letters are aptly distanced to suit the times — marks the English-language premiere of an alfresco theatre piece that premiered in Paris during lockdown.
Linked From www.londontheatre.co.uk at 07:50PMWednesday, September 2, 2020
Based on the hit 1993 hit film “Sleepless in Seattle,” the production is London’s first fully staged indoor musical in months. Applause for that, at least.
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Traverse Theatre two-hander transfers well to the screen
In normal times, Edinburgh Festival audiences would now be packing into the city’s invaluable Traverse Theatre, home to some of th…
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For one night, we were part of a full-on theatrical experience once again
A lot of rain and untold bliss: those were the takeaways from Saturday night’s alfresco Opera Holland Park concer…
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A New York duo celebrates Sir Noël and Samuel Beckett bewitches and bewilders once again
After months spent sifting amongst the virtual, I'm pleased to report that live performance looks t…
Linked From theartsdesk.com at 09:42AMThe Donmar Warehouse is the first major playhouse in the city to reopen, with a socially distanced sound installation.
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Profile of Young Vic artistic director could go still further
Filmed, as one would, well, imagine, prior to lockdown, Imagine .... My Name is Kwame hearkens to what now seems a bygone era …
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Theatre comes to life, albeit gently, and some familiar names crop up online
After a weeklong hiatus due to an absence of noteworthy material, this column is back heralding the return, as w…
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Streamed productions from the archive of the Royal Shakespeare Company show the development of some top-rank British performers.
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Empty playhouses caught on camera and an online 'Merchant' complete a typically varied week of theatrical fare
Theatres will begin gently unlocking their doors as we head into August. In the…
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A Broadway legend in concert lends musical buoyancy to this week's ever wide-ranging theatrical array
We're easing out of lockdown, haircuts are being had, and the theatre continually shape…
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Medeas past and present conjoin across a characteristically eclectic theatre week
Stop the presses! For the first time in nearly four months, The Arts Desk can point to the first of several…
Linked From theartsdesk.com at 09:54AM“Staged,” a six-episode sitcom, and “Talking Heads,” a remake of a group of vaunted monologues, show what good can come of a bereft theatrical scene in Britain.
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Nigel Slater is back, as is Richard Nelson's Apple family for a second time via Zoom
Can this weekly lineup really now be three months old? As we move towards at least some degree of rela…
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Some celeb-heavy revivals and a kids-friendly showstopper feature amongst this week's lineup
Might we be nearing light at the end of the lockdown tunnel? It definitely seems that way, with t…
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