Friday, September 21, 2018
Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonThis true story of a village facing down the plague ripples with potential but Matt Hartley’s play is blighted by a lack of focusOne hour into Matt Hartley’s…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:24AMFriday, September 14, 2018
Ambassadors, LondonThe drama that made King’s name falls flat in Rachel O’Riordan’s revival starring Iwan Rheon and Paul NichollsFoxfinder starts in silence. A farmer and his wife sit …
Linked From The Guardian at 09:48AMWednesday, September 12, 2018
Orange Tree, RichmondThis tale of a 17th century duke trying to make Spain great again begins strongly but falters when things get weirdThere’s a whiff of Brexit about Losing Venice, which…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:32AMFriday, August 31, 2018
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonPhysical gags, interactive moments and a fairytale flourish combine in this revival of Shakespeare’s early comedyWhen does a desire to be funny start to feel…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:48AMThursday, August 30, 2018
Olivier, LondonThe first fruit of the National’s new community theatre programme was a richly sung version with brilliant performances from a cast of hundreds Has the National Theatre ever…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:33AMMonday, August 13, 2018
Regents Park Open Air theatre, LondonPerformers crank up the craziness in ever more outlandish costumes in Maria Aberg’s even darker take on the cult musicalIf you dig beneath the blood-so…
Linked From The Guardian at 05:36AMMonday, July 23, 2018
Polka, LondonRebecca Cobb’s original illustrations are elegantly woven into the design of this thoughtful yet unshowy adaptationThe Everywhere Bear sits on a shelf in Class One. He’s so …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:24PMMonday, July 16, 2018
Lost Gardens of Heligan, CornwallThis haunting outdoor show created by WildWorks fuses ancient myth with a tale of returning soldiersHidden among the roses, a soldier and his lover kiss good…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:54AMTuesday, July 3, 2018
The Yard theatre, LondonAn exercise-obsessed young woman sweats to become an online star in Joe Harbot’s anarchic playA lost young woman turns her life around, exercises like mad and is tr…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:12AMMonday, June 25, 2018
Storyhouse, ChesterGeraldine Alexander directs a slow-burning production of Arthur Miller’s play with a deeply unsettling performance by Leigh QuinnThe corruptive influence of power. The a…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:54PMMonday, June 18, 2018
Finborough, LondonArthur Miller’s final play, inspired by the filming of The Misfits, offers a powerful view of the manipulation of Marilyn MonroeWhen Arthur Miller’s final play premiere…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:24PMMonday, June 11, 2018
Bernie Grant Arts Centre, LondonThe immersive theatre pioneers invite the audience into a gran’s pebbledash home and bring her memories to lifeI’m crouched down alongside a bunch of kids…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:18AMMonday, June 4, 2018
Bullish, gentle, broken, blazing: Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde and Scott Graham's interrogation of father-son relationships gets to you eventually.
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Omnibus theatre, LondonAdam Fuller directs a skilful adaptation of the children’s book about a boy whose sibling is born with a disabilityThis is a finely calibrated family show, based on …
Linked From The Guardian at 01:36PMTuesday, April 24, 2018
It's the little stuff that counts: Joe White's debut is another special play from a special theatre.
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Polka, LondonRosen’s epic is dished up for the stage in an adaptation that stirs in his poems about fried eggs and baked potatoesAll kids loves cake but Wilfred, aged four, is mad for it. …
Linked From The Guardian at 05:13AMFriday, April 6, 2018
What might've been: the ENB's Tchaikovsky for kids fails to spark the imagination.
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You lucky, lucky people: Michael Longhurst's Chichester production makes a triumphant London transfer.
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Self-aware and triumphantly obscure: Miriam Gillinson reviews Josh Azouz's new play involving a giant talking baby.
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Heart-ache: Miriam Gillinson reviews the West End transfer of Richard Eyre's production of Eugene O'Neill.
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Unicorn theatre, LondonStewart Melton’s gently earnest play, directed by Sarah Argent, helps children learn how to shareThroughout the beginning of Seesaw, which is about two children figu…
Linked From The Guardian at 10:32AMFriday, December 22, 2017
Albany, London The set is captivating and the standout moments are performed with swagger by Tutti Frutti, yet the heart of Hans Christian Andersen’s story feels lost The Ugly Duckling is …
Linked From The Guardian at 07:33PMThursday, December 14, 2017
It’s mad. It’s ambitious. It’s silly and frightening and really annoying: Miriam Gillinson reviews the National Theatre's stage version of Pinocchio.
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Linked From exeuntmagazine.com at 06:59PMMonday, October 23, 2017
Polka theatre, LondonA brother and sister contemplate the arrival of a new baby in Sarah Argent’s brilliant new show, in which everything is seen through the eyes of a childWe’re in a lo…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:33AMFriday, October 13, 2017
A very lovely play in lots of very lovely ways: Miriam Gillinson reviews David Eldridge's new play about the start of a relationship.
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Unicorn theatre, London The story of the stray that became Russia’s first cosmonaut is interwoven with a mother and son’s plans to visit the red planet in a show for six to 12-year-olds …
Linked From The Guardian at 10:06AMThursday, September 28, 2017
Here is a woman who listens only to herself: Miriam Gillinson reviews the return of Jane Eyre to the National Theatre.
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Linked From exeuntmagazine.com at 09:22AMMonday, August 21, 2017
Trying to be big and brilliant: Miriam Gillinson reviews Christopher Shinn's new play about a tech billionaire on a mission.
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Miriam Gillinson discovers some intriguing beginnings at The Yard's festival of bold, untested new work.
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Stuff – just – happens: Miriam Gillinson reviews Conor McPherson's new play based around Bob Dylan songs.
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Open Air theatre, Regent’s Park, LondonThis fierce, unpatronising Anya Reiss adaptation of Dickens’ criminal caper is full of invention, but an overcomplicated plot spirals into confusio…
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