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Monday, August 12, 2019

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (August 12-18) by Natasha Tripney

Actually – Trafalgar Studios, London Anna Ziegler’s last play in the UK was Photograph 51, starring Nicole Kidman. Her 2017 play about

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Friday, August 9, 2019

Who Is Daniel King review at Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh – ‘quirky comedy feels quite slight’ by Natasha Tripney

Daniel King isn’t satisfied. He’s comfortably off and he’s recently become a father, but he still feels there’s something missing in his

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All of Me review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘astonishing and overwhelming’ by Natasha Tripney

Caroline Horton begins her new show by saying sorry. This is not the show she’d hoped to make. During its creation she

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Thursday, August 8, 2019

My Best Dead Friend review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘warm and charming storytelling’ by Natasha Tripney

Anya Tate-Manning’s charming and gentle storytelling show is about the loss of a friend, but also more generally about the bonds that

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On the Other Hand, We’re Happy review at Roundabout, Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘heavy-handed and unsubtle’ by Natasha Tripney

Adopting a child is a complicated and emotionally testing process, as Daf James’ play for Paines Plough’s Roundabout space makes clear. It’s

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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Beach Body Ready review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh – ‘buoyant, candid and warmly performed’ by Natasha Tripney

Appropriating the slogan from the infamous ad campaign, The Roaring Girls’ autobiographical show is less an exercise in body positivity, more of

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Daughterhood review at Roundabout, Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘moving and engaging’ by Natasha Tripney

One of the emerging themes in this year’s festival is that of care, both of one’s self and of others. Rachel and

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

The Patient Gloria review at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘cathartic and anarchic’ by Natasha Tripney

In 1965, Gloria Szymanski, a 30-year-old American woman, allowed herself to be filmed while engaged in therapy sessions with three different therapists

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Crocodile Fever review at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘gleefully dark and gory comedy’ by Natasha Tripney

Meghan Tyler’s Crocodile Fever is a play of gleeful excess. Set in south Armagh in 1989, it’s a wickedly twisted tale of

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Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘political theatre at its most raucous’ by Natasha Tripney

Shit Theatre’s Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole do a very convincing job of suggesting that their work is slapdash and thrown together.

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Monday, August 5, 2019

How Not to Drown review at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘insightful true-life account’ by Natasha Tripney

Dritan Kastrati was 11 years old when his parents sent him on a treacherous journey from his home in northern Kosovo across

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Such Filthy F*cks review at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh – ‘intelligent, nuanced exploration of pornography’ by Natasha Tripney

Luka likes porn. A lot. She watches it at work. She watches so much of it that her boss has started to

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La Reprise Histoire(s) du Theatre (I) review at Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘extraordinarily powerful’ by Natasha Tripney

One of the rules of Milo Rau’s manifesto for NTGent states that the goal of theatre is not to depict the world,

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A Table Tennis Play review at Underbelly, Edinburgh – ‘studded with moments of magic’ by Natasha Tripney

Walrus Theatre scored a big Edinburgh Fringe hit with 2015’s Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Sam Steiner’s deft, elegant play about relationships

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Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (August 5-11) by Natasha Tripney

Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation – Festival Theatre Studio, Edinburgh Writer and theatrical experimenter Tim Crouch presents a new piece for

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Sunday, August 4, 2019

Hold On Let Go review at Summerhall, Edinburgh – ‘warm and thoughtful’ by Natasha Tripney

How much of our lives do we remember? Are there benefits to forgetting? Luca Rutherford’s nuanced, thoughtful show explores the role that

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Saturday, August 3, 2019

Collapsible review at Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh – ‘Breffni Holahan is mesmeric’ by Natasha Tripney

Essie is losing her grip. She’s lost her job and split with her girlfriend. She feels like one of those folding chairs.

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Enough review at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘poetic play about flight attendants never ascends’ by Natasha Tripney

A sense of instability permeates Stef Smith’s play. By the end the world feels on the verge of collapse. Toni (Amanda Wright)

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Until the Flood review at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh – ‘sensitive and moving documentary theatre’ by Natasha Tripney

Dael Orlandersmith’s compassionate exercise in documentary theatre explores the aftermath of the shooting in 2014 of Michael Brown, a young black man,

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Friday, August 2, 2019

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran review at Traverse, Edinburgh – ‘ambitious tale told via Instagram’ by Natasha Tripney

Javaad Alipoor and Kirsty Housley’s 2017 show The Believers Are But Brothers was an intricate, intelligent exploration of online radicalisation that augmented

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Uncle Vanya review at Theatre Royal Bath – ‘a subdued production’ by Natasha Tripney

Having made his debut as a film director last year with The Happy Prince, Rupert Everett turns his attentions to the stage,

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Monday, July 29, 2019

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 29-August 4) by Natasha Tripney

The Worst Witch – Vaudeville Theatre, London Emma Reeves’ ambitious adaptation of Jill Murphy’s much-loved novels about Mildred Hubble and her experiences at

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Malory Towers review at Passenger Shed, Bristol – ‘endearing and warm-hearted’ by Natasha Tripney

Emma Rice’s second production with her Wise Children company is an affectionate musical adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers books about a

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Chambers review at a secret location in London – ‘frustrating immersive dining experience’ by Natasha Tripney

The latest project from Gingerline, creators of inventive immersive dining experiences, is billed as a “multi-dimensional” adventure. What this means in practice

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Monday, July 22, 2019

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 22-29) by Natasha Tripney

Oklahoma! – Festival Theatre, Chichester Josie Lawrence and last year’s The Stage Debut Award-winner Amara Okereke star in Jeremy Sams’ new production of

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

The Night of the Iguana review at Noel Coward Theatre, London – ‘Lia Williams is magnificent’ by Natasha Tripney

Written in 1961, Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana was inspired by a rum-fuelled night in 1940 when the playwright was

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Monday, July 15, 2019

The Nico Project review at Stoller Hall, Manchester – ‘part concert, part haunting’ by Natasha Tripney

Clad in a long, black coat and heavy wig, Maxine Peake looks agitated and uneasy in her skin. “I’m so hot,” she

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The Fountainhead review at the Lowry, Salford – ‘hard to stomach’ by Natasha Tripney

There’s little in the way of irony and subversion in Ivo van Hove’s take on Ayn Rand’s hymn to individualism. This 2014

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Tree review at Campfield Market Hall, Manchester – ‘energetic but jumbled’ by Natasha Tripney

Music is playing as you enter the space. People are dancing and the room is bathed in purple light. A party is

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Top 5 theatre to see this week (July 15-21) by Natasha Tripney

Equus – Trafalgar Studios, London First seen at Theatre Royal Stratford East earlier this year, Ned Bennett’s acclaimed production of Peter Shaffer’s

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Friday, July 12, 2019

10 years of BE: the Birmingham festival of European theatre where dinner is political by Natasha Tripney

The act of artists eating with audiences has been at the heart of the BE Festival, which has just celebrated its 10th anniversary.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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