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Thursday, August 2, 2018

The Importance of Being Earnest review at Vaudeville Theatre, London – ‘heavy-handed’ by Natasha Tripney

Dominic Dromgoole’s Classic Spring season, a year-long celebration of the plays of Oscar Wilde, began with a production of A Woman of

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Natasha Tripney: Should a critic review an actor’s body? by Natasha Tripney

A number of actors have recently called out reviewers for commenting on their bodies rather than their performances, The Stage’s lead critic

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Natasha Tripney: Look out for others as well as yourself, it’s vital to survive the excess of Edinburgh Fringe by Natasha Tripney

With the Edinburgh Festival Fringe about to wake from hibernation, there have been a number of threads on Twitter addressing the issue

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Monday, July 30, 2018

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 30-August 5) by Natasha Tripney

Home, I’m Darling – National Theatre, London Katherine Parkinson gives an immaculate performance in Laura Wade’s new five-star play about the pursuit of perfection

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Friday, July 27, 2018

Before the Party review at Pitlochry Festival Theatre – ‘strikingly relevant’ by Natasha Tripney

Adapted by Rodney Ackland from a 1922 short story by W Somerset Maugham and successfully staged in 1949 at St Martin’s Theatre

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

Exit the King review at National Theatre, London – ‘Rhys Ifans’ compelling performance’ by Natasha Tripney

Rhys Ifans follows up his very human Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic with the title role in Eugene

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Monday, July 23, 2018

Alkaline review at Park Theatre, London – ‘level-headed’ by Natasha Tripney

Sophie has been friends with Sarah for years. She’s going to be a bridesmaid at her upcoming wedding. Naturally Sophie’s keen to

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Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 23-27) by Natasha Tripney

Spamilton – Menier Chocolate Factory, London The Menier Chocolate Factory presents the UK premiere of Gerard Alessandrini’s Spamilton, a spoof of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Pity review at Royal Court, London – ‘absurdism, anarchy and excess’ by Natasha Tripney

There’s an excitingly disruptive quality to the opening moments of Sam Pritchard’s production of Rory Mullarkey’s new play. The audience enters the

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Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Middle Child: ‘We want to push the boundaries of what gig theatre can do’ by Natasha Tripney

Support from Hull City of Culture and becoming an NPO meant 2017 was a breakout year for the theatre company. Artistic director

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End of the Pier review at Park Theatre, London – ‘thought-provoking comedy’ by Natasha Tripney

At the height of his fame, as part of a 1970s double act called Chalk and Cheese, Bobby (Les Dennis) used to

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Monday, July 16, 2018

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 16-22) by Natasha Tripney

A Monster Calls – Old Vic, London Based on Patrick Ness’ bestselling novel about grief, A Monster Calls is directed by Sally Cookson.

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

As You Like It review at Open Air Theatre, London – ‘an easy, pleasing watch’ by Natasha Tripney

The opening scenes of Max Webster’s bubbly production of Shakespeare’s comedy suggest we might be in for an environmentalist take on the

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Monday, July 9, 2018

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 9-15) by Natasha Tripney

Me and My Girl – Chichester Festival Theatre Matt Lucas, Caroline Quentin and Clive Rowe star in Daniel Evans’ new staging of Me

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

The Lieutenant of Inishmore review at Noel Coward Theatre, London – ‘bloody and blunt’ by Natasha Tripney

Written in 2001 and set during the 1990s peace process, Martin McDonagh’s play is saturated in blood. It’s as red as, well, a

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Miss Littlewood review at Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon – ‘irreverent and moving’ by Natasha Tripney

Sam Kenyon’s musical tribute to the great Joan Littlewood, radical theatremaker and passionate believer that art should be for everyone, is more

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Monday, July 2, 2018

Jellyfish review at Bush Theatre, London – ‘tender, compassionate, radical’ by Natasha Tripney

Kelly and Neil enjoy hot chips, walks on the beach and each other’s company. Kelly likes Iron Man, Neil thinks he’s the

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Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 2-8) by Natasha Tripney

Queens of the Coal Age – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Bryony Shanahan directs Maxine Peake’s play about Anne Scargill and her protest against

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Friday, June 29, 2018

Genesis Inc review at Hampstead Theatre, London – ‘clumsy and chaotic’ by Natasha Tripney

Infertility is an industry. While treatment is available on the NHS, for many the only option is private treatment in glossy, costly

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Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Winter’s Tale review at Shakespeare’s Globe, London – ‘clarity and insight’ by Natasha Tripney

With its enchanted statues, its lurches from tragedy to an improbably happy ending and its actual bears, Shakespeare’s late play The Winter’s

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Sea Wall starring Andrew Scott – review at Old Vic, London – ‘a hypnotic performance’ by Natasha Tripney

Ten years ago the Bush Theatre staged a series of short plays under the banner the Broken Space season. The leaking roof

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Maxine Peake: ‘Acting is a hard business to be brave in – you have to hang in there’ by Natasha Tripney

Since her debut in BBC sitcom Dinnerladies in the late 1990s, the actor and writer has emerged as one of the UK’s

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Monday, June 25, 2018

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (June 25-July 1) by Natasha Tripney

Jerusalem – Watermill Theatre, Newbury Jasper Britton has been cast as Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron, the role famously and memorably played by Mark Rylance

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Lava review at Nottingham Playhouse – ‘compassionate, warm and funny’ by Natasha Tripney

There’s been a catastrophe. Thousands are dead. But grief hits everyone in different ways. The first production to be staged in Nottingham

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Monday, June 18, 2018

Lady Eats Apple review at Barbican Theatre, London – ‘an ambitious metaphysical triptych’ by Natasha Tripney

The work of Australian company Back to Back Theatre is co-created and performed by actors with learning disabilities. The dizzyingly ambitious Lady

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Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (June 18-24) by Natasha Tripney

Sea Wall – Old Vic Theatre, London When it was first staged at the old Bush Theatre in 2008, Andrew Scott was astonishing in Simon

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

Into the Unknown by Natasha Tripney

In an annual Exeunt tradition, Natasha Tripney condenses the contents of the entire 2018 Edinburgh Fringe programme into a single poem. The post Into the Unknown appeared first on Exeunt Mag…

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest review at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield by Natasha Tripney

How do you solve a problem like McMurphy? Let’s face it the protagonist of Ken Kesey’s 1962 counter-cultural novel is not all

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Machinal review at Almeida Theatre, London – ‘captivating, intense and resonant’ by Natasha Tripney

Written in 1928 and inspired by the true story of the first woman to be executed by electric chair in New York,

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Monday, June 11, 2018

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (June 11-17) by Natasha Tripney

Machinal – Almeida Theatre, London The Almeida follows The Writer with a revival of Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 play. Considered an expressionistic masterpiece, Machinal

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Monday, June 4, 2018

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (June 4-10) by Natasha Tripney

Killer Joe – Trafalgar Studios, London Orlando Bloom plays the title character in this inky comedy about a cop who moonlights as a

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All that Chat

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
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime