Thursday, March 21, 2019
I’m delighted to say that Emma Reeves’ new stage adaptation loses none of The Worst Witch’s gleeful mayhem and enchantment.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, March 19, 2019
The joy of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train is in meeting his characters: watching them perform to each other; hearing their patois and verbal brio; exude a charisma wh…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2019
The Girl on the Train is contemporary, both in its subject and staging. There is a strong balance between a suspenseful whodunit that drives the play and a psychological element about memory…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, March 4, 2019
It’s a #ReadaPlayaWeek: featuring Laura Wade’s Breathing Corpses; Adult Child/Dead Child (1987) by Claire Dowie; Thatcher’s Women by Kay Adshead; and Superhoe by Nicôle Lecky.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, March 2, 2019
Anne Washburn’s latest offering, Shipwreck, is a marathon play at the Almeida Theatre that takes direct aim at the Trump Administration.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, March 1, 2019
Having seen the ways that people can come together in a crisis in the uplifting Come From Away last week, this week brought a more anarchic and nihilistic view of post-9/11 America from Amer…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
Frantic Assembly’s production of Anna Jordan’s play The Unreturning about three different men returning from (or amidst) war is a startling delve into the pull and promise of home, and t…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, February 14, 2019
How far would you go to achieve domestic perfection? What even is domestic perfection? Is our happiness shaped by or confounded by traditional gender roles? These are the questions Laura Wad…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, February 6, 2019
For three years, #ReadaPlayaWeek was a, well, weekly feature of our blog. Starting out as a way to familiarise myself more with the canon, long-established and establishment writers were a r…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTuesday, January 22, 2019
Katori Hall teams up once again with director James Dacre to present the extraordinary Our Lady of Kibeho, a study on belief that is at once universal and deeply personal, while also scrutin…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSaturday, January 5, 2019
Anaïs Mitchell has instigated something special, and I hope, and expect, Hadestown to evolve further throughout the years, as each new version creates its own musical and mythological tradi…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, December 27, 2018
“The inheritance of wisdom, community and self” – Matthew Lopez. Each year, around March, I think of a brilliant way to start the Best of the Year list. Each year, around December, I f…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:08AMThursday, December 20, 2018
This year, after a reported £3.6 million refurbishment at Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre, it has reopened. Sandi Toksvig’s new version of Treasure Island, directed by Matthew Forbes, is …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, December 19, 2018
From catchy tunes and magical turns to a solid moral lesson for kiddies to learn, Suba Das has created a joyous show in The Cat in the Hat, I urge, families, friends and theatre-lovers to go.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, December 17, 2018
With White Christmas, Curve has yet again produced a classy production filled with yuletide magic and enough fluffy escapism to warm hearts on these cold winter nights.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, November 18, 2018
Now, Laurence Connor and James Powell’s new production of Les Misérables (seen on Broadway a few years ago) gives Les Mis a fresh look which will assure its longevity.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday, November 17, 2018
The night before Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination on the balcony outside of his Memphis motel room, Katori Hall’s play The Mountaintop takes us inside Room 306 where he was stayi…
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Having come to Rock of Ages with no prior reference other than the 2012 film version (mostly memorable for featuring a surprisingly entertaining performance from Tom Cruise) I was, let’s s…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, November 15, 2018
A Very Very Very Dark Matter lacks the coherence and pleasing culmination of the playwright’s other works. Despite the ‘upbeat ending’, this play displays none of Martin McDonagh’s t…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, November 10, 2018
The Madness of George III offers a great part for an actor, one which Mark Gatiss relishes. His vocal and physical tics are memorable, while never reducing mental illness to a series of quir…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, October 18, 2018
To say Calendar Girls The Musical is celebratory seems cliché, yet there’s no better description; Calendar Girls is an unashamed celebration of love, life, and community (and cake!).
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, October 12, 2018
Overall, Cilla the Musical is a watchable and well-produced show. On the other hand, I think there’s possibly a more interesting story in there.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, October 5, 2018
Bourne’s Swan Lake is timeless, this production as fresh as ever, while a company that embodies a tireless amount verve, ingenuity, precision and emotion ensure this is a revival to be uni…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWednesday, September 26, 2018
Despite a lack of connection, The Wipers Times celebrates a great, previously untold story, about war, journalism, tenacity, and the need for humour in difficult times.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, September 18, 2018
The Lovely Bones is one of the best plays I’ve seen this year. In fact, Melly Still’s vital production is the best page to stage adaptation I’ve seen since Curious Incident.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWednesday, September 12, 2018
In Bill Buckhurst’s production of Sweet Charity we benefit from the delicate balance between the seediness of the New York backstreets with the technicolor of Charity’s blithe daydreams.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, September 4, 2018
Whatever criticisms people may have of McDonagh, his neat plotting and big jokes are enough to entice people not usually interested in theatre. It may be Aidan Turner drawing the crowds in, …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTuesday, August 28, 2018
Exit the King’s interest in the crumbling of a kingdom is relevant, and I found its musings on death – and Anthony Ward’s visual representation of this – emotionally affecting.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, August 24, 2018
By turns cynical, touching and with a rogue twinkle in its eye, Allelujah! doesn’t set the stage alight, and as both a black comedy and state-of-the-nation play it feels underpowered, but …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTuesday, August 21, 2018
Claire van Kampen’s decision to eschew gimmick/concept is a bold statement in a production of Othello that generously places the focus firmly on plot and character, and pays dividends for …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMWednesday, August 1, 2018
Like America promises so much to Henry Lehman when he stands on the dock side, The Lehman Trilogy at the National Theatre promised so much as well.
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