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Thursday, July 15, 2021

King Lear, The Grange review - friendship in adversity by Peter Quantrill

People, not politics, at the heart of a timeless tragedy Much has been made of the raison d’etre for this King Lear as the slowly gestated, Covid-delayed brainchild of the director Keith W…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:24AM
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Romantics Anonymous, Shakespeare's Globe review - box of delights by Peter Quantrill

Emma Rice exits with a sweet-toothed musical in the Sam Wanamaker PlayhouseIt’s all a bit Dairy Milk. That was, to wrap it in purple foil, the critical reaction to Les émotifs anonymes wh…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:36AM
Friday, July 28, 2017

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾, Menier Chocolate Factory review – more than feel-good summer fun by Peter Quantrill

Musical with its finger on the pulse of the 1980s and its heart in the right placeBack in Margaret Thatcher’s middle England, teenagers got by somehow. Without recourse to wands or Ballard…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:36AM