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Monday, April 16, 2018

Review: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Royal Opera House by Rosemary Waugh

Despicable acts: Rosemary Waugh reviews Shostakovich's opera, based on the same short story that inspired William Oldroyd and Alice Birch's recent film. The post Review: Lady Macbeth of Mts…

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Sunday, April 15, 2018

Review: Instructions for Correct Assembly at the Royal Court by Rosemary Waugh

If Amazon Prime delivered families: Rosemary Waugh reviews Thomas Eccleshare's new play about humanoids and parenting. The post Review: Instructions for Correct Assembly at the Royal Court a…

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Monday, April 9, 2018

Plastic review at Old Red Lion, London – ‘lyrical new writing’ by Rosemary Waugh

There’s nothing misty-eyed about Kenneth Emson’s portrait of secondary school. Set in Essex, where the playwright grew up, his new play Plastic pinpoints

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

The Country Wife review at Southwark Playhouse, London – ‘an awful lot of fun’ by Rosemary Waugh

From 1753 up until 1924, William Wycherly’s The Country Wife was deemed too scandalous to be performed, though by today’s standards, this

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Victim review at King’s Head Theatre, London – ‘engagingly performed’ by Rosemary Waugh

Martin Murphy’s one-woman monologue is titled Victim, but the three characters represented in it are far from meek or mute. Tracey, a

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Love Me Now review at Tristan Bates Theatre, London – ‘awkward and confusing’ by Rosemary Waugh

The central characters in Michelle Barnette’s debut play Love Me Now first appear to be a millennial everycouple. This is sex in

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Monday, April 2, 2018

Review: Free Falling by Hagit Yakira by Rosemary Waugh

Don't panic: Rosemary Waugh reviews Free Falling, a double bill of dance works by Hagit Yakira The post Review: Free Falling by Hagit Yakira appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Beginners review at Unicorn Theatre, London – ‘amusingly offbeat’ by Rosemary Waugh

Tim Crouch’s new play for children and adults is set on the classic British summer holiday. The weather’s damp and awful and

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Friday, March 23, 2018

Our Big Love Story review at Hope Theatre, London – ‘convincing performances’ by Rosemary Waugh

It’s a very particular kind of a teenage emotion that powers Stephanie Silver’s new play Our Big Love Story. The type of

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

The Rivals review at Watermill Theatre, Newbury – ‘charismatic performances’ by Rosemary Waugh

Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1775 play The Rivals is an overblown comedy of errant identities. Director Jonathan Humphreys’ production, however, strips it off

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Monday, March 19, 2018

Madhouse Re:exit review Shoreditch Town Hall, London – ‘provocative and political’ by Rosemary Waugh

Paradise Fields is the fictional corporate care facility created by Access All Areas for Madhouse Re:exit, an immersive promenade show about care

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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Female Parts: Shorts review at Hoxton Hall, London – ‘subverting stereotypes’ by Rosemary Waugh

Female Parts: Shorts is a collection of three monologues subverting female roles both onstage and off. All three – A Woman Alone

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Review: Foreign Body at Vault Festival 2018 by Rosemary Waugh

Mirrors and warriors: Rosemary Waugh reviews Imogen Butler-Cole's work about sexual violence and healing The post Review: Foreign Body at Vault Festival 2018 appeared first on Exeunt Magazin…

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Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Humble Boy review at Orange Tree Theatre, London – ‘a delightful staging’ by Rosemary Waugh

Foxgloves, wisteria, cornflowers, violets, roses. Paul Miller’s production of Humble Boy is set in an immaculate English garden. When Felix Humble (Jonathan

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Monday, March 12, 2018

The Dog Beneath the Skin review at Jermyn Street Theatre, London – ‘a historical curiosity’ by Rosemary Waugh

Written in 1935, The Dog Beneath the Skin is the first play that WH Auden and Christopher collaborated on. While both writers

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Friday, March 9, 2018

I Want You to Admire Me/But You Shouldn’t review at Camden People’s Theatre, London by Rosemary Waugh

“Who is more admirable?” ask Pavlos Christodoulou, “David Attenborough or the Dalai Lama?” It’s the first in a series of absurd questions

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If Britney Could Get Through 2007 We Can Get Through This review at Camden People’s Theatre, London by Rosemary Waugh

For millennials, Britney Spears’ head shaving in 2007 is a seminal celeb-culture moment. For Jo Hauge, however, it has a more personal

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

Review: Macbeth at the National Theatre by Rosemary Waugh

Shopping bags and parcel tape: Rosemary Waugh reviews Rufus Norris's after-the-war Shakespeare. The post Review: Macbeth at the National Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Review: Fanny & Alexander at the Old Vic Theatre by Rosemary Waugh

Farewell, puritanism: Rosemary Waugh reviews the stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's famous film. The post Review: Fanny & Alexander at the Old Vic Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Mag…

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Monday, March 5, 2018

Good Girl review at Vaults, London – ‘insightful, honest and generous’ by Rosemary Waugh

Female rage comes in many forms. For the protagonist, GG, in Naomi Sheldon’s one-woman monologue Good Girl, it first manifests as a

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Review: Körper at Sadler’s Wells by Rosemary Waugh

Bodies for sale: Rosemary Waugh reviews Sasha Waltz & Guests' human-focused dance work The post Review: Körper at Sadler’s Wells appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Friday, March 2, 2018

Returning to Haifa review at Finborough Theatre, London – ‘stirs the senses’ by Rosemary Waugh

The English language stage adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani’s Returning to Haifa had a troubled birth. First commissioned by the Public Theater in

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Designer Tom Piper stages Chekhov in-the-round at Bristol Old Vic by Rosemary Waugh

In staging The Cherry Orchard at Bristol Old Vic and Manchester’s Royal Exchange, the show’s designer, Tom Piper, is aiming to take

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Review: Ad Libido at Vault Festival 2018 by Rosemary Waugh

Come for the fringe theatre, stay for the free lube: Rosemary Waugh reviews Fran Bushe's show about Female Sexual Dysfunction The post Review: Ad Libido at Vault Festival 2018 appeared first…

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Friday, February 23, 2018

Foul Pages review at Hope Theatre, London – ‘enjoyably silly romp in ruffs’ by Rosemary Waugh

William Shakespeare wrote several so-called ‘problem plays’, a series of works not easily categorised as comedy or tragedy. Robin Hooper’s Foul Pages,

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Review: Juliet and Romeo at the Battersea Arts Centre by Rosemary Waugh

The aches and pains of long-term love: Rosemary Waugh reviews Lost Dog's new show about Shakespeare's lovers all grown up. The post Review: Juliet and Romeo at the Battersea Arts Centre app…

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Saturday, February 17, 2018

Review: Girls & Boys at the Royal Court by Rosemary Waugh

Feeling blue: Rosemary Waugh reviews the premiere of Dennis Kelly's one-woman play. The post Review: Girls & Boys at the Royal Court appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Review: The York Realist at the Donmar Warehouse by Rosemary Waugh

Love and land: Rosemary Waugh reviews Peter Gill's painfully realistic picture of a relationship The post Review: The York Realist at the Donmar Warehouse appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Review: Pluto at the Barbican by Rosemary Waugh

A discombobulatingly epic bit of stage design: Rosemary Waugh reviews the theatre version of Astro Boy The post Review: Pluto at the Barbican appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Monday, February 12, 2018

Again review at Trafalgar Studios, London – ‘stodgy and static’ by Rosemary Waugh

Stephanie Jacob’s new play, Again, is full of “what ifs”. The potential for a sentence spoken or an action taken to be

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Review: NOW18: Week 4 at The Yard by Rosemary Waugh

Sexting with James Joyce: Rosemary Waugh reviews My Kind of Michael and Your Sexts Are Shit, as part of NOW18. The post Review: NOW18: Week 4 at The Yard appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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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
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