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Monday, February 12, 2018

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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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Review: Gundog at the Royal Court by Rosemary Waugh

Rosemary Waugh reviews the premiere of Simon Longman's brutal, bloody and foreboding rural play. The post Review: Gundog at the Royal Court appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Dublin Carol review at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff – ‘evocative and dreamlike’ by Rosemary Waugh

Conor McPherson is an expert of the uncanny – a fact not lost in Matthew Xia’s fantastically dreamlike production of Dublin Carol.

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Review: How To Be A Kid at the Orange Tree Theatre by Rosemary Waugh

Bursting bubbles: Rosemary Waugh reviews Sarah McDonald-Hughes' play about growing up fast The post Review: How To Be A Kid at the Orange Tree Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Monday, January 22, 2018

Review: The Wedding by Gecko by Rosemary Waugh

Community, up to a point: Rosemary Waugh reviews Gecko's new work on being 'wedded to society'. The post Review: The Wedding by Gecko appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Sunday, January 14, 2018

Review: Rita, Sue and Bob Too at the Royal Court by Rosemary Waugh

Lots of knots: Rosemary Waugh reviews the arrival of Andrea Dunbar's play at the Royal Court. The post Review: Rita, Sue and Bob Too at the Royal Court appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Review: My Mum’s a Twat at the Royal Court by Rosemary Waugh

A cult hit: Anoushka Warden's debut monologue is bold, brash and baggy. The post Review: My Mum’s a Twat at the Royal Court appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

The Chimes review at St Johns Church, Cardiff – ‘a community-focused staging’ by Rosemary Waugh

Charles Dickens’ The Chimes was published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. Like the better-known festive tale, The Chimes is

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Monday, December 18, 2017

Lucy and the Lost Ones review at Exeter Phoenix – ‘creative and endearing’ by Rosemary Waugh

Little green men, intergalactic radio broadcasts and a baby in a suitcase do not make for conventional Christmas theatre. However, Lucy and

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs review at New Theatre, Cardiff – ‘infectiously enthusiastic’ by Rosemary Waugh

The cast makes the panto, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the New Theatre in Cardiff strikes gold with a

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Friday, December 15, 2017

Little Mermaid review at the Egg, Bath – ‘edifying, imaginative and passionate’ by Rosemary Waugh

Bea Roberts’ Little Mermaid for the Egg theatre in Bath is, without exaggeration, a thing of beauty. Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale is

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Cinderella review at Corn Exchange, Exeter – ‘genuinely funny’ by Rosemary Waugh

There are two pantomimes happening in Exeter this year and, like gloriously mismatched sisters, there’s room enough for the both of them.

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Aladdin review at Bristol Hippodrome – ‘remarkably joyless seasonal offering’ by Rosemary Waugh

Someone at Qdos Entertainment didn’t get the memo marked “it’s 2017” before staging Aladdin at the Bristol Hippodrome. Or indeed the ones

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Dick Whittington review at Northcott Theatre, Exeter – ‘a delightful piece of Christmas theatre’ by Rosemary Waugh

Many of the best pantomimes add local quirks to the festival staples. Tony Lidington’s Dick Whittington for the Exeter Northcott follows this

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Journey to the Impossible review at the Bike Shed, Exeter – ‘a fun-filled nostalgia fest’ by Rosemary Waugh

Shell suits, ET and Walkmans. To a particular age group, this is enough to whisk them back to an early 1980s childhood.

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Monday, December 11, 2017

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs review at Theatre Royal, Bath – ‘high on shine but low on jokes’ by Rosemary Waugh

The city of Bath, famous for its Georgian architecture and sanctification of Jane Austen, is not the natural environment for pantomime. Accordingly,

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Flossy and Boo The Alternativity review at The Other Room, Cardiff – ‘oddly adorable’ by Rosemary Waugh

Jude Law, overpriced supermarkets and Arriva Trains Wales all get a mention in Flossy and Boo The Alternativity, a cabaret-style mixture of

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

The Wind in the Willows review at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff – ‘imaginative retelling’ by Rosemary Waugh

Toad Hall is up for auction in Mike Kenny’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. Like Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Open House review at Ustinov Studio, Bath – ‘deliberately slippery’ by Rosemary Waugh

Explorations of the American family have long been used by US playwrights as a way of taking the temperature of the country.

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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Review: Romeo and Juliet by the English National Ballet by Rosemary Waugh

Sunshine and suicide: Rosemary Waugh reviews the English National Ballet's performance of Nureyev's take on Shakespeare. The post Review: Romeo and Juliet by the English National Ballet appe…

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Friday, November 24, 2017

Review: The Secret Theatre at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse by Rosemary Waugh

You're being watched: Rosemary Waugh reviews Anders Lustgarten's new play about Elizabethan intrigue. The post Review: The Secret Theatre at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse appeared first on Ex…

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Review: Network at the National Theatre by Rosemary Waugh

Put down your iPhones: Rosemary Waugh on Ivo van Hove's multi-channel story of a news anchorman driven to breaking point. The post Review: Network at the National Theatre appeared first on E…

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Monday, November 6, 2017

Death and the Maiden review at the Other Room, Cardiff – ‘crackles with tension’ by Rosemary Waugh

Violence and justice are the overriding themes of the Other Room’s current season. The final production is a deliberately confrontational staging of

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Christmas Eve review at Ustinov Studio, Bath – ‘a finely judged performance’ by Rosemary Waugh

This is the second collaboration between German playwright Daniel Kehlmann, translator Christopher Hampton and director Laurence Boswell after The Mentor, which transferred

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Review: People, Places & Things at the Bristol Old Vic by Rosemary Waugh

Overthinking overthinking: Rosemary Waugh reviews the UK touring production of People, Places & Things. The post Review: People, Places & Things at the Bristol Old Vic appeared fir…

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Sunday, October 29, 2017

Review: Under Glass at Hackney Showroom by Rosemary Waugh

People watching: Rosemary Waugh reviews the UK tour of Clod Ensemble's work placing humans behind glass. The post Review: Under Glass at Hackney Showroom appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Waiting for Godot review for Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol – ‘lilting camaraderie’ by Rosemary Waugh

Director Mark Rosenblatt’s new production of Waiting for Godot deals less in existential speculation and more in the friendship between two men

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Monday, October 23, 2017

Yana and the Yeti review at 1532 Performing Arts Centre, Bristol – ‘delightfully designed’ by Rosemary Waugh

Yana and the Yeti is set in a world of snow and ice, deep dark forests and mythical creatures nestling between the

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Friday, October 20, 2017

Review: Venus in Fur at the Theatre Royal Haymarket by Rosemary Waugh

I mean, at least you’d have a woman’s voice... Adelaide Waldrop and Brendan Macdonald record their post-show discussion about David Ives' play. The post Review: Venus in Fur at the Theat…

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

The Cherry Orchard review at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff – ‘gently heartbreaking’ by Rosemary Waugh

Gary Owen’s new version of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is a gloriously inventive reimagining that wrings the grief from the original,

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Friday, October 13, 2017

My Name Is Rachel Corrie review at the Other Room, Cardiff – ‘youthful energy’ by Rosemary Waugh

Just a week after a production of My Name Is Rachel Corrie opened at the Young Vic, a second opens at the

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