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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Audience, Gielgud Theatre by Sheila Johnston

Catching rabies from a corgi, living on a council estate, becoming an uncommon book addict, painting the town red, incognito, on VE Day, parachuting into East London on a date with James Bon…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:31PM
Thursday, October 11, 2012

All That Fall, Jermyn Street Theatre by Sheila Johnston

Samuel Beckett recalled sinking into a "whirl of depression" while writing All That Fall. Audiences at this production - those, that is, who have managed to score a ticket for this short, so…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:57PM
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Much Ado About Nothing, Noël Coward Theatre by Sheila Johnston

Never quite at the top of the Shakespearean canon, Much Ado About Nothing now seems more vital and adaptable than ever – and vastly darker than, say, Kenneth Branagh’s sun-kissed screen …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:12PM
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Democracy, Old Vic by Sheila Johnston

You might not think that a drama about German parliamentary politics in the 1970s would be of great urgency today. But when Democracy, Michael Frayn's play about Willy Brandt and the Günter…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:06PM
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Singin' in the Rain, Palace Theatre by Sheila Johnston

Who’d have thought that a long-gone turning point in the story of cinema would be the high-concept theme of the 2011/2012 season? Hard on the heels of The Artist, the lauded silent movie, …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:32PM
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Ladykillers, Gielgud Theatre by Sheila Johnston

The great Ealing film comedies are often viewed as sacred cows, not matter that a small but significant number of them were decidedly sacrilegious. Indeed, one of the studio’s last product…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:38PM
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Jerusalem, Apollo Theatre by Sheila Johnston

So it's back, then. Garlanded with awards, lionised in London and on Broadway, Jerusalem returns to the West End for a limited run, in the same production and with many members of the e…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:48PM
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