49 stories by "Brendan Macdonald"
Brash and arresting, profane and profound: Brendan Macdonald reviews a revival of Steven Berkoff's East End play.
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And other back-page freak accidents... Brendan Macdonald reviews a revival of Abi Morgan's 2001 play about causality and the past.
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"A Victor Hugo musical? It'll never work." Brendan Macdonald reviews the London transfer of The Grinning Man.
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Fate, will and loss: Brendan Macdonald reviews the staging of a lesser known work by J. M. Barrie.
The post Review: Dear Brutus at the Southwark Playhouse appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
Evocative and alienating: Deafinitely Theatre's production of a brutal workplace drama opens New Diorama's new performance space.
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"Smart, sharp and exhilarating": Brendan Macdonald reviews Thomas Eccleshare's thrillingly tricksy two-hander about the stories behind the stories.
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Wartime ennui: Brendan Macdonald reviews a stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's novel.
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"An intriguing, cerebral and destabilizing piece of theatre": Brendan Macdonald on Vicky Featherstone's production of Chris Thorpe's bold new two-hander.
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"Reliably unreliable": Brendan Macdonald reviews Florian Zeller's knotty study of truth and lies.
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"Le Grand Mort feels like the most petite of gestures": Brendan Macdonald on a disappointing dinner party-based vehicle for Julian Clary.
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Pop the kettle on: Brendan Macdonald reviews Alice Hamilton's revival of David Storey's family drama.
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The witch's rumspringa: Brendan Macdonald reviews the return of Kiki's Delivery Service to the Southwark Playhouse.
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Let them eat cake: Brendan Macdonald reviews Oliver Cotton's new play.
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We too are thieves: Brendan Macdonald reviews Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday.
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The millennial sense of entitlement: Brendan Macdonald reviews Poor Michelle as part of Incoming Festival 2017.
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A stand-up tragedy act: Brendan Macdonald reviews Pub Corner Poets at Incoming Festival 2017.
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Gruff grunts, brash insults and fisticuffs: Brendan Macdonald reviews Theatre N16's production of John Patrick Shanley's play.
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Brendan Macdonald reviews a musical about working life at Southwark Playhouse.
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A living, breathing, contradictory thing: Brendan Macdonald reviews Ponyboy Curtis' new work at The Yard.
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A vivid and colourful soundscape: Brendan Macdonald reviews the latest production from Silent Opera.
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Surprisingly stagnant: Brendan Macdonald reviews the UK premiere of Alexandra Badea's award-winning play about the effects of globalisation.
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A tenacious celebration of life: Brendan Macdonald watches all eight hours of Marianne Elliott's much-hyped revival of Tony Kushner's two-part gay fantasia on national themes.
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Neil Bartlett brings to life "infuriating bureaucratic non-speak" in his adaptation of Albert Camus's La Peste.
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A divine and dirty awakening: Brendan Macdonald reviews the gospel according to Lucy McCormick
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