What the BAC fire has taught us about the value of theatre by Natasha Tripney

At 4.20pm on Friday March 21, exactly a week, to the hour, after the fire broke out which consumed most of the

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Ruth Mackenzie: 'A festival should be a place for everyone to go a bit wild' by Natasha Tripney

When you speak to Ruth Mackenzie it's her zealousness about the role of artistic director she is about to step in to

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Natasha Tripney: Battersea Arts Centre is more than a building by Natasha Tripney

On Friday as I stood on the platform at Clapham Junction station and saw a sudden uprush of flame redden an already

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Natasha Tripney: Oliviers nominations are solid, but too timid by Natasha Tripney

It's really pleasing to see the Young Vic being recognised at this year's Olivier awards for its bold, smart programming; scoring 11

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How theatre is adapting to relaxed performances by Natasha Tripney

Every performance of Jess Thom's show Backstage in Biscuit Land is a relaxed performance. Thom, who has Tourette's syndrome, a neurological condition

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Farinelli and the King , Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London by Natasha Tripney

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London: This production has moments that are utterly transporting: the combination of the human voice at its most dizzyingly pristine and the glitter of candlelight …

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Yen , Royal Exchange Studio, Manchester by Natasha Tripney

Royal Exchange Studio, Manchester: Since Anna Jordan won the Bruntwood Prize back in 2013, she's had two other plays staged, Freak and Chicken Shop (in London, at Theatre 503 and the Pa…

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Eugene Onegin , Barbican, London by Natasha Tripney

Barbican, London: Rimas Tuminas' staging of Pushkin's epic poem by the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia - currently on a global tour - is full of thrilling imagery. It i…

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Britain's Best Recruiting Sergeant , Unicorn, London by Natasha Tripney

Unicorn, London: Although written with a family audience in mind, Joy Wilkinson's play about the life and career of Vesta Tilley, the celebrated music hall star and male impersonator, i…

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The Life and Times of Fanny Hill , Old Vic, Bristol by Natasha Tripney

Old Vic, Bristol: There's a sense of timeliness to this staging of John Cleland's notorious and oft-banned novel of sexual pleasure, first published in 1748. Playwright April de An…

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Jefferson's Garden , Watford Palace, London by Natasha Tripney

Watford Palace, London: Timberlake Wertenbaker's intricate play about the nature of freedom - receiving its premiere at Watford Palace - is set during the years of American Revolution, …

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Boa , Studio 2, Trafalgar Studios, London by Natasha Tripney

Studio 2, Trafalgar Studios, London: Clara Brennan's tender, reflective two-hander sees a couple looking back on their long relationship, on the years they have spent with one another, …

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The Singing Stones , Arcola Theatre, London by Natasha Tripney

Arcola Theatre, London: Kay Adshead's triptych of short plays about the impact of the events of the Arab Spring on the women in the Middle East is not without moments of potency. But th…

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Arcadia , Theatre Royal, Brighton by Natasha Tripney

Theatre Royal, Brighton: Last year saw Blanche McIntyre make her Shakespeare's Globe directing debut with a bright, broad Comedy of Errors, helm an elegant, painterly triptych of Noel C…

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The Separation , Theatre503, London by Natasha Tripney

Theatre503, London: Richard Molloy's debut play, originally staged at Dublin's Project Arts Centre, breaks into a gallop at its halfway point only to end oddly abruptly. Read the f…

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Di and Viv and Rose , Vaudeville Theatre, London by Natasha Tripney

Vaudeville Theatre, London: This is the third incarnation of Amelia Bullmore's bittersweet play. It debuted in Hampstead Theatre's Downstairs space in 2011, transferred to the main…

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Taken at Midnight , Theatre Royal Haymarket, London by Natasha Tripney

Theatre Royal Haymarket, London: Mark Hayhurst's fascinating and intelligent play - which premiered in Chichester in October - makes a smooth transition into the West End. If anything, …

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Oppenheimer , Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon by Natasha Tripney

Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: Tom Morton-Smith's engaging account of the life and legacy of the 'father of the atomic bomb', J Robert Oppenheimer, walks a fine line. Mort…

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The Changeling , Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London by Natasha Tripney

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London: The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the Globe's indoor Jacobean space, is a magical venue even when it is flecked with red, when it is tainted by madness and l…

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Islands , Bush, London by Natasha Tripney

Bush, London: Caroline Horton's latest devised piece is a bloated, grotesque and distended thing. But that's kind of the point. Horton's exploration of tax havens drips; it r…

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Contact.Com , Park Theatre, London by Natasha Tripney

Park Theatre, London: Michael Kingsbury's tepid, creaky sex comedy begins as one thing but ends up as another. Matthew and Naomi, a middle class childless couple - he's a psychiatr…

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The Chronicles of Kalki , Gate, London by Natasha Tripney

Gate, London: Aditi Brennan Kapil's contribution to the Gate Theatre's Who Does She Think She Is? season begins intriguingly enough. A girl in school uniform is being interrogated …

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Shaw's Women , Tristan Bates, London by Natasha Tripney

Tristan Bates, London: This double-bill of infrequently performed short plays by George Bernard Shaw sets out to showcase two of his less well-known female characters, though both are as muc…

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Lionboy , Tricycle Theatre, London by Natasha Tripney

Tricycle Theatre, London: Following a successful national tour in 2013, Complicite's first dip into children's theatre - an adaptation of Zizou Corder's popular trilogy of boo…

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Peter Pan , Cliffs Pavilion, Southend by Natasha Tripney

Cliffs Pavilion, Southend: Over recent years, David Hasselhoff's Captain Hook has become something of a fixture of the panto landscape. Here he is again, looking oddly waxen alongside C…

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