19 stories by "Peter Kirwan"
'Joyful sincerity': Pete Kirwan writes on an earnest, escapist panto that brings the 12th century into the 21st.
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Holding fiction to account: Peter Kirwan writes on the representation of madness in Nottingham Playhouse's revival of Alan Bennett's play.
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'Demons in the attic': Peter Kirwan writes on Kindertransport's portrayal of the immigrant experience
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More to life than love: Peter Kirwan reviews the Nottingham Playhouse's first musical in over a decade.
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And what an atmosphere... Peter Kirwan reviews Mufaro Makubika's award-winning play set in 1950s Nottingham.
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Digging down: this family-friendly adaptation of Louis Sachar's novel isn't afraid of asking big questions.
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Silence and noise: Peter Kirwan reviews Ramps on the Moon's new show based on a text familiar to A-Level Theatre Studies students.
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Never cross a picket line: Peter Kirwan reviews the triumphant regional premiere of Beth Steel's play about Welbeck Colliery
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Memories of memories: Jane Upton's one-woman play is touching and thoughtful.
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Less a show, more an institution: Peter Kirwan reviews Nottingham Playhouse's annual panto.
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An extraordinary coda: Giles Croft marks the end of his tenure at Nottingham Playhouse in poignant style.
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"A self-consciously messy, freeform paean to the experience of making music": Peter Kirwan reviews Sheep Soup's boldly structureless new musical at Leicester's Curve Theatre.
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"Give this group a TV show": Peter Kirwan reviews Nottingham-based comedy collective Major Labia's nameless sketch show at Leicester Curve's Inside Out festival.
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Devastating and dignified: Peter Kirwan reviews Fiona Buffini's timely revival of Arthur Miller's classic American drama.
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Forget heteronormativity: Sara Pascoe's hilarious reimagined Jane Austen romance breaks all the rules.
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"Invites us to share in a long wallow with a man consumed by self-pity": Peter Kirwan discusses Matthew Spanger's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's novel.
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A careful balance of farcical comedy and shocking drama: Peter Kirwan reviews Suba Das' Northern Stage revival of Ayub Khan Din's much-loved play.
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Still transcendent: Peter Kirwan revels in Bruce Guthrie's "energetic" 20th-anniversary revival of this Broadway classic, structural flaws and all.
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Energy, volume and trippy exuberance: Peter Kirwan reviews Ramps on the Moon's superb new version of The Who's Tommy.
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