Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The renovation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's main theatre in Stratford brings the audience closer to the actors. The big question is whether it will help them hearLike Jonathan Glancey,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:28AM[SHARE]Monday, November 22, 2010
Trafalgar Studios, LondonUnless they have some radical new information to impart, I could happily accept a moratorium on all bio-plays about Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Maria Callas. Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 18, 2010
Almeida, LondonIbsen's weird, autobiographical 1892 play gets a radical makeover at the Almeida. Out go the oppressive furniture, the frock coats and even the statutory intervals. Instead we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Young Vic, LondonWe have not been starved of productions of Tennessee Williams's famous autobiographical play. What makes this version, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, unusual is its fidelity …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Olivier, London"Who here has ever been to jail?" asks the eponymous hero of this frenetic musical. It is not a question often asked of National Theatre audiences, but it is indicative of a s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33PM[SHARE]Monday, November 15, 2010
Orange Tree, RichmondAs a writer-director, Tim Luscombe doesn't shirk the big subjects. His last play, The Schuman Plan, dealt with the European federal dream. His new one tackles both Formu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 29, 2010
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Cottesloe, London1,600 Jews were massacred in the small Polish town of Jedwabne in the summer of 1941. Such is the starting-point for this play by Tadeusz Slobodzianek which follows recent r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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Old Vic, London· Mamet in pictures· Quiz: do you know your Mamet? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Young Vic, LondonPeople leapt to their feet at the end of this show as if we were in America, which is appropriate since Tarell Alvin McCraney's play has been a big hit at New York's Public …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:16PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 12, 2007
Olivier Theatre, LondonAside from a touring production of Widowers' Houses, this is the first Shaw play the National has presented in 13 years: a symbol of our scandalous neglect of a great …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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Ken Dodd tells Michael Billington why Shakespeare was a stand-up comic at heartThe names Ken Dodd and Shakespeare may not seem immediately synonymous. But all Doddyphiles will know that the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 14, 2005
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Alan Bennett's new play is not just about history - it makes history. Michael Billington hails a masterpiece Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Old Vic, LondonTrevor Nunn, having last directed Hamlet 30 years ago, says for him the play has always been unfinished business. I suspect it will remain so even after this youth-orientated,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM[SHARE]Monday, April 7, 2003
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Playhouse, Newcastle ****The timing is perfect. Forty years after the first manned orbit of the earth Robert Lepage brings us a one-man show about space exploration. But, be…
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