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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Bodies, Royal Court, London, review: Vivienne Franzmann's play about surrogacy is immensely powerful by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Although fiercely perceptive, the play is too sensitive to settle into a root-and-branch indictment of fertility tourism

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:24AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Queen Anne, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, review: Romola Garai gives a vivid turn in a stilted production by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Helen Edmundson's play isn't sharp enough in telling the story of the Stuart monarch

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:42AM[SHARE]

Monday, July 10, 2017

Taha, Young Vic, London, review: the evolution of a Palestinian poet by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The life and work of the Palestinian writer Taha Muhammad Ali is staged by Amer Hlehel

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:54AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

The Mentor, Vaudeville Theatre, London, review: The sizeable snag is that the play does not really rise to the occasion by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The 'Homeland' actor F Murray Abraham has returned to the British stage for the first time since he starred as Shylock for the RSC a decade ago

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:18AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Committee, Donmar Warehouse, London, review: Sandra Marvin is superb as Camila Batmanghelidjh by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This theatrical show gathers together the evidence given to The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee by Batmanghelidjh and Alan Yentob, as part of the inquiry into the …

SOURCE: The Independent at 09:54AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Wyndham's Theatre, London, review: Audra McDonald is absolutely astonishing by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald makes her West End debut as the jazz icon, Billie Holiday

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Monday, June 26, 2017

Terror, Lyric Hammersmith, London, review: Often feels more akin to a moral philosophy seminar by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The audience plays the jury in this courtroom drama by the lawyer and writer, Ferdinand von Schirach in which a fighter pilot is on trial for shooting down a hijacked aircraft

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Friday, June 23, 2017

Gloria, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Michael Longhurst's production communicates with scathing relish the ferociously competitive bitching by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This gritty workplace drama about three ambitious editorial assistants in a national magazine office in Manhattan is another hit for American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The Last Ones, Jermyn Street Theatre, London, review: Daragh O'Malley as Ivan is excellent by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The UK premiere of Maxim Gorky's play, which was banned in Russia due to its treatment of police corruption, is directed by Anthony Biggs

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Monday, June 19, 2017

Tristan & Yseult, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: Kneehigh's brilliantly offbeat retelling of the ancient Cornish legend by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This revival of Emma Rice's critically-acclaimed production for Kneehigh presents romantic love as a chemically enhanced state

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:33AM[SHARE]

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Kiss Me, Trafalgar Studios, London, review: Claire Lams is enchanting as Stephanie by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Richard Bean's two-hander 'Kiss Me' about a woman in 1929 desperate for a baby who has a brief encounter with a sperm donor is strikingly different from his mega-hit 'One…

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Monday, June 12, 2017

Anatomy of a Suicide, Royal Court, London, review: Hattie Morahan mesmerises as Carol by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Alice Birch's triptych of plays performed side by side and directed by Katie Mitchell is an unflinching look at a family afflicted with severe depression and mental illness

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:54AM[SHARE]

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Barber Shop Chronicles, National Theatre, London, review: Staged with an exhilarating dynamism by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The new play by Inua Ellams is set in barber shops in London, Lagos, Johannesburg, Accra, Kampala and Harare

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:04PM[SHARE]

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Common, Olivier, NT, London, review: You emerge reckoning that this requires a miracle rather than surgery by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

DC Moore's new dark and funny play set in early-Industrial England and starring Anne-Marie Duff is all over the place

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Monday, June 5, 2017

887, Barbican Theatre, London, review: Robert Lepage's beautiful solo show about childhood by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Robert Lepage's one-man performance is his most autobiographical play to date

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Friday, June 2, 2017

On the Town, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London, review: Drew McOnie's choreography is thrillingly alive by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The revival of the 1944 Leonard Bernstein musical which is performed in the amphitheatre in Regent's Park deserves to be a helluva hit

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Killology, Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court, London, review: A tense, beautifully acted production by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Gary Owen's play which delves into father-son relationships against a backdrop of a video-game violence is directed by Rachel O'Riordan

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Monday, May 29, 2017

An Octoroon, Orange Tree, review: This is an energising production, unafraid of the necessary madcap messiness by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Black actors wear whiteface and white actors assume blackface in Branden Jacobs- Jenkins's play which deals with the issues of racial difference with playful provocativeness

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:33AM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Twelfth Night, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: Gleefully defiant irreverence is the prevailing mood from the outset by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The Globe's production of 'Twelfth Night' which is set in 1979 is part of Emma Rice's Summer of Love season but it lacks emotional depth

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Woyzeck, Old Vic, London, review: John Boyega leaves you in no doubt about his stage chops by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Boyega who is better known for his role in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' stars in Joe Murphy's production of 'Woyzeck' revised by 'Harry Potter' script wr…

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Life of Galileo, Young Vic, London, review: Brendan Cowell is magnificent in the title role by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

The 'Atonement' film director Joe Wright returns to the Young Vic with this Bertolt Brecht play which is performed in-the-round with a dazzling planetarium design

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:36AM[SHARE]

Friday, May 12, 2017

Room, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, review: Both prurience and sentimentality are admirably kept at bay by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Emma Donoghue has adapted her book 'Room' which is triggered by the Josef Fritzl case in Austria for the stage

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Salomé, National Theatre, review: It's forever on the verge of toppling into bathos by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Yael Farber who also directed the Old Vic revival of 'The Crucible' and the NT's 'Les Blancs' last year, still proves that she does riveting ritual intensity better …

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:54AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Occupational Hazards, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: A gripping, thought-provoking, sometimes gruesomely funny play by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

This play is based on the memoir by the former British diplomat Rory Stewart who was posted to a province of the newly liberated Iraq to serve as governor

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Angels in America, National Theatre, London, review: This production sweeps you through the seven-and-a -half hour experience by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

A revival of Tony Kushner's two-part epic set in New York about gay rights amidst the AIDS crisis and a Conservative Reagan administration is directed by Marianne Elliott

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:24AM[SHARE]

Thursday, May 4, 2017

The Ferryman, Royal Court, London, review: It sold out in one day. All the fuss was largely justified by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Jez Butterworth's new play 'The Ferryman' which is directed by Sam Mendes is the fastest-selling play in Royal Court history

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:48AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Donmar Warehouse, London, review: Lenny Henry gives a powerful, well-paced performance as Ui by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Lenny Henry stars in Bertolt Brecht's satire about the rise of a demagogue in a new adaptation by Bruce Norris which includes persistent references to Donald Trump

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:48AM[SHARE]

Monday, May 1, 2017

The Treatment, Almeida Theatre, London, review: The performances have a mordant precision by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Martin Crimp's revival of his 1993 satire about the movie business is directed by Lyndsey Turner who returns to the Almeida following her award-winning production of 'Chimerica&apo…

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:02AM[SHARE]

Friday, April 28, 2017

Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's Globe, London, review: This is an emotionally fierce and fiery Romeo and Juliet by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Daniel Kramer's production which reinterprets the star-crossed lovers as modern-day teenagers and includes Village People's 'YMCA' as the main number at the Capulets&apos…

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:31AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Obsession, Barbican, London, review: Jude Law is muscular and brooding but is wooden by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Law plays the handsome drifter Gino in a new stage adaptation of Visconti's sexually charged 1943 film 'Obsession' directed by Ivo van Hove

SOURCE: The Independent at 07:12AM[SHARE]

Monday, April 24, 2017

Nuclear War, Jerwood Upstairs, Royal Court, London, review: Intriguing but truly satisfying only in snatches by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Simon Stephens joins forces with movement director Imogen Knight for this highly visual and physicalized play that uses the dramatic title 'Nuclear War' merely as a metaphor

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