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FIRST LOOK: Get a glimpse of how the Gate Theatre takes audiences to Antigua in A Small Place
14th November 2018Audiences are already raving about the Gate Theatre's production of A Small Place, as the Notting Hill venue brings Jamaica Kincaid's book to the stage for the first time. Check out the Twitter buzz, then get more of a flavour for the show… .. Read more
NEWS: Lynette Linton is announced as the new artistic director of London’s Bush Theatre
14th November 2018The Bush Theatre has announced Lynette Linton as its new artistic director from January 2019. Linton will succeed the current artistic director Madani Younis who announced in September his appointment as creative director of the Southbank Centre. She will work alongside executive director Lauren Clancy. The role… .. Read more
NEWS: Casting for Arthur Miller’s The American Clock at The Old Vic includes Josie Walker & Clare Burt
14th November 2018The Old Vic has announced initial casting for Arthur Miller’s The American Clock at The Old Vic, directed by Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Hadestown) with music by Justin Ellington from 4 February to 30 March… .. Read more
‘Bluesy, folky, beautifully paced & musically satisfying’: HADESTOWN – National Theatre ★★★★
14th November 2018Olivier, National Theatre – until 26 January 2018 It’s certainly not family-panto time along the glittering Thames riverbank: what with Martin McDonagh’ gross-out-silly Dark Matter downstream at the Bridge, and the NT’s buffet of Labour politics, infertility, Edgar Allen Poe and… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: The reviews are in for ‘must-see’ Sexy Laundry at Tabard Theatre
13th November 2018"Must-see", "perfect", "hysterics" - audiences and critics have been laughing their way through Sexy Laundry at the Tabard Theatre since the comedy opened at the Chiswick venue in early November. Find out what they've been saying below, then book tickets to find… .. Read more
NEWS: Cherrelle Skeete & Nicola Alexis star in first staging of A Small Place
13th November 2018For the first time ever, Jamaica Kincaid's acclaimed book about Antigua and its exploitation by the West, A Small Place, is brought to the stage at the Gate Theatre this month. Starring Cherrelle Skeete and Nicola Alexis, the premiere production… .. Read more
Other recent articles
‘Explores our very nature through movement & music’: Circa’s Humans in Toronto
14th November 2018The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada This is not the first time that Circa, the touring, Brisbane-based group led by artistic director Yaron Lifschitz, has staged a show here in Toronto, but it is my first time… .. Read more
‘Everything that a pantomime should be’: CINDERELLA – Oldham Coliseum ★★★★
14th November 2018Oldham Coliseum – until 12 January 2019 Children are the toughest critics of all theatre – fidgeting, asking ‘can we go now?’ – they’ll certainly not mince their words when they tell you that they’ve had enough. I was lucky enough… .. Read more
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‘Extremely seductive’: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE – Touring ★★★★
14th November 2018Touring – reviewed at King’s Theatre, Edinburgh Guest reviewer: Hugh Simpson Top-notch comic performances and a production that purrs like a Rolls-Royce mean that the touring production of Shakespeare In Love from Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Theatre Royal Bath is… .. Read more
‘Top drawer cast, top drawer production’: PINTER FOUR – West End
14th November 2018Harold Pinter Theatre, London – until 8 December 2018 Like ripping off a dramatic plaster, now that I’ve done one show’s worth of Harold Pinter it’s time to plunge headfirst into another. Pinter Three down, Pinter Four to go. This… .. Read more
‘An odd retro evening, but agreeable’: THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY – West End & Touring ★★★
14th November 2018Vaudeville Theatre, London & Touring If you’re my age, it’s a time machine. Songs like ‘The Sound Of Silence’ and ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ (bestselling album 1970, 71 and 72) saw us through tempestuous teens and disastrous student passions, even… .. Read more
FIRST LOOK: Get a glimpse of how the Gate Theatre takes audiences to Antigua in A Small Place
14th November 2018Audiences are already raving about the Gate Theatre's production of A Small Place, as the Notting Hill venue brings Jamaica Kincaid's book to the stage for the first time. Check out the Twitter buzz, then get more of a flavour for the show… .. Read more
NEWS: Lynette Linton is announced as the new artistic director of London’s Bush Theatre
14th November 2018The Bush Theatre has announced Lynette Linton as its new artistic director from January 2019. Linton will succeed the current artistic director Madani Younis who announced in September his appointment as creative director of the Southbank Centre. She will work alongside executive director Lauren Clancy. The role… .. Read more
‘Poignant, funny & perfectly played’: DON QUIXOTE – West End ★★★★
14th November 2018Garrick Theatre, London – until 2 February 2019 In James Fenton’s adaptation of Cervantes’ 17th-century classic, the fabled antics of Knight Errant Don Quixote are given a contemporary understanding that still preserves the original’s richness. David Threlfall is the aged… .. Read more
’Will stay with you for some time’: YERMA – Cervantes Theatre
14th November 2018Cervantes Theatre, London – until 1 December 2018 Since opening its doors in 2016, Southwark’s Cervantes Theatre has quietly become a force to be reckoned with, with intimate bilingual stagings of classic Spanish works, counterpointed with new writing. In its current… .. Read more
‘Honest, heartfelt & detailed piece of theatre’: SOLDIER ON – The Other Palace ★★★★
14th November 2018The Other Palace, London – until 24 November 2018 Written and directed by Jonathan Lewis, this funny and powerfully honest production gives a vivid insight into the lives of those who work in the military and their families left behind.… .. Read more