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Mark Shenton views the week of news, openings & radical overhauls of Shakespeare in the West End, Broadway & beyond

In Awards, Broadway, Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Ticket recommendations, Touring by Mark Shenton15th October 2018Leave a Comment

Mark Shenton offers the week’s news, reviews, quotes and tweets in theatre from both sides of the Atlantic, including an interview with Sonia Friedman, reviews of Shakespeare in three different abbreviated versions, and a YouTube star appearing on Broadway.

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‘Acutely observed portrait of modern parenthood’: PARENTS’ EVENING – Jermyn Street Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Ian Foster15th October 2018Leave a Comment

A two-hander full of game-playing, Parents’ Evening is an intriguing new play at the Jermyn Street Theatre.

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‘A fun-filled adventure for all the family’: THE WIDER EARTH – Natural History Museum ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Debbie Gilpin15th October 2018Leave a Comment

The Wider Earth is a fun-filled adventure for all the family, lifting the lid on a lesser known part of the life of Charles Darwin – the puppetry is simply extraordinary.

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‘Certainly has the right feel-good factor’: DIRTY DANCING – Touring

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Liz Dyer14th October 2018Leave a Comment

For fans who want to see the beloved film Dirty Dancing re-created faithfully on the stage, this is certainly the right performance to come and watch.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Height of the Storm at Wyndham’s Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Quotes, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Emma Clarendon14th October 2018Leave a Comment

Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins star in Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Florian Zeller’s play The Height Of The Storm at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…

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‘Little here that rings with profound resonance’: I’M NOT RUNNING – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster14th October 2018Leave a Comment

I’m Not Running is David Hare’s 17th new play to be presented at the National Theatre but for a playwright known for espousing the state of the nation in his work, there’s a frustrating vagueness that leaves him feeling just a little out of touch.

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‘An affecting, respectful, important story’: THE WIDER EARTH – Natural History Museum ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Libby Purves14th October 2018Leave a Comment

Unassumingly spectacular, The Wider Earth is unwhimsically playful, it is an affecting, respectful, important story of a green young man who kept his eyes open and endured seasickness and doubt and discomfort and danger.

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‘Truly a masterful performer’: LUCIE JONES – Live at Zedel ★★★★★

In Concerts, London theatre, Opinion, Reviews by Olivia Mitchell13th October 2018Leave a Comment

If you want to see a truthful artist who is so giving in her performance and able to magnetise a crowd toward her, then go and witness the star that is, Lucie Jones.

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‘This deserves all the plaudits it gets’: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS – Milford Haven

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Shanine Salmon13th October 2018Leave a Comment

The Torch Theatre’s in-house team has brought cracking choreographed chaos to the stage in One Man, Two Guvnors, a modern adaptation of a 350-year-old Italian comedy spectacular that was updated for the West End almost a decade ago, exchanging 18th century Florence for 1960s Brighton.

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Text of the Day: 4.48 Psychosis

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Quotes by Aleks Sierz13th October 2018Leave a Comment

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

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