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‘The relevance of the issues it raises screams out to the audience’: INDEBTED TO CHANCE – Old Red Lion Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Michael Davis17th November 2018Leave a Comment

Written by Charlotte Ryall and directed by Jenny Eastop, Indebted To Chance follows the life of Charlotte Charke (née Cibber), a forgotten 18th-century pioneer who showed that not only can women run theatre companies, they can play ‘men’s’ roles too.

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‘Packed with power & poetry’: BRASS THE MUSICAL – Union Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Anne Cox17th November 2018Leave a Comment

As we mark #Armistice100 it seems right that Benjamin Till’s award-winning musical Brass should return to remind us, as if we need any reminding, of the terrible price paid by communities during World War I.

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‘One of the most refreshing & riotous shows in London’: HADESTOWN – National Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Jonathan Baz17th November 2018Leave a Comment

Running at the National Theatre prior to a Broadway opening, Hadestown offers a uniquely folksy and enchanting take on the tragic tale of Orpheus and his love, Euridice.

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‘The two plays are starkly different’: PINTER FOUR – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Laura Kressly17th November 2018Leave a Comment

Pinter Four continues Jamie Lloyd’s Pinter at the Pinter season with the Lyndsey Turner-directed Moonlight starring Robert Glenister as a dying patriarch who bemoans his family’s absence at his deathbed to his long-suffering wife (Brid Brennan).

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‘Less grime, more glitter’: ROCK OF AGES – Touring

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Not Exactly Billington16th November 2018Leave a Comment

Having come to Rock of Ages with no prior reference other than the 2012 film version (mostly memorable for featuring a surprisingly entertaining performance from Tom Cruise) I was, let’s say, unprepared for the stage show. It’s an altogether louder, more unsavoury affair.

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‘It might not be Fight Club, but it’s no less subversive’: CHUTNEY – Bunker Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Michael Davis16th November 2018Leave a Comment

Written by Reece Connolly and directed by Georgie Staight, Chutney is a black comedy that examines the ‘less-civilised’ aspects of human nature and whether we can – or should – curb our ‘baser’ instincts.

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‘Didn’t really reach out across the dark auditorium to me’: PINTER THREE – West End ★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Rev Stan16th November 2018Leave a Comment

I go to the theatre is to be amused or moved or challenged or interested and sadly this collection of Pinter didn’t really reach out across the dark auditorium to me.

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‘The cast excels with their superb timing & tremendous energy’: A FLEA IN HER EAR – Theatro Technis

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Shanine Salmon16th November 2018Leave a Comment

Acting Gymnasium’s talented cast excel with their superb timing and tremendous energy in this acrobatically verbal and physical comedy, A Flea in Her Ear at Theatro Technis.

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‘The first score since Hamilton to earn a place on my regular playlist’: HADESTOWN – National Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Laura Kressly16th November 2018Leave a Comment

Hadestown is certainly a welcome contribution to London’s musical theatre. The excellent score and unrelenting criticism of corporate systems that enslave the poor in awful conditions and low pay give this show its value, along with the cast.

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‘The play comes back, timeless and terrifying’: MACBETH – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Libby Purves16th November 2018Leave a Comment

Here in Robert Hastie’s careful production of Macbeth is all the horror, psychological acuity and profound, terrified morality of Shakespeare’s darkest play.

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