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Looking back on the last two plague years: Part 1, The Onset

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Libby PurvesLeave a Comment

I set out to chronicle and celebrate the return of live theatre since May 2021. And this will follow. But when I totted up the 2021 score – 60 theatre nights, 30 being completely new plays and 19 brand-new productions – it seemed to me only decent to pause, look back at the year before.

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NEWS: Menier Chocolate Factory announces its spring season for 2020

In London theatre, Native, News, Opinion, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the forthcoming two productions – the European premiere of Paula Vogel’s Tony Award-winning play Indecent, directed by Rebecca Taichman; and Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus directed by Patrick Marber, who returns to the Menier following his hit production of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties.

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‘You gain in a proximity to the action denied even to the front row’: NT Live screening – The Madness of King George III

In Films, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Maryam PhilpottLeave a Comment

The revival of Alan Bennett’s 1991 classic The Madness of King George III at Nottingham Playhouse couldn’t then be more relevant, a play that speaks to our interest in the people who govern us as well as concerns about fitness to rule, mental health and its treatment.