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‘Ensemble acting of this quality is rare’: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG – Trafalgar Studios ★★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Johnny Fox15th October 2019Leave a Comment

Don’t miss it A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Makes you laugh, makes you think. Makes you realise Toby Stephens is one of our finest.

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WATCH: How to talk about disability & A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in 2019?

In Features, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Photos, Plays, Sticky, Video by Terri Paddock11th October 2019Leave a Comment

Mate Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion at the West End revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg with director Simon Evans and the cast.

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‘It swells your heart & breaks it’: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG – Trafalgar Studios ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Rev Stan9th October 2019Leave a Comment

Peter Nichols’ 1967 comedy A Day In The Death of Joe Egg demonstrates both how far we’ve come in our treatment of and attitudes towards disability but equally how the moral dilemmas and struggles remain.

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‘Issues raised remain vivid’: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG – Trafalgar Studios

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz7th October 2019Leave a Comment

This sharp and starry revival of Peter Nichols’ taboo-busting fantasia A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is pretty magnificent.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg at Trafalgar Studios

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon5th October 2019Leave a Comment

We round up the latest reviews for this new production of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg at Trafalgar Studios, directed by Simon Evans.

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New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for stellar West End revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

In Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays, Sticky by Terri Paddock26th August 2019Leave a Comment

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at London’s Trafalgar Studios on 7 October for the hotly anticipated West End revival Peter Nichols’ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Got any questions for director and cast?

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NEWS: Patricia Hodge joins the cast of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases14th August 2019

Olivier Award winner and Miranda star Patricia Hodge will join the cast of Peter Nichols’ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg opposite Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner, running at London’s Trafalgar Studios from 21 September to 30 November 2019.

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NEWS: Toby Stephens & Claire Skinner will star in a West End revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases19th July 2019

Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner will make their long-awaited returns to the West End stage this autumn in Peter Nichols’ play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.

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‘Difficult to engage despite good character development’: NIGHTFALL – Bridge Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Shanine Salmon21st May 2018Leave a Comment

Nightfall is peppered with amusing lines, which are like pithy sayings providing us with observations about a range of topics. Certainly, Nightfall could be perceived as giving us a social commentary about a variety of issues.

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‘The production feels marooned in this space’: NIGHTFALL – Bridge Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster17th May 2018Leave a Comment

The world of Nightfall is small and intimate but the Bridge is neither of those things and the intricacies of Norris’ writing becomes lost like the wafting smell of interval madeleines.

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‘Isn’t too daring or challenging’: NIGHTFALL – Bridge Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly16th May 2018Leave a Comment

Though there are certainly something things to like about this production of Nightfall – Rae Smith’s set and some glimmering gems of dialogue – it is largely a limping story with little sense of its own scale that shies away from bold, political statements about poverty and forgotten people in modern Britain.

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‘A quietly affecting piece that has the potential to touch anyone’: NIGHTFALL – Bridge Theatre ★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin15th May 2018Leave a Comment

Nightfall is a subtle affair that is funny and quietly affecting – the production is beautifully designed and features some outstanding performances.

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‘Thought-provoking & beautifully presented’: NIGHTFALL – Bridge Theatre ❤❤❤❤

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon14th May 2018Leave a Comment

Nightfall, a sensitive play about the impact of grief on one family’s life, might be slow to unravel but is completely relatable and engaging.

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‘This might have been a good thing’: NIGHTFALL – Bridge Theatre ★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Jonathan Baz13th May 2018Leave a Comment

There was a 15-minute delay to the commencement of Nightfall on the occasion of this review, with an actor delayed on public transport. Sadly that delay was all too short, as what followed was a play that promised so much but delivered little more than poorly performed pretensions.

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‘A subject that deserves to be heard, but it’s not the right space’: NIGHTFALL – Bridge Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz11th May 2018Leave a Comment

Named as one of the 1,000 most influential Londoners by the Evening Standard, Barney Norris’ latest play, Nightfall, has just opened at the very high-profile Bridge Theatre.

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NEWS: Laura Linney makes London stage debut in Pulitzer Prize winner My Name Is Lucy Barton at Bridge Theatre

In London theatre, Native, News, Opinion, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases24th January 2018Leave a Comment

Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning Laura Linney will make her London Theatre debut in Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth Strout’s My Name is Lucy Barton, directed by Richard Eyre at London’s Bridge Theatre.

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PRISM – Hampstead Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Aleks Sierz20th September 2017Leave a Comment

Terry Johnson’s new play is a deeply felt and typically witty look at the cinematographer Jack Cardiff.

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HOT TICKETS: 7 shows to see opening in September, from Ink to Young Frankenstein

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opinion, Plays, Sticky by Emma Clarendon1st September 2017Leave a Comment

Summer’s officially over, but don’t be sad – there’s plenty of great theatre to keep you happy. Love London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon has rounded up the productions she’s most looking forward to in September. With Mates ticket links!

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NEWS: Robert Lindsay stars in Terry Johnson’s Prism in new Hampstead season

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases19th May 2017Leave a Comment

Hampstead Theatre’s new autumn season includes the world premiere of Terry Johnson’s Prism, starring Robert Lindsay, Nicholas Wright’s adaptation of Patrick Hamilton novel The Slaves of Solitude and a revival of Simon Gray’s Cell Mates.

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TICKETS: Mark’s Top Ten recommendations + this week’s openings (7 Mar)

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Mark Shenton7th March 2016Leave a Comment

Top ten of the week, but there are lots of dark theatres, too, in London at the moment.

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