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Parliamentary power plays: Considering This House & other recent political dramas (not just by James Graham!)

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays by Maryam Philpott4th June 2020Leave a Comment

When it was first performed in 2012 James Graham’s This House was an affectionate satire, using its 1970s setting to examine the still young Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in 2010.

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Text of the Day: Hansard

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Quotes by Aleks Sierz9th October 2019Leave 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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‘Writes with wit & clarity’: HANSARD – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz6th September 2019Leave a Comment

Simon Woods’ debut play Hansard, about the parliamentary ruling class is timely, and amusingly preceptive, but ultimately unsatisfying.

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‘High quality & thought-provoking work’: HANSARD – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster5th September 2019Leave a Comment

Lindsay Duncan and Alex Jennings prove entirely watchable in Hansard, a sharp new play at the National Theatre.

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‘A great political play’: HANSARD – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Maryam Philpott4th September 2019Leave a Comment

Hansard is a great political play, one that tells us everything about the society we have become and why the impasse of the last three years cannot be easily broken.

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‘Grief is the point of all’: HANSARD – National Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Libby Purves4th September 2019Leave a Comment

With Parliament in uproar upriver, the NT hit a luckily apt moment to stage Simon Woods’ first play Hansard and promote it as a “witty and devastating portrait of the governing class”. Just the night to hurl some fine invective at an audience fancying a torture-a-Tory session.

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NEWS: Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings, Lucian Msamati & Ciarán Hinds feature in new National Theatre season

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases28th March 2019Leave a Comment

Highlights of the next new season at London’s National Theatre, running from May to October 2019, include several new productions and new broadcasts and outdoor activity announced to celebrate NT Live’s 10th birthday.

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NEWS: National Theatre’s new season features Andrea Levy’s Small Island, Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls & Lenny Henry as Richard Pryor

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases3rd October 2018Leave a Comment

Rufus Norris has unveiled the National Theatre’s plans for 2019 and beyond. Highlights include the world premiere of Small Island adapted by Helen Edmundson from Andrea Levy’s novel, directed by Rufus Norris.

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