Mark Shenton offers reviews, news, interviews and tweets of the week from the West End, Broadway and beyond.
‘Enthralling, thought-provoking & terrifically well acted’: HONOUR – Park Theatre ★★★★
Joanna Murray-Smith’s 2003 play Honour is surprisingly relevant to the current #MeToo debate while highlighting a generational division over the question of love and fidelity.
‘The best interaction is between Stubbs & Brayben’: HONOUR – Park Theatre
The best interaction in Honour at the Park Theatre is between Imogen Stubbs and Katie Brayben, largely very convincing as the sharp journalist and they trade some good points about agency and entitlement and some women’s self-deluding complicity in men’s agendas – like career and fatherhood.
‘Stubbs gives a stunning performance’: HONOUR – Park Theatre
‘There’s no fool like an old fool’ is an adage that sums up much of Honour, now playing at the Park Theatre. The play introduces Henry Goodman and Imogen Stubbs as married couple George and Honour.
‘Delivers plenty in terms of emotion’: HONOUR – Park Theatre
Paul Robinson’s production of Honour at the Park Theatre really captures the perceptiveness of the writing by bringing together a strong cast to bring the characters effectively to life.
‘Enthrals, amuses & prods painfully at the emotional culture of today’: HONOUR – Park Theatre ★★★★
Honour is an old story indeed – and an artfully updated 1995 play by Joanna Murray-Smith – but so beautifully performed in Paul Robinson’s austerely set production that it feels very up to date.
FIRST LOOK: Henry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs, Katie Brayben & Natalie Simpson in Honour at Park Theatre
Take a look at Alex Brenner’s fantastic production shots to get a hint of what to expect from Tiny Fires’ production of Joanna Murray-Smith’s Honour at Park Theatre. The marital drama, which stars Henry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs, Katie Brayben and Natalie Simpson, opens at the north London venue tonight.
WATCH: The cast of Honour tell us about Joanna Murray-Smith’s ‘deep & complex’ drama
As Tiny Fires’ revival of Joanna Murray-Smith’s acclaimed drama Honour begins its run at Park Theatre, the cast speak about why this hit play excites them. Watch the footage (below) then get booking!
NEWS: Joanna Murray-Smith’s Switzerland joins Honour & Songs for Nobodies in London
Lucy Bailey’s Theatre Royal Bath production of Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith’s Switzerland will transfer to the West End next month, running for a limited season at the Ambassadors Theatre just ahead of another Murray-Smith play, Songs for Nobodies, transferring from Wilton’s Music Hall. The West End transfers come hot on the heels of Paul Robinson’s star-studded London revival of Murray-Smith’s Honour, starting at the Park Theatre next week.
‘It feels like a boxing ring, where insights are thrown like punches’: Katie Brayben on reviving Honour at Park Theatre
Olivier Award winner Katie Brayben returns to the London stage this month in Joanna Murray-Smith’s tale of a marriage in crisis, Honour. The former star of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical tells us why she’s so excited about this new production and performing at the intimate Park Theatre.
PHOTOS: Take a peek at Henry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs, Katie Brayben & Natalie Simpson in rehearsals for Honour
Joanna Murray-Smith’s acclaimed drama about a marriage in slipping into crisis, Honour, begins performances at London’s Park Theatre on 25 October. So right now, its impressive cast – Henry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs, Katie Brayben and Natalie Simpson – are deep in rehearsals. Have a peek at what they’ve been up to, then get booking!
NEWS: Imogen Stubbs, Henry Goodman & Katie Brayben star in Joanna Murray-Smith’s Honour at Park Theatre
Acclaimed performers Henry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs, Katie Brayben and Natalie Simpson will star in Joanna Murray-Smith’s compelling drama Honour. The hit play about a marriage in crisis is revived at London’s Park Theatre from 25 October to 24 November 2018 (press night is 30 October). With a cast like that, it’s time to get booking!
NEWS: Les Dennis plays End of Pier in new Park Theatre season of seven premieres
London’s Park Theatre today announce their new July-December 2018 season. Featuring a mix of new and existing writing, the season includes six world premieres, one UK premiere, three celebrated revivals and a brace of homegrown productions, two of which have been developed through Park Theatre’s Script Accelerator programme.