As somebody who grew up on the outskirts of a depressed Lancashire town in the 1980s, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the Royal Court’s revival of Jim Cartwright’s seminal debut play Road.
ROAD – Royal Court Theatre
I started to wonder whether being cast with an all Indian company – to reflect the population of a typical Lancashire street of terraces nowadays – might better highlight the characters’ issues and dilemmas,
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Road at the Royal Court Theatre
John Tiffany directs this new production of Jim Cartwright’s seminal play about inhabitants of an unnamed northern road in Eighties Britain.
ROAD – Royal Court Theatre
Jim Cartwright’s script is atmospheric in itself, the personalities of each character who all represent a different failing of society are there in the text.
NEWS: Casting announced for Road at the Royal Court
The Royal Court Theatre announces the cast for Road, written by Jim Cartwright and directed by John Tiffany. Cartwright’s seminal play gives expression to the inhabitants of an unnamed northern road in Eighties Britain.
NEWS: Sam Mendes directs Butterworth’s The Ferryman, Royal Court 2017 season announced
The Royal Court Theatre announces spring/summer season of work. The new season includes eight world premieres, four UK and international collaborations and the return of a seminal Royal Court play, Jim Cartwright’s Road.
Closing Review: The Rise & Fall of Little Voice
The final production at the Union Theatre’s old residence has been an absolute cracker. Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a brilliantly observed study of life in a northern town through the multi-faceted prism of Mari Hoff and her gifted daughter Little Voice (abbreviated to LV).
THE RISE & FALL OF LITTLE VOICE – Union Theatre
Carly Thoms is an amazing talent. Her capabilities seem boundless – she plays the shy and frightened LV superbly, but when she embodies LV’s various heroes, her mimicry is second to none.
Text of the Day: Raz
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
RAZ – West End
Jim Cartwright returns with a high-octane monologue about a night out, but has nothing to say beyond the banal.
NEWS: Jim Cartwright’s Raz gets London premiere, starring son James
After an incredible run at 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Assembly Festival and Riverside Studios Fringe First winning production of RAZ has its London premiere at Trafalgar Studios from 22 March – 16 April 2016 before embarking on a UK tour.
Interview: Giving a big voice to Little Voice and the Manchester fringe
Reporting from Manchester, my guest contributor Glenn Meads recently met up with director-producer James Baker, who is making waves at The Kings Arms in Salford. Londoners, take note. Great theatre happens elsewhere too… James Baker’s CV Artistic director James Baker has been fundamental in developing The Kings Arms Theatre into a thriving fringe venue […]
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