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‘An interesting set of responses to some classic plays’: YOUNG VIC DIGITAL (Online review)

In London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by John Chapman15th September 2021Leave a Comment

The first tranche of Young Vic Digital consists of pieces written in response to a main house production. Here they are in chronological order of the time the original plays were written.

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‘A really vivid piece of theatre’: GOOD GRIEF (Online review) ★★★★

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon12th February 2021Leave a Comment

Good Grief, an intimately told story of grief and love will resonate with anyone struggling with grief and finding the strength to move forward with life.

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NEWS: The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize announces 2021 finalists

In Awards, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases1st February 2021

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize today announced 10 finalists for 2021 for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest prize awarded to women+ playwrights.

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‘Simply delicious’: SWIVE – Shakespeare’s Globe ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis2nd January 2020Leave a Comment

Natalie Abrahami makes Ella Hickson’s text and Elizabeth’s story pulsate with the sound of a young woman for whom insecurity runs in every fibre of her being.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Anna at the National Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon29th May 2019Leave a Comment

Phoebe Fox stars as the title role in the new thriller Anna, now playing at the National Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…

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‘The thriller aspects are definitely effective, if not the sense of history’: ANNA – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz25th May 2019Leave a Comment

Intriguing Cold War thriller Anna is thoroughly immersive, but lacks a convincing sense of historical reality.

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NEWS: National Theatre announces new season including cast of 40 for stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Small Island

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases18th January 2019Leave a Comment

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Leah Harvey and Aisling Loftus lead the cast of Small Island, adapted by Helen Edmundson from Andrea Levy’s prize-winning novel, directed by Rufus Norris in the Olivier Theatre, as part of the National Theatre’s new season.

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‘A small, quiet important play for our times’: THE MEETING – Chichester ★★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Carole Woddis24th July 2018Leave a Comment

A small, quiet important play for our times, Charlotte Jones’ The Meeting is led by a luminous, fiercely honest performance by Lydia Leonard as Rachel and Gerald Kyd as the puzzled ultimately broad-shouldered Adam.

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‘Unequivocally powerful & searingly relevant’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Victoria Sadler22nd June 2018Leave a Comment

So, do I like Machinal? Yes, I do. I think it’s extraordinary (and depressing as hell) that such contemporary relevance can be found in a ninety-year-old text.

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‘A first-rate version of Treadwell’s finest work’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Maryam Philpott19th June 2018Leave a Comment

Machinal is the type of production that only the Almeida seems able to produce, with an inventive vision that simultaneously draws you into the story while still keeping you at arm’s length.

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‘Takes no prisoners’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Michael Davis18th June 2018Leave a Comment

Directed by Natalie Abrahami, Machinal is one of those rediscoveries that reflects the zeitgeist. Written in 1928 by Sophie Treadwell – eight years after all women in the US were allowed to vote – Machinal doesn’t take the plight of women for granted.

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‘A great, absorbing revival’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis16th June 2018Leave a Comment

Natalie Abrahami has done Sophie Treadwell proud. A great, absorbing revival. Wouldn’t it be nice to see other Treadwell plays given a run?!

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‘Excellent production that gives the writing the respect it deserves’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Tom Bolton14th June 2018Leave a Comment

An entirely contemporary play, Machinal presents themes that are as current on the stage now as they were in Treadwell’s time. The Almeida’s excellent production should do a great deal to give it the respect it deserves.

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‘This prescient masterpiece submerges us in a frantic, visceral nightmare’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Libby Purves12th June 2018Leave a Comment

MICHAEL ADAIR SHUDDERS AT THE HARD OLD PATRIARCHY…   ‘These modern neurotic women, doctor. What are we going to do with them?’ says one exasperated male character to another. Here, right on time for the #MeToo generation, is a revival of … Continue reading →

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WINGS – Young Vic ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis25th September 2017Leave a Comment

Fusing brilliant imaginative speculation with humour, in Natalie Abrahami’s revival, Wings becomes a deeply moving, ultimately even uplifting account of what it might feel like for a stroke victim, trapped inside a dysfunctioning brain.

WINGS – Young Vic ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis25th September 2017Leave a Comment

Fusing brilliant imaginative speculation with humour, in Natalie Abrahami’s revival, Wings becomes a deeply moving, ultimately even uplifting account of what it might feel like for a stroke victim, trapped inside a dysfunctioning brain.

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QUEEN ANNE – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Shanine Salmon14th July 2017Leave a Comment

Helen Edmundson’s play is a study in humanity’s need for dominance, especially as much as it is a historical romp.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Queen Anne at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Emma Clarendon13th July 2017Leave a Comment

Emma Cunniffe and Romola Garai star in Helen Edmundson’s play Queen Anne. The Royal Shakespeare Company production, directed by Natalie Abrahami, continues at the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket until 30 September 2017. Here’s what critics have been saying about it.

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NEWS: Further casting announced for RSC’s West End transfer of Queen Anne

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Regional theatre by Press Releases8th May 2017Leave a Comment

The full cast has been announced today that will join, Romola Garai (as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough) and Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne in the West End.

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NEWS: Romola Garai & Emma Cunniffe lead RSC’s Queen Anne to West End’s Haymarket

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Regional theatre by Press Releases1st February 2017Leave a Comment

Romola Garai will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne in the West End.

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