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…
‘The thriller aspects are definitely effective, if not the sense of history’: ANNA – National Theatre
Intriguing Cold War thriller Anna is thoroughly immersive, but lacks a convincing sense of historical reality.
NEWS: National Theatre announces new season including cast of 40 for stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Small Island
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.
‘A small, quiet important play for our times’: THE MEETING – Chichester ★★★★
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.
‘Unequivocally powerful & searingly relevant’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre
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.
‘A first-rate version of Treadwell’s finest work’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre
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.
‘Takes no prisoners’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre ★★★★
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.
‘A great, absorbing revival’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre ★★★★
Natalie Abrahami has done Sophie Treadwell proud. A great, absorbing revival. Wouldn’t it be nice to see other Treadwell plays given a run?!
‘Excellent production that gives the writing the respect it deserves’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre
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.
‘This prescient masterpiece submerges us in a frantic, visceral nightmare’: MACHINAL – Almeida Theatre ★★★★
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WINGS – Young Vic ★★★★
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 ★★★★
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.
QUEEN ANNE – West End
Helen Edmundson’s play is a study in humanity’s need for dominance, especially as much as it is a historical romp.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Queen Anne at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
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.
NEWS: Further casting announced for RSC’s West End transfer of Queen Anne
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.
NEWS: Romola Garai & Emma Cunniffe lead RSC’s Queen Anne to West End’s Haymarket
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.
NEWS: Billie Piper’s Yerma returns to Young Vic, Joe Wright directs Life of Galileo, Juliet Stevenson takes Wings
Billie Piper’s reprises her award-winning performance in Yerma at the Young Vic, where other new shows in 2017 include Juliet Stevenson in Arthur Kopit’s Wings and Life of Galileo directed by Joe Wright.
QUEEN ANNE – RSC, Stratford
Commissioned by the RSC, Queen Anne is a new play by Helen Edmundson, directed by Natalie Abrahami in her debut season at Stratford-upon-Avon.
AH, WILDERNESS! Young Vic, SE1
THE SANDS OF TIME YIELD UP THEIR DREAMS This is Eugene O’Neill’s only comedy: the moment when from his vortex of family addiction, illness, loneliness, romantic seaward longings and deep human empathy came a spurt of hope. It is set … Continue reading →