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NEWS: Amber Gray & Patrick Page reprise their roles in Hadestown UK premiere at the National Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Quotes, Sticky by Press Releases13th August 2018Leave a Comment

The National Theatre has announced that Amber Gray and Patrick Page will reprise their original New York Theatre Workshop roles of Persephone and Hades in Hadestown, running in rep at the Olivier Theatre from 2 November 2018 to 26 January 2019 (press night is 13 November).

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‘Weirdly unfunny for something billed as a comedy’: EXIT THE KING – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Rachel Williams13th August 2018Leave a Comment

Adapted from Eugene Ionesco’s French absurdist comedy by Patrick Marber (who also directs), Exit the King, in a nutshell, tells the story of the death of the titular King, who’s told he must die and then does, in real time. It’s no more interesting than I’ve made it sound.

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‘A fitting tribute to bravery & sacrifice’: WAR HORSE – Touring New Victoria Theatre ★★★★★

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Ticket recommendations, Touring by Emma Clarendon12th August 2018Leave a Comment

The National Theatre production based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved book is stunningly beautiful to watch.

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When apathy sets in: questioning ‘why’ more than ‘how’ in your theatregoing choices

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays by Shanine Salmon9th August 2018Leave a Comment

I see a lot of theatre productions, obviously, and whilst I still enjoy seeing new shows, new ideas and a creative piece that is genuinely exciting, I am starting to feel apathetic to much of what I see.

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‘A cracking piece of writing & a thoroughly enjoyable new play’: HOME, I’M DARLING – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster6th August 2018Leave a Comment

Katherine Parkinson is simply spectacular as Judy, a vision in froufy frocks and pin-up hair, a woman who has entirely reinvented herself, right down to the way she holds herself.

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‘Gripping, funny, tender, superbly well observed, immaculately researched’: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Rachel Williams5th August 2018Leave a Comment

The financial crash of 2008 has much to answer for, I think. Top of the list? Brexit and President Trump. One thing it has yet to really produce though, for my money (pun intended), is any really great theatre. Or perhaps I should qualify that statement: no really great theatre in English.

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‘The design is a fine reward for enduring the tedium of snarky melodrama’: EXIT THE KING – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly3rd August 2018Leave a Comment

This final sequence of Exit the King is mesmerising. The self-indulgent waffle and navel-gazing that makes up the rest of Marber’s production? No thanks.

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‘Picks at the intricacies of escapism, nostalgia & perceptions of history’: HOME, I’M DARLING – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Laura Kressly2nd August 2018Leave a Comment

It’s great to see a new Laura Wade play, with a female-focused cast and great writing, on stage at the National. Now put it on the Olivier, and it will be a bigger sign of progress.

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‘A striking, sideways examination of death’: EXIT THE KING – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster1st August 2018Leave a Comment

And as an absurdist drama, Exit the King suggests a bit of different thinking. On the face of it, it’s a simple enough tale – a man is told he only has a day left to live and struggles to deal with it.

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‘Lacking its own definite sense of identity’: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Not Exactly Billington1st August 2018Leave a Comment

Like America promises so much to Henry Lehman when he stands on the dock side, The Lehman Trilogy at the National Theatre promised so much as well.

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