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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Night of the Iguana at Noel Coward Theatre
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for James Macdonald’s production of The Night of the Iguana starring Clive Owen.
‘An essentially serious play for serious people’: THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA – West End
Star cast delivers a terrific revival of Tennessee Williams’s last masterpiece The Night of the Iguana at the Noel Coward Theatre.
‘Worth the price of a ticket simply to watch Lia Williams’: THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA – West End ★★★
The Night of the Iguana takes three hours to tell a fairly simple story which could be done in 30 minutes, but it is worth the price of a ticket simply to watch Lia Williams deliver an outstanding performance as one of Tennessee Williams’ great, but unsung, female characters.
‘Thrilled to have been there’: THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA – West End ★★★★
Clive Owen and Lia Williams do justice to the wild lush text of The Night Of The Iguana at the Noel Coward Theatre, rich in wonder and filth, corruption and beauty.
‘Clive Owen makes a superb return to the stage’: THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA – West End
Gripping performances from Clive Owen and Lia Williams, and James Macdonald’s slow-burn direction allows Tennessee Williams’ writing in The Night Of The Iguana to cast its spell.
NEWS: Further tickets to be released for Dear Evan Hansen as fans are encouraged to contribute to show’s artwork
Following a sell-out priority booking period, the West End production of Dear Evan Hansen has announced a second additional ticket release will take place at 10am on 10 June 2019.
‘There are moments of greatness in amongst the gimmicks’: ALL ABOUT EVE – West End ★★★
Love London Love Culture’s Kirsty Herrington paid a visit to the Noel Coward Theatre to see Ivo van Hove’s production of All About Eve, based on the Oscar-winning film.
‘Something quite different’: ALL ABOUT EVE – West End
This All About Eve is something quite different, same story deliberately new frame with staging that pushes at the boundaries of theatre and film.
NEWS: Dates confirmed for West End transfer of Dear Evan Hansen at the Noel Coward Theatre
The Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will begin previews at the Noël Coward Theatre on 29 October 2019 with opening night on Tuesday 19 November. Casting will be announced at a later date.
NEWS: Clive Owen will return to the West End for the first time in 18 years in The Night Of The Iguana
Clive Owen will return to the West End for the first time in 18 years to play the Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon in The Night Of The Iguana in a new production directed by James Macdonald. The production will begin performances at the Noël Coward Theatre on 6 July 2019 (press night is 16 July) and runs until 28 September.
Love London Love Culture’s Theatre Picks for February
Here’s LLLC’s monthly guide to some of the best theatre openings in February 2019.
Nine plays Rev Stan is particularly looking forward to seeing in 2019
Starting off 2019 with plenty of theatre in the diary, these are the nine plays Rev Stan is particularly looking forward to seeing.
Love London Love Culture’s Theatre Picks for 2019
Here’s Love London Love Culture’s theatre picks for 2019.
‘Rightly lauded as a major piece of 21st-century theatre’: THE INHERITANCE – West End ★★★★
The Inheritance at the Noel Coward Theatre has been rightly lauded as a major piece of 21st-century theatre and Lopez has a gift for crafting argument and dialogue with sensitivity and innate understanding.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Inheritance at the Noel Coward Theatre
Stephen Daldry’s production of The Inheritance opens at the Noel Coward Theatre, following a successful run at the Young Vic earlier this year. Here’s what critics have said about it…
‘May have redefined the gay writing genre for a new generation’: THE INHERITANCE – West End ★★★★★
It would be hard to imagine a play about young gay lives that speaks more eloquently to older gay men than the moving, informative and often hilarious The Inheritance now transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre.
‘One of the most moving & beautifully written shows that I’ve seen’: THE INHERITANCE – West End ★★★★★
The West End transfer of Matthew Lopez’s modern masterpiece The Inheritance, nearly seven hours of epic storytelling, is a phenomenal play which sold out when it first opened at London’s Young Vic earlier this year.
NEWS: West End transfer of Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will open in autumn 2019
Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will open at the Noël Coward Theatre in autumn 2019, reuniting the original Broadway creative team for this West End production.
NEWS: Gillian Anderson & Lily James will star in Ivo van Hove’s All About Eve at the Noël Coward Theatre
Gillian Anderson and Lily James will star in a strictly limited run of Joseph L Mankiewicz’s All About Eve at the Noël Coward Theatre, adapted from the 1950 classic movie and directed for the stage by Olivier and Tony Award winner Ivo van Hove, playing from 2 February to 11 May 2019 (press night is 12 February).