HELLMAN’S LESSON IN HUMANITY Theatre can offer few more topical messages for a nation which might hesitate over Ukraine’s needs than this neglected one-set domestic play by Lilian Hellman. It is an artfully jolting picture of a comfortable, … Continue reading →
‘Everything about this production feels authentic & sharp’: WATCH ON THE RHINE – Donmar Warehouse ★★★★
Ellen McDougall’s sharp and biting revival of Lillian Hellman’s rarely performed play Watch On The Rhine at the Donmar Warehouse features plenty of classy performances.
‘Coward’s classic fits the quarrelsome exasperated affections of middle age perfectly’: PRIVATE LIVES – Touring ★★★★
May as well tell you, I had the ultimate pensioner experience, and it was a blast. A midweek, senior-price matinee for the new touring production of Private Lives.
‘Nigel Havers & Patricia Hodge have a fantastic connection onstage’: PRIVATE LIVES – Touring ★★★★
Christopher Luscombe directs this stellar new touring production of Noel Coward’s classic comedy, with Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodges as ex-spouses Elyot and Amanda.
NEWS: Nigel Havers launches touring company with Private Lives, co-starring Patricia Hodge
Actor Nigel Havers is launching his own touring company with a new production of Noel Coward’s classic comedy Private Lives, in which he’ll star with Patricia Hodge.
‘Ensemble acting of this quality is rare’: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG – Trafalgar Studios ★★★★★
Don’t miss it A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Makes you laugh, makes you think. Makes you realise Toby Stephens is one of our finest.
WATCH: How to talk about disability & A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in 2019?
Mate Terri Paddock chaired a post-show discussion at the West End revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg with director Simon Evans and the cast.
‘Issues raised remain vivid’: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG – Trafalgar Studios
This sharp and starry revival of Peter Nichols’ taboo-busting fantasia A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is pretty magnificent.
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for stellar West End revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is back at London’s Trafalgar Studios on 7 October for the hotly anticipated West End revival Peter Nichols’ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Got any questions for director and cast?
NEWS: Patricia Hodge joins the cast of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Olivier Award winner and Miranda star Patricia Hodge will join the cast of Peter Nichols’ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg opposite Toby Stephens and Claire Skinner, running at London’s Trafalgar Studios from 21 September to 30 November 2019.
Copenhagen, Sweet Charity & Little Voice: Libby Purves catches up with a trio of openings
Having been away from her desk, Libby Purves catches up with a trio of openings: Copenhagen at the Minerva Theatre, Sweet Charity at Newbury’s Watermill & Little Voice at the Park Theatre.
‘Surely, this is the crème de la crème of Brodie adaptations’: THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE – Donmar Warehouse
Polly Findlay’s fluent production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie avoids the fluting exaggerations of some previous versions and tells the story with a fine appreciation of its grounding in the needy emotions of all concerned.
NEWS: Matt Lucas, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Patricia Hodge cast in Chichester Festival Theatre 2018 season
Matt Lucas, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Patricia Hodge will be joining the Festival 2018 cast at Chichester Festival Theatre.
NEWS: Two new Stiles & Drewe musicals & Hugh Bonneville feature in Chichester 2016 Festival
Jonathan Church and Alan Finch announce the Chichester Festival Theatre 2016 season – the last under their leadership as Artistic Director and Executive Director.