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‘Has an intimacy redolent of Graham’s earlier works’: BUBBLE – Nottingham Playhouse (Online review)

In Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Maryam Philpott27th October 2020Leave a Comment

One of the highest profile events in Nottingham Playhouse’s Unlocked Festival was Bubble, a hybrid production, performed in-house and live streamed over the weekend to a potential international audience – a new James Graham comedy about life in lockdown.

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‘Still gripping & audacious’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Tom Bolton6th February 2018Leave a Comment

Ian Rickson’s excellent production at the Harold Pinter Theatre demonstrates, without a shadow of a doubt, why The Birthday Party deserves its classic status.

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‘A masterpiece in character study’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Anne Cox26th January 2018Leave a Comment

But this starry revival of The Birthday Party which has just opened at – where else? – the Harold Pinter Theatre – is immensely enjoyable – even if you occasionally lose the plot.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Birthday Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Quotes, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Emma Clarendon21st January 2018Leave a Comment

Ian Rickson’s 60th-anniversary revival of Harold Pinter’s best-known play has opened at the West End theatre named after the late playwright. The Birthday Party stars Toby Jones, Zoë Wanamaker, Stephen Mangan and Pearl Mackie. Here’s what critics thought.

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‘Pinter’s most canonical drama still works’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Ticket recommendations by Aleks Sierz20th January 2018Leave a Comment

With its episode of a game of blind man’s bluff being both very funny and rather horrible, this is a Birthday Party for a generation brought up on The League of Gentlemen.

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‘Utilises all the skills of its excellent cast’: THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – West End

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Maryam Philpott19th January 2018Leave a Comment

Ian Rickson’s production is a tense and unnerving experience that utilises all the skills of its excellent cast to reinforce the oddity of one of Pinter’s most performed plays.

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What were our Top 10 news stories in September 2017?

In Features, Inspiring people, London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Ticket recommendations by Press Releases2nd October 2017Leave a Comment

What were the headlines that got readers clicking most last month? Any surprises? Here are our Top 10 News stories from September 2017.

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NEWS: Doctor Who’s Pearl Mackie joins all-star cast of Pinter’s The Birthday Party, TICKETS ONSALE

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Ticket recommendations by Press Releases15th September 2017Leave a Comment

Pearl Mackie will join the cast of a new production of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, in her first role since playing ‘Bill Potts’, the Doctor’s companion, in the latest series of the BBC’s Doctor Who.

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