West Yorkshire Playhouse today announced it will change its name to Leeds Playhouse. The name change marks a new chapter in the theatre’s 50-year history.
‘An unadulterated triumph’: RITA, SUE & BOB TOO – Royal Court Theatre
Superb performances enliven this revival of Andrea Dunbar’s 1982 classic about sex and poverty in Bradford
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Mind the Blog’s top 2017 performances
This year variety has been the thing (though I’ve still managed to stack up certain repeat attendances), so that means I’ve seen a serious amount of performers – some even two or three times!
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Mark Hadfield and Liz White
The recent production of Jim Cartwrwight’s Road at the Royal Court made for unmissible viewing – a blindingly relevant show that gives expression to the inhabitants of an unnamed northern road in Eighties Britain. After seeing John Tiffany’s production, I sat down with actors Mark Hadfield and Liz White to find out more about the process that went into creating the show.
ROAD – Royal Court Theatre
Powerful revival of Jim Cartwright’s 1986 modern classic comes alive in all its noisy, vulgar and transcendent glory.
ROAD – Royal Court Theatre
Under John Tiffany’s direction, Road feels terrifyingly present, and still as necessary after over thirty years since its debut.
ROAD – Royal Court Theatre
As somebody who grew up on the outskirts of a depressed Lancashire town in the 1980s, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the Royal Court’s revival of Jim Cartwright’s seminal debut play Road.
ROAD – Royal Court Theatre
I started to wonder whether being cast with an all Indian company – to reflect the population of a typical Lancashire street of terraces nowadays – might better highlight the characters’ issues and dilemmas,
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Road at the Royal Court Theatre
John Tiffany directs this new production of Jim Cartwright’s seminal play about inhabitants of an unnamed northern road in Eighties Britain.
ROAD – Royal Court Theatre
Jim Cartwright’s script is atmospheric in itself, the personalities of each character who all represent a different failing of society are there in the text.
NEWS: Casting announced for Road at the Royal Court
The Royal Court Theatre announces the cast for Road, written by Jim Cartwright and directed by John Tiffany. Cartwright’s seminal play gives expression to the inhabitants of an unnamed northern road in Eighties Britain.
RAZ – West End
Jim Cartwright returns with a high-octane monologue about a night out, but has nothing to say beyond the banal.