Initially, Foul Pages has a surfeit of innuendo, as the actors revel in saucy banter. However, once things settle down, Foul Pages reveals itself to be about the love of acting and what it was like for the boys who played all the female roles.
WATCH: Terri’s show vlogs on Julius Caesar, Beginning & Foul Pages
I’ve been raving about Julius Caesar to everyone over the past few weeks, and particularly the experience of seeing it in the pit of the staggeringly versatile Bridge Theatre.
‘It just isn’t funny or bawdy enough’: FOUL PAGES – Hope Theatre ★★
Foul Pages, not as funny, original or inspired as it likes to think it is, runs at the Hope Theatre, Islington.
‘Something exciting and anarchic’: FOUL PAGES – Hope Theatre
In its exploration of artistic compromise and the perils of pursuing both sexual and political freedom, Foul Pages makes for strange eventful history.
‘Doesn’t quite know which way to turn’: FOUL PAGES – Hope Theatre ★★★
If the conflicting obsessions of the characters and the murkiness of the plot in Foul Pages at the Hope Theatre were more brightly illuminated, this could be a sustained and hilarious evening, but the author has given it pretentions also to be a serious drama.
‘Magic-infused escapism’: DEAR BRUTUS – Southwark Playhouse
A piece of magic-infused escapism that shifts tonally between whimsical frivolity and real psychological acuity, tear-jerking drama and comic romps, and as such, can feel hard to pin down.
PHOTOS: First-look at JM Barrie’s Dear Brutus, marking its centenary at Southwark Playhouse
Got your tickets yet for Troupe Theatre’s revival of JM Barrie’s rarely seen 1917 play Dear Brutus yet? Watch this spellbinding video, including interviews with director Jonathan O’Boyle and stars Miles Richardson and Venice van Someren about creating “Neverland for grownups” – and then get booking!
NEWS: Matthew Parker announces Hope’s spring 2018 season, directs Foul Pages premiere
Matthew Parker has announced the spring season in his fully curated year of shows at The Hope Theatre, an award-winning performance space in North London. The year features a mix of new writing and established work with a 50/50 gender split of writers and containing a world premiere directed by artistic director Parker. 2018 gets […]
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THE CHERRY ORCHARD – Arcola
Terrific Revolution season, Mehmet Ergen has put together at the Arcola. Along with Gorki’s The Lower Depths, a howl of distress from the underbelly of society now sits Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.
THE CHERRY ORCHARD – Arcola
Terrific Revolution season, Mehmet Ergen has put together at the Arcola. Along with Gorki’s The Lower Depths, a howl of distress from the underbelly of society now sits Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.