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‘Entertaining in its populist stress on feelgood comedy’: THE CORN IS GREEN – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz4th May 2022Leave a Comment

Even 20th century drama is under threat. So can the National Theatre buck this trend with this rediscovery of The Corn Is Green, and some help from its star, Nicola Walker?

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‘Some moments are desperately moving, almost unbearably sad’: OLD BRIDGE – Bush Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz17th November 2021Leave a Comment

Powerful, poetic and profound: this well-deserved winner of the 2020 Papatango New Writing Prize now gets a cracking production on the main stage at the Bush Theatre.

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‘Indulge in your inner child and open up your imagination’: LOVE BEYOND THE ZOO – BBC Sounds ★★★★ (Online review)

In Audio, Online shows, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Fairy Powered Productions11th September 2021Leave a Comment

Indulge in your inner child and open up your imagination to unlikely possibilities with ‘Love Beyond the Zoo’ – it’s not just a fictional story but also a fable which makes us question what it really means to be free.

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‘This play really sparks conversation’: Charlotte Peters directs Dance at the King’s Head Theatre

In Features, Interviews, London theatre, Plays by Emma Clarendon30th June 2021Leave a Comment

Director Charlotte Peters chats about directing Matthew Morrison’s DANCE at the King’s Head Theatre.

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‘A real call to arms’: EMILIA (Online review)

In London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by John Chapman12th November 2020Leave a Comment

One play I have seen consistently recommended over the last couple of years is Emilia which premiered at The Globe in 2018 and transferred to the West End last year and was awarded three Oliviers.

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‘Entertaining, informative & transformative’: EMILIA – West End ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Olivia Mitchell1st May 2019Leave a Comment

A transfer from the Globe, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play about the 17th century poet Emilia Bassano Lanier is already receiving highly positive acclaim as it rouses audiences to their feet night after night

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‘Is there anything on the London stage more gracefully eloquent?’: EMILIA – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster1st April 2019Leave a Comment

It’s a rare moment of beautiful subtlety in a play that is more often considerably bolder in its sentiment, but it’s also a mark of just how nuanced Nicole Charles’ production and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s writing is.

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‘Becomes a metaphor for womankind’: EMILIA – West End ★★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Rev Stan30th March 2019Leave a Comment

I’ve read reviews of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play Emilia that describe its feminist message as ‘unsubtle’ and the titular character’s suffering as overblown. It’s comments like that, which reinforce the need for plays like this and why, perhaps, the time for subtlety is over.

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‘Demands to be seen’: EMILIA – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Rachel Williams26th March 2019Leave a Comment

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s script for Emilia at the Vaudeville Theatre is spectacularly good: funny, poignant, angry and inspiring. It’s an amazing piece of theatre, yes, but it’s also something more than that. It feels like a movement, almost.

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‘Shamelessly rousing & disappointingly crude’: EMILIA – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz25th March 2019Leave a Comment

Triumphant, if crude, the West End transfer of Emilia is a heartfelt account of a Renaissance woman who has been hidden from history.

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NEWS: Further casting is announced for West End transfer of Shakespeare Globe’s Emilia

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases14th January 2019Leave a Comment

Further casting has been announced for Emilia, written by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and directed by Nicole Charles at the Vaudeville Theatre from 8 March to 15 June 2019, following its run at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018.

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NEWS: Shakespeare’s Globe production of Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play Emilia transfers to the Vaudeville in March 2019

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases11th December 2018Leave a Comment

Following its sell-out run at Shakespeare’s Globe, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play Emilia, directed by Nicole Charles, will transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre for a strictly limited season from 8 March to 15 June 2019.

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