Written in 1886, Henrik Ibsen’s play Rosmersholm has a new-found poignancy in today’s political climate.
‘A thing of pure beauty but fails to stir the heart’: ROSMERSHOLM – West End
Neil Austin’s lighting design in Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre is a thing of beauty and Hayley Atwell is excellent but Ibsen is still Ibsen…
‘A cracker of an evening’: ROSMERSHOLM – West End ★★★★
It could all go horribly wrong but Ian Rickson’s production of Rosmersholm in Duncan Macmillan’s new adaptation brings Ibsen’s dense moral and political tragedy safely into port.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Rosmersholm at Duke of York’s Theatre
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Rosmersholm at Duke of York’s Theatre, a new adaptation of Ibsen’s play.
‘Strong & serious but Rosmer got in the way’: ROSMERSHOLM – West End ★★★
I wanted to be more engaged with the fierce fin-de siecle political play that is Ibsen’s Rosmersholm, but Rosmer got in the way.
‘Hayley Atwell’s multi-layered performance reveals a heroine like no other’: ROSMERSHOLM – West End
Most importantly Ian Rickson’s gripping production of Rosmersholm suggests that great female roles are to be found among the classics if only we look hard enough.
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NEWS: Further casting for Ian Rickson’s West End production of Rosmersholm includes Giles Terera & Lucy Briers
Giles Terera, Lucy Briers, Jake Fairbrother and Peter Wight have been cast alongside Tom Burke and Hayley Atwell in Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm, adapted by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Ian Rickson, playing at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 24 April to 20 July 2019.
NEWS: Tom Burke & Hayley Atwell will star in Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre
Tom Burke and Hayley Atwell will star as John Rosmer and Rebecca West in Ian Rickson’s new production of Rosmersholm, Ibsen’s classic study of a country in political flux, in a new adaptation by Duncan Macmillan. Further casting will be announced soon.
’Plenty to admire about this production’: DON CARLOS – Rose Theatre, Kingston ★★★★
The cast and director Gadi Roll provide plenty of pace and intensity to keep the audience thoroughly engaged during Don Carlos – but was all the shouting really necessary?
NEWS: David Walliams’ Billionaire Boy, Isango Ensemble & Women in Power in Southampton 2018 launch season
Director of Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Samuel Hodges, today announces their new season for 2018. This announcement also marks the opening of the brand new NST City, NST’s newly built theatre in Southampton’s city centre. Their 2018 season of work will be spread across both the new venue and their original home, NST Campus. The season is comprised of four world …
Weekly Theatre Podcast: The Spoils, Titanic, The Deep Blue Sea, Human Animals
This week the London theatre bloggers discuss Jesse Eisenberg’s double West End debut The Spoils, Helen McCrory in Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, the return of Titanic, and Human Animals at the Royal Court.
THE DEEP BLUE SEA – National Theatre
Terence Rattigan’s best play stars Helen McCrory in an uncertain production that attempts an emotional update.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Deep Blue Sea at the National Theatre
Terence Rattigan’s heartbreaking drama reunites director Carrie Cracknell and Helen McCrory at the National Theatre, where it runs in rep at the Lyttelton until 21 September 2016. But is the quality of the production worthy of the collaboration?
REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Deep Blue Sea at the National Theatre
Terence Rattigan’s heartbreaking drama reunites director Carrie Cracknell and Helen McCrory at the National Theatre, where it runs in rep at the Lyttelton until 21 September 2016. But is the quality of the production worthy of the collaboration?
THE DEEP BLUE SEA – National Theatre
“We’re death to one another, you and I”. The great cry from trapped, degraded macho Freddie, struggling to leave the desperate demanding Hester Collyer as she clings to his very shoes, marks a turning-point in what – as any fule kno – is one of Terence Rattigan’s greatest and most intimately felt plays. Her “Don’t leave me alone tonight!” rips through the air as the door slams. She has already tried suicide once.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Reasons to Be Happy at Hampstead Theatre
Neil LaBute’s new play, a sequel to Reasons to Be Pretty, arrives at the Hampstead Theatre – but do critics love it or loathe it? It runs until 23 April 2016.
PHOTOS: Rehearsal shots for Reasons to Be Happy at Hampstead Theatre
New rehearsal images have been released for the UK premiere of Neil LaBute’s Reasons to be Happy , running at the Hampstead Theatre from the 17th March to the 16th April. Rehearsals have begun for the UK premiere of Neil LaBute’s new romantic comedy Reasons to be Happy, opening at the Hampstead Theatre on the 17th […]