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WINGS – Young Vic ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis25th September 2017Leave a Comment

Fusing brilliant imaginative speculation with humour, in Natalie Abrahami’s revival, Wings becomes a deeply moving, ultimately even uplifting account of what it might feel like for a stroke victim, trapped inside a dysfunctioning brain.

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NEWS: Young Vic’s West End Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will be screened via NT Live in February

In Films, London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases1st September 2017Leave a Comment

The Young Vic’s West End production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, currently playing to capacity each night at the Apollo Theatre, will be broadcast to cinemas around the world on 22 February 2018, marking the fourth collaboration between the Young Vic and National Theatre Live.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Apollo Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, News, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Emma Clarendon25th July 2017Leave a Comment

Benedict Andrews directs this new Young Vic production of Tennessee Williams’ classic Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, starring Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell at the West End’s Apollo Theatre until 7 October 2017. What have critics been saying?

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NEWS: Stephen Daldry directs two premieres in Lan’s final Young Vic season

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases14th July 2017Leave a Comment

Fresh from his award-winning screen success with The Crown, former Royal Court artistic director Stephen Daldry will return to the stage to helm two world premiere plays in the Young Vic’s newly announced 2017/18 season.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Life of Galileo at Young Vic Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Native, News, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon26th May 2017Leave a Comment

Joe Wright directs this new production of Brecht’s play. But what have the critics been saying about it?

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LIFE OF GALILEO – Young Vic

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis19th May 2017Leave a Comment

Whatever you may think about Bertolt Brecht’s more doctrinaire views, here’s a play in Joe Wright’s visually spectacular, star-gazing production that says exactly what needs to be said for a society reeling from and dominated by self-interest and finance.

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NEWS: Colm Meaney joins Sienna Miller & Jack O’Connell in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, TICKETS ONSALE

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases by Press Releases12th May 2017Leave a Comment

Colm Meaney will join Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell to play Big Daddy in the Young Vic production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof directed by Benedict Andrews in the West End.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Young Vic Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon1st March 2017Leave a Comment

Joe Hill-Gibbins directs this new production of Shakespeare’s comedy with a cast including Jemima Rooper. A Midsummer Night’s Dream runs at the Young Vic until 1 April 2017. What have critics been making of it?

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NEWS: Harry Potter & Glenda Jackson scoop Critics’ Circle Awards

In Awards, London theatre, Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky, Uncategorised by Press Releases31st January 2017Leave a Comment

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was the big winner at this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, taking home three prizes, while elsewhere Glenda Jackson, Billie Piper and Stephen Dillane all won acting prizes.

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NEWS: Billie Piper’s Yerma returns to Young Vic, Joe Wright directs Life of Galileo, Juliet Stevenson takes Wings

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases25th January 2017Leave a Comment

Billie Piper’s reprises her award-winning performance in Yerma at the Young Vic, where other new shows in 2017 include Juliet Stevenson in Arthur Kopit’s Wings and Life of Galileo directed by Joe Wright.

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REVIEW ROUND-UP: Once in a Lifetime at the Young Vic Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Emma Clarendon9th December 2016Leave a Comment

Harry Enfield makes his theatre debut in Richard Jones’s production – but what have critics been saying about it?  The Guardian: *** “Enfield gives us a shuffling oldster who knows that his power lies in his position. His performance is […]

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ONCE IN A LIFETIME – Young Vic Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Libby Purves7th December 2016Leave a Comment

’Tis the season to be silly, and the Young Vic’s revival of a screwball 1930’s Hollywood satire hit the spot triumphantly with this theatre’s warm, responsive audience.

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5 shows to look out for in December: Dreamgirls, Cinderella, Buried Child & more

In Features, London theatre, Musicals, Native, Opinion, Plays, Sticky by Emma Clarendon30th November 2016Leave a Comment

The year is rapidly coming to a close. But before it does, there are more great shows to see in the lead up to Christmas. Here is Love London Love Culture’s guide to some of the best shows opening in December 2016

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NEWS: Casting announced for Young Vic Midsummer Night’s Dream

In London theatre, Native, News, Press Releases by Press Releases25th November 2016Leave a Comment

Director Joe Hill-Gibbins returns to the Young Vic’s Main House stage with a bold new production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Principal casting – including Jemima Rooper, Anastasia Hille and Sunny Afternoon’s John Dagleish – has now been announced.

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NEWS: Young Vic announces new shows from award-winning emerging directors

In London theatre, News, Plays, Press Releases by Emma Clarendon20th November 2016Leave a Comment

Lucy J Skilbeck and Nancy Medina both won the Genesis Future Directors Awards for 2017 and will direct three plays between them, to be shown at the Young Vic.  From March 22nd to the 1st April 2017, The Clare will be presenting Lucy […]

THE NEST – Young Vic

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis2nd November 2016Leave a Comment

Franz Xaver Kroetz works in miniature, holding up a mirror to the lives of `small people’, in The Nest, a lorry driver and his pregnant wife, working all the hours that god sends to make ends meet.

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THE NEST – Young Vic

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Carole Woddis2nd November 2016Leave a Comment

Franz Xaver Kroetz works in miniature, holding up a mirror to the lives of `small people’, in The Nest, a lorry driver and his pregnant wife, working all the hours that god sends to make ends meet.

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A MAN OF GOOD HOPE – Young Vic Theatre

In International, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Libby Purves19th October 2016Leave a Comment

Not all refugees are in Calais or aiming for here. This enthralling piece from Mark Dornford-May’s Isango Ensemble of Cape Town tells another story, an African epic beating and yearning with the voice of a great continent. Musically magnificent, poignant and joyful and vigorous…

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A MAN OF GOOD HOPE – Young Vic Theatre

In International, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Carole Woddis18th October 2016Leave a Comment

Told partly in text but also sung through accompanied by marimbas, drums and any other vocal sound required made by the 25 piece ensemble, A Man of Good Hope is a model of economy yet full bloodied exuberance, choral excellence and not a little wit.

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Theatre Podcast: The Emperor, Torn, Labyrinth

In Audio, Features, London theatre, Native, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast3rd October 2016Leave a Comment

This week the London theatre bloggers discuss The Emperor starring Kathryn Hunter at the Young Vic, Torn at the Royal Court and Beth Steel’s latest play at Hampstead Theatre, Labyrinth.

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