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Category: Theatre

• Amsterdam Culture Netherlands Russia Theatre

  The Cherry Orchard at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam review *****

  The Cherry Orchard (De Kersentuin) Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, Staddschouwburg Rabozaal, 20th June 2019 One of the world’s greatest theatre makers in Simon McBurney directing. Actors from probably the world’s greatest theatre company in the form of the ITA (previously Toneelgroep). An adaptation from Robert Icke no less with his Dutch…

  August 10, 2019
• Church Culture Film Religion Rome Theatre

  The Pope at the Royal and Derngate review ****

  The Pope Royal and Derngate Theatre Northampton, 13th June 2019 I suspect Kiwi Anthony McCarten has trousered a few quid in the last fewyears. What with writing the screenplay for The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour and Bohemian Rhapsody. But he has returned to his roots with this play, The…

  July 28, 2019
• Communism Culture Germany London Theatre Thriller

  Anna at the National Theatre review ****

  Anna National Theatre Dorfman, 11th June 2019 After a false start, (the indolent Tourist failed to wake up in time on the appointed on-sale day and this sold out fast), a couple of returns were secured so it was off to the Dorfman with MS in tow for Ella Hickson’s…

  July 27, 2019
• Acting Culture Jacobean London Romance Satire Shakespeare Theatre

  The Knight of the Burning Pestle at the Barbican Theatre review ****

  The Knight of the Burning Pestle Barbican Theatre, 8th June 2019 The Tourist has fallen embarrassingly behind on his documentation of a cultural life. Ironically because he has been on holiday. Unfortunately for you though this is not (yet) one of those countless dormant blogs, casualties of time and application.…

  July 27, 2019
• Acting Culture Dreams Gender London Love Magic Nature Sexuality Shakespeare Theatre

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre review *****

  A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bridge Theatre, 6th June 2019 Go join the Shakespeare party down at the Bridge. Nick Hytner pretty much always nails the Bard and he has done it again here. Ignore the lukewarm reviews from the critics who seem to have got a little bit antsy with…

  June 30, 2019
• Culture London Pittsburgh Race Relationship Theatre USA

  King Hedley II at the Theatre Royal Stratford East review ****

  King Hedley II Theatre Royal Stratford East, 6th June 2019 The Pittsburgh (or Century) Cycle. Ten plays written by August Wilson (above) charting the African- American experience in the US in each decade of the C20. All bar one set in the same Pittsburgh Hill district, where August Wilson grew…

  June 29, 2019
• Acting Capitalism Culture Finance London Satire Theatre

  Serious Money at LAMDA review review ****

  Serious Money Sainsbury Theatre, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, 4th June 2019 Last minute jaunt to Hammersmith to see one of LAMDA’s summer season offerings. If there are times when you start fulminating about paying close to a ton for a cramped perch in a dingy West End…

  June 26, 2019
• Culture London Manchester Theatre

  Harper Regan at the Tabard Theatre review ****

  Harper Regan Tabard Theatre, 1st June 2019 The Tourist’s first visit to the Tabard Theatre in leafy Chiswick, which given its proximity, its longevity, it has been around since 1985, and the quirky breadth of its repertoire, new plays and revivals, own and other productions, must count as a massive…

  June 25, 2019
• Culture London Politics Power Satire Theatre

  The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson at the Park Theatre review **

  The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson Park Theatre, 31st May 2019 Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is probably going to be your next Prime Minister, chosen by a hundred thousand or so duffers average age in the 70s. Sovereignty? Democracy? If that doesn’t make you laugh nothing will. Anyway the…

  June 22, 2019
• Acting Community Culture Family History London Place Theatre USA

  Our Town at the Open Air Theatre review ****

  Our Town Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, 23rd May 2019 Now I’ll be honest, until I started taking this theatre malarkey seriously, I had only the faintest idea of what Thornton Wilder’s most famous play, Our Town, was about. And even going in to this production at the Open Air…

  June 12, 2019