Category: Theatre
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Borders (*****) and Games (****) at the Arcola Theatre review
Borders and Games Arcola Theatre, 22nd December 2018 I had only seen one of Henry Naylor’s acclaimed plays prior to this double header and that was Angel at this very venue. That was enough to know that I like the cut of his jib. Mr Naylor, prior to writing plays,…
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The Tell-Tale Heart at the National Theatre review ***
The Tell-Tale Heart National Theatre Dorfman, 21st December 2018 No panto for the Tourist and family. This year’s entertainment was to be Anthony Neilson’s adaptation of the (in)famous Edgar Allan Poe short story about a writer who, let us say, loses a little bit of perspective. Some concern from our…
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Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre review ****
Antony and Cleopatra National Theatre Olivier, 11th December 2018 Simon Godwin is a director who has shown he has a bit of a way with the sprawling masterpieces in the dramatic canon in recent years. Especially from the Bard. His recently opened Timon of Athens at the RSC, albeit with…
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Dealing With Clair at the Orange Tree Theatre review ***
Dealing With Clair Orange Tree Theatre, 30th November 2019 The Orange Tree, along with the Royal Court, must presumably be one of Martin Crimp’s favourite theatres. Whilst he has primarily been engaged with writing libretti for George Benjamin’s excellent trio of operas in recent years, Into the Little Hill, Written…
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Company at the Gielgud theatre review ****
Company Gielgud Theatre, 29th November 2018 Regular readers will know that the Tourist doesn’t like musicals. However, with Company now ranking alongside Follies, Caroline, Or Change, Groundhog Day, Gypsy, Girl From the North Country, Junkyard and White Teeth, the list of exceptions to the rule is growing alarmingly long. Looks…
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Love Lies Bleeding at the Print Room Coronet review **
Love Lies Bleeding Print Room Coronet, 28th November 2018 You probably now Don DeLillo as the US author of provocative, existential contemporary fiction such as White Noise, Libra and Underworld. Well he also writes plays. Five of them to date apparently. IMHO he shouldn’t. They have been compared to Beckett…
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The Wild Duck at the Almeida Theatre review *****
The Wild Duck Almeida Theatre, 28th November 2018 He’s only gone and done it again. Director Robert Icke has taken Ibsen’s perhaps most circumspect, but probably greatest, masterpiece, from 1884, and adapted it to make it shine anew and say something profound about our world today. There may be a…
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