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Category: Theatre

  • The Phlebotomist at Hampstead Theatre review *****

    The Phlebotomist Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, 2nd May 2018 The Phlebotomist is sold out for the rest of its runs. So you had better hope that it pitches up elsewhere, ideally with the current cast and creatives, for it really is an excellent play. There are three almighty talents on show…

  • Pressure at the Park Theatre review ***

    Pressure Park Theatre, 26th April 2018 I had high hopes for Pressure. I have said before that the Park Theatre has a knack of mounting a wide array of productions, which, on paper at least, sound interesting, though execution can be variable. If I am honest Pressure, initially, wasn’t one…

  • Instructions For Correct Assembly at the Royal Court Theatre review ****

    Instructions For Correct Assembly Royal Court Theatre, 23rd April 2018 I was much taken with Thomas Eccleshare’s previous outing, Heather, on a recent outing at the Bush Theatre (Heather at the Bush Theatre review *****). Instructions for Correct Assembly looked similarly intriguing and, much to my surprise, I manage to…

  • Much Ado About Nothing at the Rose Kingston review ****

    Much Ado About Nothing Rose Theatre Kingston, 20th April 2018 Come on fellow residents of the Royal Borough of Kingston and London Borough of Richmond – both upon Thames. Get your collective arses over to the Rose Theatre to see this new version of Much Ado About Nothing, celebrating the…

  • Pericles, Prince de Tyr at Silk Street Theatre review *****

    Pericles, Prince de Tyr Barbican Silk Street Theatre, 19th April 2018 Trust me. You can trust experts. Parading your own ignorance against all the evidence of those who know more than you, just to satisfy your own prejudice, is an ugly human foible. In the very small commercial world of…

  • The Country Wife at Southwark Playhouse review ***

    The Country Wife Southwark Playhouse, 17th April 2018 I haven’t seen that many Restoration comedies. In fact if I take the list of notable examples of the genre offered up by Wiki I see it is a grand total of one, in the form of the NT’s Beaux Stratagem from…

  • Macbeth at the National Theatre review ***

    Macbeth National Theatre Olivier, 14th April 2018 Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more This was frustrating. No way of hiding it. It promised so much. A Macbeth. With Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff,…

  • Humble Boy at the Orange Tree Theatre review ***

    Humble Boy Orange Tree Theatre, 11th April 2018 Sometimes it can be tricky to put your finger on exactly why a play doesn’t quite work for you. Other times it is easy. This was one of the latter. For me, writer Charlotte Jones lavishes so much attention on shoehorning in…

  • Coraline at the Barbican Theatre review ****

    Coraline Barbican Theatre, 7th April 2018 Was I the only person in the audience who knew nothing about Neil Gaiman’s 2003 cult children’s fantasy novella from whence came Mark-Anthony Turnage’s opera Coraline? It certainly felt like it. To be fair the provenance had dawned on me some time before the…

  • Fanny and Alexander at the Old Vic review ****

    Fanny and Alexander Old Vic Theatre, 4th April 2017 I WILL USE BLOCK CAPITAL FOR EMPHASIS AS WE SLIGHTLY UNHINGED KEYBOARD WARRIORS ARE WONT TO DO. FOR JUST £12 YOU CAN GO AND SEE ONE OF THE REMAINING PERFORMANCES OF FANNY AND ALEXANDER. That’s right. All seats for the last…