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Category: Theatre

  • The Philanthropist at Trafalgar Studios review *

    The Philanthropist Trafalgar Studios One, 6th July So the Philanthropist has been and gone. A combination of a visit late in the run, the Tourist’s usual dilatoriness and a holiday meant no review until now. Probably just as well. This wasn’t great I have to say. I think I just…

  • Some forthcoming London theatre ideas

    So we have had a few new season announcements over the past few weeks so here is a wrap up of what I think looks interesting in terms of stuff coming up on various London stages. To spare you crawling through all this guff here is my top ten, including…

  • Salome at the National Theatre ***

    Salome National Theatre, 5th July 2017 Salome, much like Common also currently residing on the Olivier stage, has been given a bit of a pasting by the criterati. Not utterly trashed but its obvious flaws have been highlighted. And much like Common I have to say I think the criticism…

  • Gloria at the Hampstead Theatre review ****

    Gloria Hampstead Theatre, 4th July 2017 Right. This might actually be a review of, albeit dubious, utility. There are 3 weeks or so left on the run and there are  a fair few tickets left. And this is a fine piece of theatre with an interesting premise, formal innovation, enough…

  • Common at the National Theatre review ***

    Common National Theatre, 28th June 2017 Is it possible to feel sorry for a play? Common has had some pretty poor reviews from the criterati and the public alike and there are tons of tickets left for the month or so left on the run. Well I can’t pretend it…

  • Life of Galileo at the Young Vic review ****

    Life of Galileo Young Vic, 21st June 2017 My Brechtian education continues apace. Who would have thought that until a couple of years ago I hadn’t see any Brecht plays at all and frankly wasn’t that interested having been put off by the great man’s reputation. What a klutz I…

  • My favourite London theatre of 2016

    Right then. I know what you are thinking. Doesn’t this numpty know that it’s June 2017. Bit pointless talking about theatre from last year then. Well yes, you may well have a point. However this blog only started in March 2017 and it’s mine anyway so I can do what…

  • Anatomy of a Suicide at the Royal Court Theatre review *****

    Anatomy of a Suicide Royal Court Theatre, 22nd June 2017 There are many extraordinary things about Anatomy of a Suicide. One is that there are still tickets left in the run at the Royal Court. Snap them up. Another is that as far as I can see all the serious…

  • Terror at the Lyric Hammersmith review ****

    Terror Lyric Hammersmith, 19th June 2017 Terror is not your typical piece of theatre. It is a courtroom drama yes, but not in the form of a classic “did he/she or didn’t he/she do it”. Nor is it especially interested in probing the psychological make-up of accused, victim or legal…

  • Twitstorm at the Park Theatre review ***

    Twitstorm Park Theatre, 15th June 2017 Right then. Where to start with Twitstorm, a new play by Chris England, which has a couple more weeks to run at the Park Theatre. Well once again the Park has taken an intriguing and a la mode idea and stuffed it full of…

  • An Octoroon at the Orange Tree Theatre review ****

    An Octoroon Orange Tree Theatre, 14th June 2017 Crikey. An Octoroon. I am not entirely sure what I saw and learnt here. I do know it will stay in the memory for many years though and I am very glad I saw this. Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes the bones of…

  • Richard III at the Arcola Theatre review ****

    Richard III Arcola Theatre, 10th June 2017 I have had a surfeit of Dickie IIIs over the last few years. Mind you I am not complaining. Mark Rylance on his return to the Globe found a vulnerable, despairing Richard who didn’t seem to care about his actions. Ralph Fiennes was…