At Home He Feels Like A Tourist

Category: Theatre

• Colonialism Culture Family London Nationhood Nigeria Theatre War

  Three Sisters at the National Theatre review ***

  Three Sisters National Theatre Lyttleton, 9th December 2019 Opportunity partially missed I am afraid. Inua Ellams has come up with a brilliant idea by transporting Chekhov to 1960s Nigeria, specifically during the Biafaran Civil War. Yet his urge to educate and contextualise leaves the dialogue heavy on exposition. And, in…

  January 29, 2020
• Culture Disability Family London Theatre

  A Day in the Life of Joe Egg at Trafalgar Studios review *****

  A Day in the Life of Joe Egg Trafalgar Studios, 30th November 2019 Not a fan of the Trafalgar Studios which has been asking daft prices for mediocre seating in the last year or so, (though it seems to have eased up a bit now and is nowhere near as…

  January 23, 2020
• Acting Culture Dreams Fiction London Myths Stories Theatre Truth

  The Antipodes at the National Theatre review ****

  The Antipodes National Theatre Dorfman, 23rd November 2019 I’ll tell you what. That Annie Baker backs herself. Here is another long play, near 2 hours straight through, where, visually, nothing much happens, bar a properly weird interlude, and dense with word. And this time it is a story about stories,…

  January 14, 2020
• Community Culture Landscape London Memory Place Theatre Wales War

  On Bear Ridge at the Royal Court Theatre review ***

  On Bear Ridge Royal Court Theatre, 21st November 2019 Knockout premise. Some splendid dialogue. Beguiling, complex characters. Inspired design courtesy of Cai Dyfans. Supported by the lighting of Elliot Griggs and sound of Mike Beer, And engaging performances from the outstanding Welsh cast of Rhys Ifans, Rakie Ayola (the first…

  January 3, 2020
• art Culture Florence History Italy London Performance Renaissance Sexuality Theatre

  Botticelli in the Fire at Hampstead Theatre review **

  Botticelli in the Fire Hampstead Theatre, 20th November 2019 Us pensioners, well nearly in the case of the Tourist, as well as the real-dealers who haunt the matinees at which he largely frequents, are getting our eyes opened in Roxana Silbert’s first season as AD at the HT. Nothing fusty…

  December 18, 2019
• Comedy Culture Gender London Love Patriarchy Shakespeare Theatre

  Much Ado About Nothing at Wiltons Music Hall review ****

  Much Ado About Nothing Wilton’s Music Hall, 19th November 2019 The Tourist has been very much taken with previous Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory productions, Othello and Henry V, both here and on home turf in Bristol. This latest, MAAN, directed by Elizabeth Freestone, as was Henry V, and who…

  December 16, 2019
• Acting Culture Education Institution London Theatre

  Shook at the Southwark Playhouse review *****

  Shook Southwark Playhouse, 16th November 2019 The Papatango New Writing Prize is apparently the biggest of its kind in the UK, offering its winner the guarantee of a production and a commission to support a follow up play. The Funeral Director, Hanna, Trestle, Foxfinder, and especially Matt Grinter’s Orca, have…

  December 12, 2019
• Acting Agency Authorship Class Comedy Culture Fiction Literature London Love Theatre

  The Watsons at the Menier Chocolate Factory review *****

  The Watsons Menier Chocolate Factory, 16th November 2019 Fannyed about and failed to book this when it came to Chichester. Wasn’t about to make the same mistake again so quick off the mark when the transfer to the MCF was announced and a three line whip to include the SO…

  December 10, 2019
• Age Culture Family Ireland London Theatre

  The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Queens Theatre Hornchurch review ****

  The Beauty Queen of Leenane Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, 14th November 2019 From one side of London to the other. All on track until the very last gasp, so snuck in a few minutes late to this. A big thanks to the very helpful ushers at this friendly house. TBQOL isn’t…

  December 7, 2019
• Culture London Love Piano Shakespeare Theatre

  Alls Well That Ends Well at the Jermyn Street Theatre review *****

  All’s Well That Ends Well Jermyn Street Theatre, 6th November 2019 Hard to credit but the Tourist had never seen a production of AWTEW until now. Which made the pleasure in seeing Tom Littler’s pint sized production, in tandem with the Guildford Shakespeare Company, even sweeter. Wiki tells me that…

  December 3, 2019