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Category: Theatre

• Agency Community Culture Economics Institution London Politics Theatre

  Faith, Hope and Charity at the National Theatre review ****

  Faith, Hope and Charity National Theatre Dorfman, 8th October 2019 I didn’t catch the first two plays in Alexander Zeldin’s trilogy, Beyond Caring (zero hours contracts) and Love (a homeless hostel), about life for the disadvantaged in modern Britain. In fact worse that that I didn’t even know about them.…

  November 17, 2019
• Amsterdam Culture Europe History Identity London Memory Netherlands Theatre Truth

  Amsterdam at the Orange Tree Theatre review ***

  Amsterdam Orange Tree Theatre, 5th October 2019 The UK premiere of Israeli playwright Maya Arad Yasur’s “strikingly original, audacious thriller”. Hmm. Striking yes. Original. I guess so. Audacious thriller. Not so sure. It is a fascinating story with a powerful message but its formal construction serves to distract and obfuscate…

  November 15, 2019
• Culture Family London Race Theatre USA

  Appropriate at the Donmar Warehouse review *****

  Appropriate Donmar Warehouse, 3rd October 2019 After deconstructing a Victorian melodrama in An Octoroon and satirising modern tragedy in Gloria, London now gets to see Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s 2013 take on the dysfunctional American family drama. Only this time the secret which lies at the heart of the Lafayette family is…

  November 13, 2019
• Culture France London Politics Power Theatre USA

  Two Ladies at the Bridge Theatre review *

  Two Ladies Bridge Theatre, 2nd October 2019 Well on the plus side the new season just announced at the Bridge looks to be a humdinger. A revival of Caryl Churchill’s A Number, directed by Polly Findlay with Roger Allam and Colin Morgan as Salter and son(s), Nick Hytner taking on…

  November 13, 2019
• Adventure Culture Fantasy Identity London Myths Theatre

  Peer Gynt at the National Theatre review ****

  Peer Gynt National Theatre Olivier, 1st October 2019 I know what I need. A bit more Ibsen. There are reasons why theatre-makers keep returning to the master and the slew of high profile productions in London this year alone is a reminder of why. I would probably plump for Ian…

  November 12, 2019
• Culture London Myths Theatre

  Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. review at the Royal Court Theatre *****

  Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. Royal Court Theatre, 30th September 2019 Caryl Churchill is the greatest English language living playwright and, IMHO, the greatest playwright since Shakespeare. Now I know that many of you would disagree, and that the vast majority of people on the planet couldn’t give a f*ck, but…

  November 8, 2019
• Acting Culture History Horror Morality Power Theatre Uganda

  The Last King of Scotland at the Sheffield Crucible review *****

  The Last King of Scotland Crucible Sheffield, 28th September 2019 The Tourist generally agrees with all those smart people paid to review theatrical productions. That is a) because they now what they are doing, they are experts with experience and should be listened to, rather than some halfwit with his/her…

  November 7, 2019
• Capitalism Community Culture Environment Morality Norway Nottingham Politics Theatre

  An Enemy of the People at the Nottingham Playhouse review ****

  An Enemy of the People Nottingham Playhouse, 28th September 2019 Another day, another Ibsen update. After Tanika Gupta’s intelligent relocation of A Doll’s House to colonial India and Cordelia Lynn’s not quite so successful ageing of Hedda Gabler, the Tourist’s next stop was Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s transformation of Henrik’s prototype eco-warrior…

  November 4, 2019
• Culture Family Feminism London Relationship Theatre

  Hedda Tesman at the Minerva Theatre Chichester review ***

  Hedda Tesman Minerva Theatre Chichester, 26th September 2019 This counts as a disappointment. Not because of the source material. Hedda Gabler for goodness sake. Nor the cast though I will come back to this. There were plenty of actors on show, Haydn Gwynne, Anthony Calf, Jonathan Hyde, Natalie Simpson and…

  November 3, 2019
• Acting Crime Culture Family London Theatre

  Mother of Him at the Park Theatre ****

  Mother of Him Park Theatre, 19th September 2019 I confess that the main motivation for seeing Mother of Him was Tracy-Ann Oberman. You will probably know her from her many, and varied, TV roles but she is also a feted stage actor. However until now I had only seen her…

  November 1, 2019