Category: Theatre
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Noises Off at the Lyric Hammersmith review ****
Noises Off Lyric Hammersmith, 24th July 2019 Noises Off will transfer to the Garrick Theatre from 27th September. It is a generally accepted truism in luvvie-world that Michael Frayn’s Noises Off is one of the funniest plays. An opinion with which the Tourist heartily concurs. Alongside Lysistrata and The Frogs, most…
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Present Laughter at the Old Vic review ****
Present Laughter Old Vic Theatre, 24th July 2019 Ummed and ahhed about whether to see this. On the one hand it was Andrew Scott in the lead as one of theatre’s most renowned hyper-narcissists, Gary Essendine. On the other hand it was a play from the dreadful old reactionary Noel…
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Noye’s Fludde at the Theatre Royal Stratford East review ****
Noye’s Fludde Theatre Royal Stratford East, 3rd July 2019 You might think it’s a bit sad really. A grown man in his 50s on his own at a children’s opera performed by a community that he cannot claim to be any part of. Unfortunately my kids never caught the Britten…
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Bitter Wheat at the Garrick Theatre review **
Bitter Wheat Garrick Theatre, 4th July 2019 The last time I saw a David Mamet play it was the very fine revival of Glengarry Glen Ross at the Playhouse with an outstanding cast of Christian Slater, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Stanley Townsend, Don Warrington, Daniel Ryan and Oliver Ryan. There…
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Wife at the Kiln Theatre review ****
Wife Kiln Theatre, 3rd July 2019 How difficult can it be to get to Kilburn? Very it would seem if you are the Tourist, this being the second time this year that he has missed the start of a matinee performance, (and having cut it perilously fine on another occasion).…
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Sancho: An Act of Remembrance at the Orange Tree Theatre review ****
Paterson Joseph – Sancho: An Act of Remembrance Orange Tree Theatre, 30th June 2019 OK. So let me get this out of the way at the beginning. Paterson Joseph’s one man homage to Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first Black Briton to vote, sometimes comes across as just a little too…
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Radio at the Arcola Theatre review ****
Radio Arcola Theatre, 25th June 2019 Never easy to work out what to sign up for at the Arcola Theatre since so much of quality and interest passes through the doors. So the Tourist has adopted a somewhat whimsical approach and given up worrying too much if he misses the…
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The Pope at the Royal and Derngate review ****
The Pope Royal and Derngate Theatre Northampton, 13th June 2019 I suspect Kiwi Anthony McCarten has trousered a few quid in the last fewyears. What with writing the screenplay for The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour and Bohemian Rhapsody. But he has returned to his roots with this play, The…
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Anna at the National Theatre review ****
Anna National Theatre Dorfman, 11th June 2019 After a false start, (the indolent Tourist failed to wake up in time on the appointed on-sale day and this sold out fast), a couple of returns were secured so it was off to the Dorfman with MS in tow for Ella Hickson’s…
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