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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…
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When the Crows Visit at the Kiln Theatre review ****
When the Crows Visit Kiln Theatre, 6th November 2019 An adaptation of Ibsen’s Ghosts, relocated to modern day India. Seems like a good idea no? It was. In fact better than I had expected even with its visible flaws.. Anupama Chandrasekhar has written a play that takes the Norwegian master…
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Solaris at the Lyric Hammersmith review ****
Solaris Lyric Hammersmith, 2nd November 2019 One book, a Soviet TV adaptation, two films. And now a play. And, between us, the SO and I have all the bases covered. SO, a big fan of Stanislaw Lem’s ground-breaking 1961 dense sci-fi/horror novel, me, unusually tolerant of Tarkovsky’s high culture, languid…
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Sydney and the Old Girl at the Park Theatre review ***
Sydney and the Old Girl Park Theatre, 1st November 2019 After the resounding success of Madame Rubinstein at the Park Theatre a couple of years ago it was a pretty easy sell to get BUD, KCK and the SO along to the same venue to see our favourite potty-mouthed, near-octogenarian…
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Our Lady of Kibeho at the Theatre Royal Stratford East review *****
Our Lady of Kibeho Theatre Royal Stratford East, 31st October 2019 Old Billers, now set to enjoy retirement as he steps down from his job as chief critic at the Guardian, knows a thing or two about theatre. So, when he identified, with his colleagues, OLOK as one of the…
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Little Baby Jesus at the Orange Tree Theatre review ****
Little Baby Jesus Orange Tree Theatre, 28th October 2019 No flies on this. Arinze Kene’s coming of age play which first appeared at the OvalHouse in 2011 is high octane stuff. Which here, under the direction of this year’s winner of the JMK Award, Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, and a committed cast…
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“Master Harold” … and the boys at the National Theatre review *****
“Master Harold” … and the boys National Theatre Lyttleton, 26th October 2019 I was surprised by this. Not by the content. Athol Fugard, like his compatriot in the plastic arts William Kentridge, has more than enough inspiration to fuel his art from the history of his nation. Master Harold, like…
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