Tag: Chloe Lamford
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The Duchess of Malfi at the Almeida Theatre ****
The Duchess of Malfi Almeida Theatre, 2nd Jan 2020 No question Almeida Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall is talented. Her Summer and Smoke, the dreamy Three Sisters here last year and now this. And for those, like the Tourist, who get a little antsy about her intemperate use of de jour…
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The American Clock at the Old Vic review ***
The American Clock Old Vic Theatre, 11th February 2019 All the reviews will tell you the same thing. This was not one of Arthur Miller’s finest moments. Mind you his finest moments are amongst the greatest in theatrical history so the bar is set pretty high. A series of vignettes,…
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The Cane at the Royal Court Theatre review ***
The Cane Royal Court Theatre, 21st January 2019 Somehow, until now, the Tourist has failed to see any of the work of Mark Ravenhill, either as writer, performer or director, or even his columns in the Guardian, surprising given the Tourist’s status as a paid up Guardianista. There was a…
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Gundog at the Royal Court Theatre review ***
Gundog Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, 15th February 2018 Always a tricky business knowing what to pick out when booking in advance for productions at the Royal Court. Obviously if it is a big name playwright, or someone with previous form, probably best to get in there sharpish and buy…
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John at the National Theatre review *****
John National Theatre (Dorfman), 6th February 2018 I would be very wary of playwright Annie Baker if I were you. She will bewitch you. Magical powers. That is the only way to explain John. Nothing really dramatic happens, the setting doesn’t change and the words, initially at least, seem quite…
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My Mum’s a Twat at the Royal Court Theatre review ***
My Mum’s A Twat Royal Court Theatre, 16th January 2018 I am a fat bloke with a dodgy heart and a sore back in his 50s. So I should not be swanning around London without a care in the world hoovering up culture to make up for lost time. I…
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Victory Condition at the Royal Court Theatre review **
Victory Condition Royal Court Theatre, 12th October 2017 Apparently the writer of Victory Condition, Chris Thorpe, likes to experiment with the dramatic form. I haven’t seen Confirmation, a one man work in which he also took the lead as a white supremacist, which apparently prodded and provoked its audience. It…
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B at the Royal Court Theatre review ***
B Royal Court Theatre, 12th October 2017 I wasn’t entirely sure what to see from the plays on offer in this latest season at the Royal Court. I don’t know enough about the writers and the teasers on the website are exactly that, teasers. Seeing too many is an extravagance,…
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