Tag: Ivo van Hove
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A View from the Bridge at the Royal and Derngate Theatre review ****
A View From The Bridge Royal and Derngate, Northampton, 24th October 2019 The Tourist’s last exposure to Arthur Miller’s oppressive tale of an ordinary man brought low by his particularly disturbing brand of hamartia was Ivo van Hove’s stripped bare psychodrama with Mark Strong at his very best as Eddie…
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All About Eve at the Noel Coward Theatre review ****
All About Eve Noel Coward Theatre, 15th March 2019 Bloody West End theatres. The Noel Coward Theatre is by no means the worst offender, and we went early and cheap in terms of booking, which was probably the right strategy, but even this VFM perch was uncomfortable, tight, too hot…
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Network at the National Theatre review *****
Network National Theatre Lyttleton, 9th March 2018 Right then. Finally got to see Network. Booked early but this was the first date that BUD, KCK and the Blonde Bombshells could collectively make. A bit nervous because the last time we wheeled the Bombshells out to an Ivo van Hove entertainment…
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After the Rehearsal at the Barbican Theatre review ***
After the Rehearsal Barbican Theatre, 28th September 2017 So what was this going to be? Another flawed, portentous (pretentious?), langourous stroll through a story which might better have been left in its original format, like Obsession here at the Barbican earlier this year in the Toneelgroep Amsterdam Residency? Or a…
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 