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  Top Girls at the National Theatre review ****

  Top Girls National Theatre Lyttleton, 4th April 2019 OK. So I might have oversold this one. It is still Caryl Churchill. With that extraordinary opening act. And that carefully calibrated feminist message, as relevant now as it was when it first appeared in 1982, of how to balance “success” in…

  April 21, 2019
• Culture London Theatre

  The best theatre coming up in London

  It’s been a little while since the Tourist set out his favourite theatre opportunities either on now (in the case of Nine Night), or coming up over the year in London. Nothing too obscure or fringe-y here. Tried and trusted in terms of writer, director, cast and/or venue. The first…

  February 14, 2019
• Culture London Politics Theatre

  I’m Not Running at the National Theatre review ***

  I’m Not Running National Theatre Lyttleton, 22nd January 2019 If you have a moment one day take a look at the writing credits of David Hare, both for stage and screen. There are a lot, including some of the finest dramas written in the English language over the past four…

  February 12, 2019
• Culture Theatre

  My top ten theatre shows of 2018 … and top ten to look forward to

  Right even by the standards of the drivel that the Tourist usually posts on this site this is an utter waste of your and my time. Weeks too late, built on flaky foundations of understanding and appreciation and precious little use to anyone. Except maybe me that is, as an…

  January 13, 2019
• Culture Fiction Horror London Theatre

  The Tell-Tale Heart at the National Theatre review ***

  The Tell-Tale Heart National Theatre Dorfman, 21st December 2018 No panto for the Tourist and family. This year’s entertainment was to be Anthony Neilson’s adaptation of the (in)famous Edgar Allan Poe short story about a writer who, let us say, loses a little bit of perspective. Some concern from our…

  January 7, 2019
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  Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre review ****

  Antony and Cleopatra National Theatre Olivier, 11th December 2018 Simon Godwin is a director who has shown he has a bit of a way with the sprawling masterpieces in the dramatic canon in recent years. Especially from the Bard. His recently opened Timon of Athens at the RSC, albeit with…

  December 30, 2018
• Culture London Theatre

  Stories at the National Theatre review ***

  Stories National Theatre Dorfman, 27th November 2018 Nina Raine has a knack for dramatising contemporary social issues from multiple perspectives and a gift for sharp comedy observation. At least based on her last work Consent as I have not seen her other acclaimed works Tribes and Rabbit. However here I…

  December 19, 2018
• Culture London Politics Theatre

  The Jungle at the Playhouse Theatre review *****

  The Jungle Playhouse Theatre, 4th October 2018 So this was my second attempt to see The Jungle. I had to bail out of the first halfway through as my back wasn’t up to squatting on the floor of the Young Vic. This is not a complaint. Given the subject it…

  October 17, 2018
• Culture Economics History London Theatre USA

  The Lehman Trilogy at the National Theatre review *****

  The Lehman Trilogy National Theatre Lyttleton, 18th September 2018 So I gather this staging of Stefano Massimi’s play The Lehman Trilogy is a very different take from that lauded across Europe after its premiere in 2015 in Italy. No cast of thousands here. Just three amazing actors in Simon Russell…

  September 29, 2018
• Culture London Theatre

  Home I’m Darling at the National Theatre review ***

  Home, I’m Darling National Theatre Dorfman, 29th August 2018 N.B. Home I’m Darling is transferring to the Duke of York’s Theatre from 26th January 2019 for 11 weeks and then toddles off on tour to Theatre Royal Bath, The Lowry and Theatr Clywd. Now I have to confess to a…

  September 4, 2018