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Tag: Rebecca Frecknall

• Culture Jacobean London Patriarchy Power Theatre Tragedy

  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…

  February 12, 2020
• Culture Denmark Film Friendship London Theatre

  The Hunt at the Almeida Theatre review *****

  The Hunt Almeida Theatre, 1st August 2019 I am not sure where I stand on the films of director, controversialist and misogynist Lars van Trier. I guess if you venture into dark territory you are going to make the audience that follows you uneasy. Which is how I feel about…

  September 20, 2019
• Culture Family London Russia Theatre Time

  Three Sisters at the Almeida Theatre review ****

  Three Sisters Almeida Theatre, 25th April 2019 It creeps up on you this Three Sisters. As with her feted take on Tennessee Williams’s neglected Summer and Smoke last year, Almeida Associate Director Rebecca Frecknall is unafraid of letting the play take its time to unfold and delivers a similar, dreamy…

  May 8, 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 Theatre

  Summer and Smoke at the Almeida Theatre review ****

  Summer and Smoke Almeida Theatre, 14th March 2018 I don’t always find it easy to get into the “Tennessee Williams zone”. My head takes a little bit of time to adjust to all that dreamy lyricism and I find it easier to stomach if there is something to cling on…

  March 19, 2018
• Culture London Theatre

  Albion at the Almeida Theatre review ****

  Albion Almeida Theatre, 21st October 2017 Now we all know Mike Bartlett is a great writer. If you don’t know his stage work then, if you love your telly in the UK, you will likely have come across his mini-series Doctor Foster. So you will know that he can write…

  October 31, 2017