David Hare’s adaptation is good, but James McArdle is better in the National’s gripping new production of Ibsen’s meandering epic, Peter Gynt.
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David Hare’s adaptation is good, but James McArdle is better in the National’s gripping new production of Ibsen’s meandering epic, Peter Gynt.
Read MoreNyla Levy’s new drama of teenage radicalisation tells a beautiful, well-crafted, and humanising story. I really hope the audience took it to heart.
Read MoreAs the audience shuffle in to Metamorphosis at the Tristan Bates Theatre, extracting themselves from coats and squeezing into seats, they are also aware of another, rather more choreographed, movement taking place. To the low thump of base, confined to the corner of the stage, an ensemble repeat the same sharp movements, trance-like. Collide Theatre’s…
Read MoreCordelia Lynn updates Chekhov’s timeless Three Sisters into a jarring, nostalgic piece of brilliance.
Read MoreAbhishek Majumdar much-delayed Pah-La finally makes it to the Royal Court stage, but fails to deliver on its promising first half.
Read MoreAnne Washburns wide-reaching theatrical essay Shipwreck delivers a host of challenging and nuanced conclusions about living in post-truth era of Donald Trump’s America
Read MoreThe riveting stage adaptation of A Slight Ache outshone its more star-studded counterpart in the final set of Pinter’s short plays
Read MoreRichard II opens in a big grey box. It is Richard’s prison cell, flanked by gun-metal grey walls and grated floors, filled with muted tones, buckets, and emptiness. Richard opens with a monologue duplicated from its original home later in the play, and it’s the clear genesis of the key idea behind the production: a…
Read MoreTrans Trans Trance is a scream in the face of bigotry and hatred, deftly performed as part of Vilnius Takes Over at east-London inter-arts venue Rich Mix
Read MoreCompelling, confusing, and angry in equal parts, Super Duper Close Up explores image and self-image with wonderfully messy incision.
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