Friday, December 29, 2017

2017 Theatre Quiz

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Hopefully this is a nicely difficult theatre quiz for the New Year's weekend. I'll post the answers on the 2nd of Jan This is a bi...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

No Naughty Bits - Hampstead Theatre - 12-Sep-2011

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Written by Steve Thompson Directed by Edward Hall I wondered if this play labours under a couple of misapprehensions. The first is that t...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Red Bud by Brett Neveu, Royal Court Upstairs – Directed by Jo McInnes

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I saw this play on the 21st of October and thought it well performed and directed with a good set that included a pick-up truck (not bad for...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Welcome to Thebes by Moira Buffini, Olivier Theatre, 15-June-2010 – Directed by Richard Eyre

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This is a play of impressive ambition, essentially a retelling of the Greek play (with surrounding mythology) Antigone and some offstage and...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Posh by Laura Wade, Royal Court, 12-Apr-2010 – Directed by Lyndsey Turner

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For a group of young who consider themselves to be the inheritors of the mantle of British leadership, the Riot Club (modelled on a certain ...
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Private Lives by Noel Coward, Vaudeville Theatre, 26-Feb-2010 – Directed by Richard Eyre

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It was with a creeping sense of dread that I anticipated Kim Cattrall's entrance and the inevitable brainless Broadway-inspired “Applaus...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Really Old, Like Forty Five by Tamsin Oglesby, Cottesloe Theatre, 27-Jan-2010 – Directed by Anna Mackmin

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It appears that Tamsin Oglesby doesn't know the difference between Giant Tortoises (long-lived, land-living, slow moving with domed hard...
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