Sep 8, 2008 | Finborough, Reviews | 1 comment
In December 1978, with the Winter of Discontent in full swing, three generations of a working-class family gather in a living-room in Hull. Patriarch Dad is in denial about his…
Sep 1, 2008 | Arcola, Reviews | Leave a comment
Lorca Dreams is a strange and playfully morbid fantasia on the life and works of Federico García Lorca. Performed in Spanish with English surtitles, the piece weaves together extracts from…
Aug 27, 2008 | Arcola, Reviews, Young People's Theatre | 1 comment
In The Elephant’s Child and Just So from Metta Theatre, a company of eight present a series of semi-improvised animal fables, followed by a puppet-opera explaining the origin of the…
Aug 11, 2008 | Reviews, Shakespeare | 1 comment
It’s a production without concept, in which the actors feverishly juggling words, words, words keep revealing brilliant new facets of a familiar text, then tossing them away with spendthrift unconcern.
Aug 7, 2008 | National Theatre, New Writing, Reviews | 1 comment
Her Naked Skin is a bit like its heroine: courageous, demanding, articulate, divided, unpredictable and – despite good intentions – ultimately alienating.
Jul 30, 2008 | Reviews | 2 comments
Wink the Other Eye attempts to give a potted history of music hall, as well as an introduction to the songs that made the halls great.
Jul 28, 2008 | Reviews | Leave a comment
After Liverpool is a fast-paced, funny, not-too-challenging way to spend an hour in the theatre.
Jul 22, 2008 | Little Angel, Puppetry, Reviews | 1 comment
If you haven’t been to the Little Angel, then get it sorted. Seriously. It’s one of the few theatres in London where I can’t remember ever being disappointed by a show.
Jul 10, 2008 | Dance, Reviews | Leave a comment
Once again, the DryWrite team have put together an event that challenges and inspires participants and watchers to take risks, make imaginative leaps and think in new ways about the process and purpose of writing for the theatre.
Jul 8, 2008 | Reviews, Shakespeare's Globe | 1 comment
The Frontline makes a gutsy stab at being a contemporary social drama to match the vigour, daring and wit of Shakespearean precedent.
Recent Comments
I’ve known and loved Edgar and his sister, Helen,...
Ginny Clapp
East 10th Street: Self-Portrait With Empty House
Hi Judy, Great to watch you and here how Robert’s Work has come to...
Paul Anderson
Judy Jacob and The Rain Emperor
Stans the man!
Jessica
Stanislavski, the actor and the nanobot
I don’t remember the riot police with balloons – they must be a new addition for the...
Matt Boothman
Money
Went to see this last weekend — my first time attending a Shunt performance. From the Banksy-esque...
Roland
Money