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Measure for Measure
This is a production fascinated by the psychological dissection of individual souls, but without much concern for the real-world consequences of its protagonists’ moral and marital manoeuvres.
11 and 12
One of the most touching moments in the play comes when the two leaders of 11 and 12 meet and talk through the night about their conflicting beliefs.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof has turned out to be a box-office smash hit in the West End, but what does this reverse-race production bring to Tennessee Williams’ modern classic?
Play on Words
Play on Words is an old fashioned confection of moments both tragic and comic, juggling language and dramatic structure in an elegant production.
Stick Man
A confident, charming, polished and thoroughly reliable seasonal entertainment for the very littlest theatre-goers.
Jiggery Pokery: An Homage to Charles Hawtrey
This unconventional bio-drama is like a macabre inversion of the usual Christmas theatre outing.
Lady Julia
In The Lamplight’s Lady Julia brings August Strindberg’s seminal Miss Julie bang up to date. How does it fare in its new 21st century context?
The Stefan Golaszewski Plays
The Stefan Golaszewski Plays work so well as a double bill; it seems likely they were always meant to be performed together.
Petrushka
Petrushka is an ambitious conglomeration of jokes, dance, music, tragedy and magic tricks.
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